O Estranho Segredo da Floresta dos Sonhos

Um dos filmes que provam claramente que Lucio Fulci não era apenas um trashmaker, mas também um realizador competente. Um drama de thriller, que só pode ser criticado em termos cinematográficos pelo seu tempo de duração exagerado. O enredo é um thriller convencional sobre a busca de um assassino, formalmente colocado num ambiente não convencional. Naturalmente, o filme é caracterizado pela câmara fetichista focada nos detalhes de Fulci, sublinhada por uma banda sonora que funciona de forma estranha. O filme praticamente não tem personagem principal e centra-se em múltiplos atores, que alternadamente passam de ser retratados como suspeitos a inocentes e ao contrário. A tensão sexual provocante em torno de uma das personagens mais relevantes, interpretada pela bela Barbara Bouchet, agrada. (22/06/2003)

The best of Fulci’s Giallo. Horror movie of the Year. (30/12/2010)

"Do not torture a duckling" is a film that stands out in the giallo genre. Just by being set in the countryside rather than a big city, it evokes a different atmosphere, as if it were a prelude to a slightly different concept. And that is indeed the case. Additionally, Fulci has a talent for incredibly powerful scenes. In this case, it is a scene where a woman is beaten and then desperately hopes for rescue at the last moment. But she does not receive it. People around her simply drive by. This is something that sends shivers down one's spine. (12/04/2014)

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)