Angustia de silencio

Una de las películas que demuestra claramente que Lucio Fulci no sólo hacía películas baratijas, sino que también era un hábil director. Un drama de suspense, al que sólo se le puede reprochar en términos cinematográficos su excesivo metraje. Un thriller convencional sobre la búsqueda de un asesino, formalmente ambientado en un entorno poco convencional. Por supuesto, la película se caracteriza por los primeros planos fetichistas de Fulci, acompañados de una música que funciona de forma extraña. La película carece prácticamente de protagonista y se centra en múltiples actores, a los que va retratando alternativamente de sospechosos a inocentes y viceversa. Deleita en la provocativa tensión sexual que rodea a uno de sus personajes más significantes, interpretado por la bella Barbara Bouchet. (23.06.2003)

The best of Fulci’s Giallo. Horror movie of the Year. (31.12.2010)

According to the reviews here, this slightly morbid giallo film is quite OK. Well, I don’t really think so because other than the scene involving the naked Italian actress who was trying to seduce a 10-year-old boy, I only enjoyed one other scene that I had to wait for until the very end. An average course of investigation that looked like a combination of French crime movies and Italian naughty movies reached a conclusion that literally took my breath away. You see, the final fight was like an absolutely brutal Italian Fight Club. Brutal, illogical and in the end also bloody. I had to watch the scene twice because I haven’t seen something this funny in a movie for a long time. Thank you, Mr. Fulci, you kept low-key during the entire movie but you sure had a lot of fun with the ending. (27.02.2017)

Although Lucio Fulci is a well-known horror veteran and became famous mainly for his decent gore scenes, this film has none, so there is not the slightest enthusiasm and Fulci disappointed me. I quite like the giallo sub-genre, it is almost identical to the slasher sub-genre, which is all about entertainment, this film is unfortunately quite boring, slow and without blood and without exposed women, the only shocking thing here is that young boys die, even the twist itself I didn't find very shocking, so for me a very average detective story that doesn't deserve to carry the label horror. 50% (19.04.2015)

Don't Torture a Ducklingis a film that stands out within the giallo genre. It does so by taking place more in the countryside rather than a big city, evoking a different atmosphere that hints at a somewhat different approach. And that is really happening. Moreover, Fulci has a gift for incredibly powerful scenes. In this case, it's a scene where a woman is beaten and then at the last moment hopes for rescue. But it doesn’t come. People just drive past her. This simply has to give you chills. (12.04.2014)