Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 | |
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Karen Michaels | ... | Rhonda |
Tane McClure | ... | Vicky (as Tané McClure) | |
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Cindi Dietrich | ... | Linda |
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. Written by Josh Pasnak <chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca>
After reading the glowing reviews for this film I had to seek it out, especially as it's been compared to Aerobicide (Killer Workout). However I found that Death Spa was not as good, despite the fact that there's more gore.
The plot to Death Spa is a bit muddled and I found it hard to follow to start with. It seemed to be about a mans dead wife who was coming back to haunt him, causing deaths at the spa. There are some nice scenes such as when the naked girls are showering and bits of glass fly at them. And there's the scene where the guys ribs split open. The thing is, the deaths are not quite as 'gory' as some reviewers here would have you believe (at least on the Witch Bitch VHS I saw). The best scenes are at the end when all the mayhem occurs. The highlight is the frozen fish death scene that many have mentioned, which is hilariously cheesy. There's plenty of naked breasts too if that's your sort of thing.
Overall, Death Spa is fairly good but not amazing. The frozen fish scene is priceless. If you liked Death Spa you may also like Killer Workout, which I personally think is much better.