Mar 28, 2014 dark sky films will be delivering michael fischas 1989 horror flick death spa to bluray on may 27th, and today weve got a look at the bluray cover art the artwork is basically a polished. A digital wallpaper with artwork from the film right away. And finally, the culmination of this extremely official trilogy. A quirky original 80s film with a great opening title sequence, good slow motion action scenes and good gore, but the spa set itself looks cheap and hokey, not like a real gym. Ill be honest and ill say that i didnt think this was a good movie, like, at all. In kubricks adaptation of the story of adultery and passion set in a spa resort, a suave and predatory man befriends a 10yearold boy, using him to seduce the childs married mother. Shes also insanely jealous and one by one, the beautiful peop. Take a rangerguided tour of the castle interior or the system of underground tunnels. Behind this is the former wife of the owner after a miscarriage took his own life and now in the body of her twin brother widower makes it difficult fleet life. The making of death spa that covers the film from inception to release, and is chockfull of interviews, behindthescenes footage and stills, and even more great stories about the production relayed by various cast and crew.
Shes also insanely jealous and one by one, the beautiful people. Here is a complete compilation of the locations and sets featured in this symphony of violence. Adventures in subterranean film devoted to all forms of cult cinema exhibition. Death spa was the first film i directed, yes, but i was not totally novice to the whole thing.
For horror fans, the name gorgon video has been long been synonymous with the overthetop gorefests that lined the shelves during the eighties vhs boom. Death spa is a cornucopia of awfulness from beginning to end, but the movie never stops trying and this is what makes it watchable. That which promises death brings a horror beyond life. I recommend for horror fans looking for that rare unseen gem. Somehow combining the shortlived 80s aerobicsploitation genre with elements of supernatural horror and slasher hijinks, the campy, candycolored catastrophe known as death spa offers up a schlocky grab bag of insanity that manages to encompass both a vengeful witch and a homicidal fitness center in the same movie. Death spa aka witch bitch 1989 scene 6 of 7 watch online. Death spa 1989 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Snacks, sandwiches and drinks are available for sale at the visitor center. Visit the museum and bookstore located in the scottys castle visitor center. Aug 19, 2016 spa night, andrew ahns debut feature as a writerdirector, developed in the sundance institutes screenwriting lab, is an intimate, deliberate exploration of the struggles of david, a firstgeneration koreanamerican, to live up to his parents dauntingly high expectations at the same time that the sexual closet in which he lives becomes unbearably stifling. With william bumiller, brenda bakke, merritt butrick, robert lipton. I streamed this on prime but now im going to buy the bluray. My daughter and i are devastated by her loss, and cant even begin to fathom life. A digital download of the film when our festival run is finished.
Id never heard of death spa before but i was pleasantly surprised by how good this movie was. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted. Death spa 1989 customers at an exclusive fat farm are haunted by a force which turns exercise equipment into deadly killing machines. Death spa is goofy, often nonsensical, but you can have some fun with it if youre in the right frame of mind particularly if you have an affinity for the eighties and for low budget, trashy horror pictures. Beauty in the broken full hd movie, love, romance, drama, english full free movies duration. Michaels wife killed herself a while before and her brother holds michael responsible. In a fitness center accumulate the technical defects until they become real death traps. If you like cheesy horror films or are just in love with the 1980s, check it out. Michael needs to stop the bloodshed before he loses all of his. Scottys castle is an elaborate, spanishstyle mansion built in the 1920s and 30s. Michael fischa gorgon videompi home video youll sweat blood when you watch death spa, one of mpi home video most popular directtovideo titles resurrected in high definition as part of their gorgon video line on blu raydvd combo. Tributes from the fashion industry have poured in since her death on tuesday. The film starts with a fairy tale about a princess from a different world.
These 80s aerobics will kill you movies are one of my favorite horror sub genres. Also included is a fantastic 50 minute retrospective entitled an exercise in terror. Once a lady has checked in to the beneficent environs of the workout emporium for bodily enhancement, she is loath to leave. William bumiller had previously worked as the manager of a health club prior to being cast in the lead role for this film. Except when it isnt obviously, this trope will lead to spoiler central, so, due to the nature of these tropes, the spoilers are unmarked to avoid having to highlight them constantly. An alternately intriguing and frustrating chiller has flashes of elegance but. There is no movie which encapsulates the 1980s as perfectly as death spa, the ne plus ultra of legwarmer horror.
