Touch of Death
Italy
1988. Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone, Zora Kerova, Marco Di Stefano
Lester Parsons spends his days searching for
wealthy widows in the classified adds. He befriends them, seduces them,
kills them and eats them. It alls goes alright until a copy-cat killer
turns up. Lester shaves off his beard.
It's difficult to decide what to make of this latter day Fulci effort. Is it meant to be taken seriously as a horror movie? Maybe. Or is it meant to be a black comedy? Because it's certainly very funny in places. Or is it just another typical misogynistic expresssion? Well, let's just say that women doesn't fare well. It's extremely violent towards women (and bums) and everything is ugly or deformed as if that was the whole point. Touch of Death is definitely not easily digested, but not half as bad as it could have been either. It works, if seen as a comedy. If expecting a return to glory for director Fulci it most surely comes across as utter crap.
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