Touch of Death is a direct-to-video Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film was developed as part of a series for direct-to video and television films titled I maestri del thriller which had eight other films in the series. Fulci was invited to join the project originally as a supervisor, but brought in his own story for Touch of Death which began filming on 22 June 1988. The films were later released to home video under the heading of "Lucio Fulci presenta" by Formula Home Video, but were sued by the producer Carlo Alberto Alfieri who owned the home video rights. The films in the series were later released by Avo Film on VHS and DVD.

Plot

Cannibal psychopath Lester Parson regularly abducts and mutilates women, eating specific cuts and disposing of the rest in his backyard to his pigs. He converses schizophrenically with himself via tape recordings of his voice. He is also being hounded by Randy, a loan shark whom he owes money to after accruing bad gambling debts.