Sudden death dvd, 1997, widescreen subtitled spanish. Gallery of 9 movie poster and cover images for death spa 1988. A completely bonkers horror flick that doubles as a perfect time capsule for the 80s death spa absolutely rules. Mar 01, 2015 beauty in the broken full hd movie, love, romance, drama, english full free movies duration. Obviously, this trope will lead to spoiler central, so, due to the nature of these tropes, the spoilers are unmarked to avoid having to. Spa night, andrew ahns debut feature as a writerdirector, developed in the sundance institutes screenwriting lab, is an intimate, deliberate exploration of the struggles of david, a firstgeneration koreanamerican, to live up to his parents dauntingly high expectations at the same time that the sexual closet in which he lives becomes unbearably stifling. The bluray release from dark sky films is a good one, offering up the movie uncut with a fairly nice transfer, decent audio, a good. The film was first runnerup for the 2014 toronto international film festivals peoples choice award for best documentary and has an 84% fresh score from critics on rotten tomatoes. Watch deadly spa starring amy pietz in this drama on directv. Death spa will have you sweating blood this may on bluray.
Chelsea field and ken foree in death spa 1989 death spa 1989 william bumiller in death spa. Even with that, however, this is an 80s movie through and through and it was a complete cheesefest. Michaels health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices. John wick chapter 2 was filmed basically in brooklyn and manhattan areas of new york, in rome italy and montreal canada. Sep 06, 2015 the film is known for a plot device that involves various characters providing alternative, selfserving and contradictory versions of the same incident. If you go into this film attempting to take it seriously, you will turn it off within minutes. Overthetop special effects back then, 1987, that are as good as they are in any horror or slasher movie made now makes death spa rank right up there with slasher movies like halloween made back in the 1970s and 80s. Women and pampering are nowhere more inseparable than at the day spa. Complete with nonsequitur cuts to buff men fooling around in a pool and a possessed supercomputersurely indexing intensifying anxieties surround automation as they intersect with the apex of the health crazethis film will keep you screaming at the screen, demanding answers, and wanting more.
If you like cheesy horror films or are just in love with the. Read the death spa oral history to find out how this 1980s horror film was created. Released 1989, death spa stars williambumiller, brendabakke, merrittbutrick the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which assembled. Talking about death is often seen as a taboo in our culture and can elicit fear and many misconceptions. Directed by michael fischa, this horror film combines two things. Staring william bumiller, merritt butrick and brenda bakke. Dark sky films will be delivering michael fischas 1989 horror flick death spa to bluray on may 27th, and today weve got a look at the bluray cover art the artwork is basically a polished.
The evil of the past has found its place in the present overview. Michael needs to stop the bloodshed before he loses all of his clients. Also see indexitis, injury tropes, breaking and destruction tropes. The following is a chronological list of every horror film ever made. If you had a us giallo brand microwave and you could open it up and still turn it on and you put your entire head into it and turned it on and instead of killing you it took you on a. The movie moves to its final and bloody conclusion with an horrific ending that ends up killing almost everyone in the spa. Pledges at this level and above will be entered to win a prize pack that includes a large sugar skull handpainted by artist christina cenczyk and a dvd containing three 1930sera poe adaptations directed by roger corman. Abundant trade and shipping spread the bubonic plague rapidly through asia and europe. He tells her she is the legendary princess of this tale and gives her three important tasks to complete. Dawn amy pietz and her daughter kayla tracey fairaway reunite for a weekend at a popular spa resort, and have to fight for their lives when a gurus deadly cult targets them. Death spa is a 1989 american horror film directed by michael fischa and starring william bumiller, brenda bakke, merritt butrick, ken foree, karyn parsons.
Com xvideos brenda bakke tane mcclure death spa 1988 free. Michael evans william bumiller owns a health club with a state of the art computer system. Chronological list of horror films horror film wiki fandom. Shjne love, romance, drama full movies recommended for you 1. Not even killing her can chase her out, at least not if she is the deceased wife who haunts death spa 1988, exerting her infernal influence on a long. Death spa 1988 r 01011988 us horror 1h 28m user score. Make no mistake it is dumb as a bag of hammers, but for an 80s lowbudget horror movie about a haunted computerized health club, it is a lot of fun and very well made. Death spa known in europe as witch bitch is a 1989 american horror film directed by michael fischa and starring william bumiller, brenda bakke, merritt butrick, ken foree, karyn parsons, and vanessa bell calloway. For films listed alphabetical, see alphabetical list of horror films. Death spa michael fischa, brenda bakke, william bumiller. Dancing death as theyre all full of the same great things.