Death Spa

Death Spa
	VHS cover
Directed by	Michael Fischa
Starring	William Bumiller; Brenda Bakke; Merritt Butrick; Robert Lipton
Cinematography	Arledge Armenaki
Release date	December 1, 1989 (Japan); October 1990 (United States);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Death Spa (known in Europe as Witch Bitch)^[1] is a 1989^[2]^[3] American horror film directed by Michael Fischa and starring William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, and Merritt Butrick. The film was released directly to VHS in the United States in 1990, and was released on a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in 2014.^[4] Death Spa was the final film to feature Merritt Butrick.^[5]

Plot

Michael Evans (William Bumiller), whose wife Catherine Avery Evans (Shari Shattuck) has recently killed herself, is the owner of a high-tech health club. Catherine possesses the club's computer control systems and begins using the club's exercise machines, dumbbells, and other equipment to murder the club's members.

Cast

William Bumiller as Michael Evans
Brenda Bakke as Laura Danvers
Merritt Butrick as David Avery
Robert Lipton as Tom
Alexa Hamilton as Priscilla Wayne
Ken Foree as Marvin
Rosalind Cash as Sgt. Stone
Shari Shattuck as Catherine Avery Evans
Hank Cheyne as Robert
Chelsea Field as Darla
Joseph Whipp as Dr. Lido Moray
Tané McClure as Vicky
Vanessa Bell as Marci Hewitt
David Shaughnessy as Freddie
Karyn Parsons as Brooke
Lyle Howry as Cop

Production

According to director Michael Fischa, "the health craze had blossomed in LA. [Health clubs] came up like mushrooms. So quickly that they went out of business. So we thought, basically, we turn it around and we have a ghost in our health club. That could be a fun scenario".^[1]

References

1 2 Harris, Blake (30 October 2015). "How Did This Get Made: Death Spa (An Oral History)". /Film. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
↑ Collis, Clark (30 October 2015). "Death Spa is the best-worst Halloween movie of all time". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
↑ Rife, Katie (10 April 2015). "Gore Verbinski is making a movie about a killer spa". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
↑ "Death Spa Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
↑ Hale, Ann (3 June 2014). "Film Review: Death Spa". Pop-Break. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

External links

Death Spa on IMDb

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[slash-1] 1 2 Harris, Blake (30 October 2015). "How Did This Get Made: Death Spa (An Oral History)". /Film. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

[2] Collis, Clark (30 October 2015). "Death Spa is the best-worst Halloween movie of all time". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

[3] Rife, Katie (10 April 2015). "Gore Verbinski is making a movie about a killer spa". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

[4] "Death Spa Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

[5] Hale, Ann (3 June 2014). "Film Review: Death Spa". Pop-Break. Retrieved 13 November 2016.