Don't Torture a Duckling

• Horror

A creeping dread permeates this Italian giallo as a cynical reporter investigates a series of brutal child murders in a deeply isolated, religiously-obsessed village. The film distinguishes itself not through jump scares, but through a suffocating atmosphere of paranoia and the unsettling entanglement of local folklore with horrifying reality. Suspicions shift between the town’s eccentric inhabitants – particularly a captivating, yet seemingly detached young woman – creating a dizzying moral ambiguity where innocence and guilt blur. The investigation becomes less about identifying a killer and more about exposing the hidden darkness and repressed desires simmering beneath the surface of a seemingly idyllic rural community, culminating in a shocking and ambiguous climax that dismantles traditional whodunit structures.