Touch of Death, also known as When Alice Broke the Mirror (in original Italian, Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio) is a 1988 Italian horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, including Zombie and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy...

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Plot

Lester Parson has a gambling problem. He also has a problem with killing. He weds and then kills off rich widowed middle-aged women in ultra-gory fashion to get their money as well for the joy of killing.

Critical response

Though many fans are divided, generally "Touch of Death" is regarded as a better latter era Fulci film. The black humor touches and baffling ending does turn off some fans.

Releases

Synapse Films originally passed on releasing "Touch of Death" on DVD when only video sources could be obtained as no original elements or prints could be located. This means the original elements either no longer exist or are temporarily lost. Despite only having video elements to work with, Media-Blasters subsidiary Shriek Show picked up the rights to release this film on DVD.