Touch of Death
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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.
Why it matters
Touch of Death serves up a grisly slice of late-’80s grindhouse horror, blending cannibal gore with darkly comic crime thriller vibes.
- Chainsaw carnage and cannibalism fuel a raw, no-frills body horror feast for fans of practical effects-driven brutality.
- A psychotic antihero whose twisted scheme adds a grimly clever layer to the typical slasher formula.
- Late-’80s indie horror with that scrappy, low-budget charm—rough edges included but part of the appeal.
- For viewers who dig their horror soaked in desperation, decay, and a dash of dark humor without polish getting in the way.
Director
22 horror films in catalog
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin 1971
Don't Torture a Duckling 1972
The Psychic 1977
Zombie Flesh Eaters 1979
City of the Living Dead 1980
The House by the Cemetery 1981
The Beyond 1981
The Black Cat 1981
The New York Ripper 1982
Manhattan Baby 1982
Conquest 1983
Murder-Rock: Dancing Death 1984
Ænigma 1987
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 1988
Touch of Death 1988
Sodoma's Ghost 1988
The Sweet House of Horrors 1989
The House of Clocks 1989
A Cat in the Brain 1990
Demonia 1990
Voices from Beyond 1991
Door Into Silence 1991
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
100
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
57
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
67
Cerebral
14
Survival
66
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