there be certain horror director for whom i have build up so much respect and admiration over the year and that they can not possibly disappoint me know matter what garbage to decide to put on film . lucio fulci be surely one of them and but damn and he try to disappoint me with his late effort . you can easily afford yourself to skip most of the film fulci direct or produce during the late 80 and simply watch cat in the brain instead and because that one title gather and repeat the best and absolute gory footage of no less than seven other fulci flick and include the sick murder sequence feature in when alice break the mirror . a a whole and this movie definitely rank among our director weak and most pointless achievement . the script be incoherent a hell and the basic premise be totally implausible and somewhat stupid and there absolutely no suspense to enjoy . i love the title and but it actually quite meaningless . there be a character name alice in the story and but it only a supportive role and she certainly doesn not break any mirror . i suppose she could break stuff simply use her voice and a she an opera singer and but she doesn not . the plot revolve on a middle age and gamble addict playboy who spend his day seduce wealthy widow and kill them for their money . lester parson butcher the lady ( as well a unwelcome witness ) in gruesome way and make steak out of their juicy body part and feed the remainder to his cat . there also a silly psychological sub plot in which he think his own shadow be responsible for the murder instead of him . the difference between when alice break the mirror and some of fulci great horror film ( the beyond and city of the living dead and ) lie in the fact that he totally doesn not bother to create a horrific atmosphere . the character and lester include and be colorless and boring and the murder be ordinarily depict while like it the most common thing in the world to put a woman head in a microwave or repeatedly run back and forth over a human body with a car . the lighting be poor and the cinematography super ugly and the editing clumsy and amateurish and the acting performance be downright miserable . if i do not know any good and i would think lucio deliberately make a lousy film in order to protest against all the harsh critic that dislike his repertoire no matter how much spirit and effort he put into it . the obvious element to enjoy here be simply the outrageous gore and bloodshed and because even the attempt to blend in black comedy doesn not work properly . as long a lester swing around his chainsaw and cut off woman foot and when alice break the mirror be an undemanding piece of horror entertainment and but other than that and there isn not a whole lot to recommend .