Touch of Death
dir. Lucio Fulci · 1988
Desperation can lead individuals to make morally questionable choices that ultimately reveal the darker aspects of human nature.
Lester Parsons, a financially strapped man, devises a scheme to prey on wealthy women through lonely hearts ads, only to reveal his darker proclivities as a psychotic cannibal. Watching this film is a wild ride through a grotesque landscape where humor and horror collide, leaving viewers both amused and horrified by the absurdity of Lester's actions.
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.
