Mike is a young widow who runs a local gym called Starbody Health Spa. An unnecessarily technically advanced gym. His former wife burned herself to death after a miscarriage left her bound to a wheelchair. Years later Mike starts seeing another girl. When things start to get serious, mysterious things start taking place at the gym.
One advantage that Death Spa has over Killer Workout is the kills. All the kills are filled with gore and unique. We get treated to melting people, exploding mirrors decapitating people, mangled faces, and the all time classic blender kill. There is no shortage of entertainment in the kill department.
The acting in Death Spa is appropriately cheesy for this type of film. Nobody really stands out aside from Cult Legend Ken Foree. Even he only stands out because of who he is. The characters are all interesting enough that it's not hard to invest in them. I love the scene where Ken Foree and Mike start tossing a football back and forth in their office just because it's there. It's almost as if Foree touches the football and some sort of instinct between the two kicks in. They exchange glances as if to say "We are men and we must do this." And then they promptly run a passing play in the office. It's the minor humor of it all that makes me laugh.
The acting in Death Spa is appropriately cheesy for this type of film. Nobody really stands out aside from Cult Legend Ken Foree. Even he only stands out because of who he is. The characters are all interesting enough that it's not hard to invest in them. I love the scene where Ken Foree and Mike start tossing a football back and forth in their office just because it's there. It's almost as if Foree touches the football and some sort of instinct between the two kicks in. They exchange glances as if to say "We are men and we must do this." And then they promptly run a passing play in the office. It's the minor humor of it all that makes me laugh.
Death Spa is a great addition to the workout horror sub genre. It's lacking the Kung fu fight scenes of Killer Workout. But it makes up for it with a cool supernatural element. Supernatural themes play out best in horror films when it seems like anything can happen. This is true in Death Spa. This is as entertaining as they come. Highly recommended.
Side Note: The gym in this is so advanced. It's not even necessary! There is no reason for this type of technology in a gym! It borders on Sci Fi at times. Also this opens with one of the coolest Title Sequences in recent memory.
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