Touch of Evil awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and National Society of Film Critics. Touch of Evil Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written, directed by and co-starring Orson Welles. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel "Badge of Evil" by Whit Masterson. Along with Welles, the cast includes Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich. One of the last examples of film noir in the genre's classic period, its reputation has grown since its release, and it is now widely regarded as one of Welles's
Touch of Death (1988 film) Touch of Death (1988 film) Touch of Death, also known as When Alice Broke the Mirror (in original Italian, Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio) or "When Alice Broke the Looking Glass", is a 1988 Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. Lester Parson (Brett Halsey) is a cannibal psychopath who regularly abducts and mutilates women, eating certain cuts and disposing the rest in his back yard to his horde of pigs. He converces schizophrenically with himself via tape recordings of his own voice. He is also being hounded by Randy (Al Cliver), a shady loan shark whom he owes money