Touch of Death (1988)
"Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio" (original title)

A moody, middle-aged gigolo kills off women after he gets bored with dating them and uses their body parts for trophies and for consumption.

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Lucio Fulci (story), Lucio Fulci (screenplay)

Stars:

Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone, Al Cliver

Cast

Cast overview:
Brett Halsey	...	Lester Parson
Ria De Simone	...	Alice Shogun
Al Cliver	...	Randy (as Pier Luigi Conti)
Sacha Darwin	...	Margie MacDonald (as Sasha Darwin)
Zora Kerova	...	Virginia Field (as Zora Ulla Kesler)
Marco Di Stefano	...	The Tramp

Storyline

Lester Parson is a lonely gigolo who dates and kills off middle-aged women in ultra-gory fashion just for the pleasure of watching them die, as well as to take their money and jewelery as well as cook and eat their remains for his dinner.

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Plot Keywords:

body part | run over by a car | blood | cat | split lip | 

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Genres:

Horror | Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

14 June 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Touch of Death

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alpha Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

3 Channel Stereo

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Synapse Films passed on releasing 'Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio' on DVD when only video sources could be obtained as no original elements or prints could be located. This means the original elements either no longer exist or are temporarily lost. Despite only having video elements to work with, Media-Blasters subsidiary Shriek Show picked up the rights to release this film on DVD.

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Connections

Featured in Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain) (1990)

User Reviews

Not the best Fulci but...

Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio is not Fulci s best. Its far from his "golden era" but its still a good movie, at least a funny and with some good gore elements. Lester is a psycho playboy who needs to seduce and kill rich women to steal their money and keeps his status quo. Also, he is a lost gambler, and he always lose money...so, ugly rich women is his salvation...always. Some good gore (mostly at the beginning of the movie), good funny moments (the mustached lady part is amazing), also some reminiscences to "American Psycho". Its a horror thriller with gore and black comedy. Off course, if you compare this to other Fulci movies (L Aldilla, Paura, etc) this will looks tame and crappy. But, you don't need to compare, and its a good Fulci movie. 7/10