Touch of Death

Jan 1, 1988

1h 26m

★ 5.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Production Companies

Alpha Cinematografica

Touch of Death Trailers

Cast

Lester Parson

Brett Halsey

Virginia Field

Zora Kerova

Randy

Al Cliver

Margie MacDonald

Sacha Darwin

Alice Shogun

Ria De Simone

The Tramp

Marco Di Stefano

TV Newscaster

Maurice Poli

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