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Director:
Michael Fischa
Writers:
James Bartruff
Mitch Paradise
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Genre:
Horror See more »
Tagline:
Strange things are a brewing at the local gym! See more »
Plot:
Michael's health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices... See more » | Add synopsis »
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NewsDesk:
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What a Hilarious Flick See more (16 total) »

Cast

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William Bumiller ... Michael Evans

Brenda Bakke ... Laura Danvers

Merritt Butrick ... David Avery

Robert Lipton ... Tom

Alexa Hamilton ... Priscilla Wayne

Ken Foree ... Marvin
Rosalind Cash ... Sgt. Stone

Francis X. McCarthy ... Lt. Fletcher (as Frank McCarthy)

Shari Shattuck ... Catherine

Hank Cheyne ... Robert

Chelsea Field ... Darla
Joseph Whipp ... Dr. Lido Moray
Karen Michaels ... Rhonda

Tane McClure ... Vicky (as Tané McClure)
Cindi Dietrich ... Linda

Vanessa Bell Calloway ... Marci Hewitt (as Vanessa Bell)
David Shaughnessy ... Freddie (as David James Shaughnessy)
Norma Leistiko ... Dr. Southern
Chad Hayes ... Jeffery

Karyn Parsons ... Brooke
Ed Hooks ... Security Guard

Janice Ryan ... Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Lyle Howry ... Cop (uncredited)

Helen Kelly ... Woman at the Spa (uncredited)
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Directed by
Michael Fischa 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
James Bartruff 
Mitch Paradise 

Produced by
Waleed B. Ali .... executive producer (as Waleed Ali)
Jamie Beardsley .... producer (as Jamie Beardsley-Jones)
 
Original Music by
Peter D. Kaye  (as Peter Kaye)
 
Cinematography by
Arledge Armenaki 
 
Film Editing by
Michael Kewley 
 
Production Design by
Robert Schulenberg 
 
Art Direction by
Michael Gulbin  (as Mike Gulbin)
 
Makeup Department
Enid Arias .... hair stylist
Devora Fischa .... makeup artist (as Devorah Fischa)
Kim Lee .... assistant makeup artist
Mel Slavick .... special makeup effects
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jamie Beardsley .... second unit director (as Jamie Beardsley-Jones)
Darcy Brown .... first assistant director
Philip B. Epstein .... second assistant director
Janet Levine .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Tom Bolema .... scenic artist
Nora Murphy .... property master
Babak Shokrian .... art p.a.
 
Sound Department
Jose Araujo .... sound mixer (as Zéca Araújo)
Ron Hitchcock .... sound designer
Ron Hitchcock .... sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Iadarola .... sound re-recording mixer
Travis Powers .... sound effects editor
Todd Ritchie .... boom operator
 
Special Effects by
Chris Simmons .... special effects technician
Wayne Beauchamp .... pyrotechnician (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel .... stunts (as Sandra Gimpel)
Wayne King .... stunts
Gary Littlejohn .... stunts
Shanna Lynn .... stunts (as Shanna L. Teare)
Solly Marx .... stunts
Lori Lynn Ross .... stunts
Paul E. Short .... stunts (as Paul Short)
John Stewart .... stunts (as John Michael Stewart)
Cherie Tash .... stunts (as Cheri Tash)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Lenny Blank .... grip
Alan Brownstein .... gaffer
Tom Keefer .... best boy grip
Roger Lattin .... best boy
Damon Marcellino .... electrician
Guy Olds .... first assistant camera
George Palmer .... key grip
Jeff Porter .... second assistant camera
Johnnie Randels .... still photographer
Gary Wagner .... director of photography: second unit
Elizabeth Ziegler .... Steadicam operator
 
Editorial Department
Jeanne Robinson .... assistant editor
Harry E. Snodgrass .... assistant editor (as Harry Snodgrass)
Liza Sullivan .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Marvin J. Bernstein .... location manager (as Marvin Bernstein)
Gary Lindsay .... production coordinator
Suzan Lowitz .... script supervisor (as Susan Lowitz)
Dwayne Murakami .... assistant location manager
Linda Pillsbury .... production coordinator
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks .... dance double
David Reskin .... production coordinator
Adam Ripp .... assistant to director
 

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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:R | USA:R | USA:Unrated (re-release) | Netherlands:16
Company:
Maljack ProductionsSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Merritt Butrick's final film.See more »
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Actress Shari Shattuck's first name is misspelled in the closing credits.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Witchouse (1999) (V)See more »
Soundtrack:
I Only Want YouSee more »

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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
What a Hilarious Flick, 18 November 2005
Author: CMRKeyboadist from Sleesburg, VA.

I have been waiting to find a copy of this movie since I saw a preview for it about 15 years ago. Finally, a few weeks ago I got a copy of the uncut version and I laughed my way through most of this movie. OK, most of the dialogue in this movie is just bad. Not even one of my personal favorite actors (Ken Foree) could save this bad script writing. But hey, this is a movie that takes place in a gym most of the time. How good could the dialogue be? The story line is decent enough to keep interest. Although, things do start to crumble near the end of the movie. But hey, that's OK because the end is the best part of the movie. And I can't forget the gore. This movie is rather graphically violent and I think that's where most of the laughs come in. Mainly, at times the gore takes you by surprise with certain scenes like peoples hands blowing to pieces or throats be impaled through. Yes, this movie is a lot of good fun and if you can stand bad dialogue and extremely bad eights music check it out, if you can find a copy.

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