Death Spa

1988 "You’ll sweat blood!"
5.2| 1h28m| R| en
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Michael's health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices. Michael's wife killed herself a while before and her brother holds Michael responsible. Michael needs to stop the bloodshed before he loses all of his clients.

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Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
jellopuke You're not watching this for high art, but if you want gore, corny situations, and some decently inventive kills, you could do worse. The plot is absolutely preposterous and you can see the ending coming a mile away but hey, when was the last time you saw a zombie fish chomping on a dude's neck, a blender attacking a girl's hand as she tries to mix drinks, a mirror blowing up another girl's face, killer saunas, etc. Not easy to find, buy worth tracking down.
Leofwine_draca DEATH SPA is an ultra-cheesy slasher movie of the late 1980s notable for featuring a series of gory deaths at a health spa, of all places, bringing back some of the cheesy memories from AEROBICIDE. This film also contains a sequence of gory special effects which may not be quite as gruesome as you've heard, but which still pack a punch, so kudos to the FX guys for working hard.The story is about the owner of a health spa plagued by mysterious accidents and deaths. His gorgeous girlfriend, played by cult favourite Brenda Bakke, gets nude and blinded in the film's arresting opening sequence. The owner soon suspects the ghost of his dead ex-girlfriend is the one responsible and eventually the mystery is solved, but only after lots of badly-acting extraneous characters are bumped off by bizarre methods. It's certainly a cheesy, dated, and low budget film, but it also has an endearing quality to it I rather liked.
Scott LeBrun Things are starting to go seriously awry at the Starbody Health Spa. When patron Laura Danvers (Brenda Bakke) is blinded in a sauna accident, that's merely a sign of things to come. Soon people are perishing in bizarre ways. What's the cause of all this? Could it be the computer system running things, or the weirdo, David Avery (Merritt Butrick, in his final film) who designed this damn system? Or maybe a year old suicide by self-immolation has something to do with it.The script is really rather poor, but if one is a fan of the silly cheeseball horror of the 1980s, that shouldn't matter too much. The movie itself is clumsy and crude, with less than slick direction by Michael Fischa. But there's plenty to be amused with, nevertheless, as the fairly lean 88 minute run time contains a smattering of bare breasts and entertainingly tacky mechanical and makeup effects. The acting is mostly underwhelming, to put it charitably. William Bumiller as spa owner Michael Evans is a hunky but stiff lead. Actresses such as Bakke, Alexa Hamilton, and Shari Shattuck provide delectable eye candy. The cast is full of familiar faces: Ken Foree, Rosalind Cash, Francis X. McCarthy, Chelsea Field, Joseph Whipp, Tane McClure, Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Karyn Parsons. Peter D. Kaye contributes a passable music score. The movie features what has to be one of the worst closing credits tunes ever heard by this viewer. The pacing is so-so; the proceedings get particularly goofy when the parapsychologist played by Whipp is brought into the plot. At least "Death Spa" delivers a respectably wild finale and reasonably high body count. The routine ending is pretty much par for the course.Worth a gander for completists of '80s horror.Six out of 10.
mike harris When I found this I couldn't wait to see just how cheesy it was - luckily I wasn't disappointed! Saying that if a night of slasher shenanigans is what you're after, as well as a laugh, then this is for you.Late 80's low budget production set in a gym where people keep dying and the plot is pretty threadbare but it is funny if to laugh at if nothing else.If you want a slick slasher with a plausible story this is not for you. However, if you have an hour and half to spend having a giggle and looking at some leotards - please press play!