Day 10: Killer Workout

Ah, the 80's! You are by far my favorite decade. An era of slashers, spandex, and...kung fu fighting? That's right! In Killer Workout, not only do you get a plethora of spandex filled workout scenes and the typical stalk and slash goodness. No! That's not enough! Killer Workout delivers a few kung fu showdowns too! What's not to love?!

The plot is pretty simple. A mysterious string of murders begins taking place at the local gym "Rhonda's Workout." An undercover cop takes a job at the gym to solve the mystery. Anyone who he suspects is subject to a karate beat down! One guy even discovers a body and after screaming in horror at his discovery, our undercover hero literally beats the piss out of him in 3 seconds! Its hilarious.

Killer Workout doesn't have a lot of gore but still manages to produce effective kill scenes. Even the cutaway shots seem brutal. I usually get disappointed in cutaways, but I was thoroughly impressed by how they are handled here. The aftermath on most of the bodies is decently done. Gorehounds shouldn't really seek out this movie but they shouldn't avoid it either. The murder scenes are violent enough in tone to keep even hardcore gore fanatics at least satisfied.

The workout scenes are a big highlight. You can find aerobic workout footage in other slasher films like Friday The 13th Part 4. They're always a ton of fun in other movies so Killer Workout decided to pack the movie full of them. What we get is a genius formula of workout scene, kill scene, repeat. And occasionally you'll get a kung fu battle thrown in for good measure. The ending is the only part of the film that leaves something to be desired. Instead of a traditional slasher chase or any sort of suspenseful climax we are given a gunfight and an extremely stale killer reveal.

This slasher manages to remain entertaining for it's entire run time despite it's very odd finale. I've always said that a slasher should never be described as "boring", otherwise it has failed. Killer Workout is never boring. With a cast that's acting contains just the right amount of cheese, an awesome 80's pop soundtrack, good kills, beautiful women, workout scenes, and KUNG FU FUCKING FIGHTING, who can turn that down?

Bodycount: 11

Side Note: Keep an eye out for the spin kicks in the kung fu fight scenes. Also, I don't know what it is, but I always laugh at guys lifting weights in movies. I hate that I have this as a cut box. Somebody hook me up with a fully in tact slipcase.