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Don’t Torture a Duckling

With more bungled police work than the entire Amanda Knox case, this Italian crime curiosity is notable for showcasing some of the hallmark gore Maestro Lucio Fulci would later bring to the big screen in The Beyond and City of the Living Dead. Don’t Torture a Duckling, aka Non si sevizia un paperino, like theContinue reading “Don’t Torture a Duckling”

Inferno

As infuriating and dull as it is beautiful and beguiling, Inferno marked a rare early misstep for Il Maestro.  “Panini-ed” between the tremendous, visual decadence of Suspiria and Tenebre, this Argento effort comes up short, while feeling quite long. A poet, Rose, finds a rare book in her oddball abode in New York City, a skyline renderedContinue reading “Inferno”