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 Un gatto nel cervello (1990)

User Reviews

Nice grotty flick

Note: I'm bias as I'm a huge Fulci fan... I've seen around 20 of his films and the only one I really disliked was Sodoma's Ghost.

With that out of the way... Touch of Death is probably my favourite of Fulci's later films along with Voices From Beyond. TOfD a really mean spirited black comedy... very funny at times with a few horribly gory bits thrown in. It opens with a blast as we see Lester chowing down on some rich girl's rump... there's something very dirty about it straight away, I'm not quite sure what it is. Lester then cuts the bejesus out of what's left of the corpse and feeds it to his pigs (lovely). There are so many bizarre elements in this film that seem to be there for no real reason except make the audience go "what the hell!". A fat girl with a mustache and sideburns, harelip antics, a bum with a weird symbol on his head, gambling nasties and a RIDICULOUS "twist" (I won't give it away, but honestly, what was Fulci thinking?!). But these factors all add to the experience. I especially love the way how nastily the women are portrayed... Jesus! How about another close up of Lester's disgusted face before having to kiss a deformed woman! Ahh Fulci, you strange bastard. Oh I should also mention Brett Halsey really cracked me up in this, much better than his performance in Demonia. He has a great presence and I didn't recognize him till he shaved off that monster on his face. Highly recommended for Fulci fans (can't say I could recommend it to anyone else).