Touch of Death

Touch of Death

1988 · 86 min · ★ 5.4 · Horror, Comedy

The financially strained and increasingly desperate, Lester Parsons concocts a brilliant get-rich-quick scheme; cruise the lonely hearts ads for rich women to fleece. Too bad then, that Lester’s also a psychotic cannibal who enjoys mutilating these lovelorn souls, via his trusty chainsaw, and using their flesh for his dinner. When a copycat killer threatens to bring him down, Lester must do all he can to prevent this new killer’s sloppy work from ruining them both.

Directed by Lucio Fulci · Written by Lucio Fulci

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Brett Halsey Lester Parson
Zora Kerova Virginia Field
Al Cliver Randy
Sacha Darwin Margie MacDonald
Ria De Simone Alice Shogun
Marco Di Stefano The Tramp
Maurice Poli TV Newscaster

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