Horror

Death Spa

Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment

Maljack Productions

United States of America

English

William Bumiller

Brenda Bakke

Shari Shattuck

Ken Foree

Merritt Butrick

Robert Lipton

Alexa Hamilton

Rosalind Cash

Francis X. McCarthy

Hank Cheyne

Chelsea Field

Tane McClure

Cindi Dietrich

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Karyn Parsons

Joseph Whipp

Karen Michaels

David Shaughnessy

Norma Leistiko

Chad Hayes

Ed Hooks

Janice Ryan

Cindera Che

Leslie Ferrera Ruelas

Lyle Howry

Michael Fischa

Gary Littlejohn

Wayne King

Shanna Lynn

Solly Marx

Paul E. Short

Lori Lynn Ross

John Stewart

Cherie Tash

Jamie Beardsley

Waleed B. Ali

Peter D. Kaye

Arledge Armenaki

Michael Kewley

Robert Schulenberg

Michael Gulbin

Devora Fischa

Kim Lee

Mel Slavick

Babak Shokrian

Tom Bolema

Jose Araujo

Ron Hitchcock

Matthew Iadarola

Travis Powers

Todd Ritchie

Gary Wagner

Elizabeth Ziegler

Jeff Porter

Guy Olds

David Reskin

James Bartruff

Mitch Paradise

Sandra Lee Gimpel

**_Killer workout in Los Angeles_**

A string of strange accidents suddenly occurs at a state-of-the-art health spa in sunny SoCal, which dismays the owner (William Bumiller) and provokes a police investigation. Is the instigator his antagonistic ex-brother-in-law (Merritt Butrick), disloyal employees or… the mad ghost of his dead wife?

"Death Spa” (1988) is superior to “Killer Workout” from the previous year and should be appreciated by fans of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984) and “Trick or Treat” (1986), although not as good as either. Still, it’s not far off. It could be categorized as a slasher, but not in the stereotypical sense of a masked killer walking around with a butcher knife or machete.

Being made in 1987, it naturally reflects the colorful 80s—the music, the hairstyles, the outfits, the aerobics and the fun spirit (as opposed to the grungy 90s). The female cast is quite good and Bumiller effectively carries the movie with his masculine mojo. There’s a little bit o’ nudity.

Butrick is of course best known for playing Captain Kirk’s son in “Star Trek II” and “Star Trek III.” This would be his final film before his premature death from AIDs at the age of 29. He plays the half-crazy in-law quite well.

The film runs 1 hour, 28 minutes, and was shot in the Los Angeles area: Sunset Boulevard, Newhall and Simi Valley.

GRADE: B-

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William Bumiller

Brenda Bakke

Shari Shattuck

Ken Foree

Merritt Butrick

Robert Lipton

Alexa Hamilton

Rosalind Cash

Francis X. McCarthy

Hank Cheyne

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