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'''''Death Spa''''' (known in Europe as '''''Witch Bitch''''')<ref name=slash>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Blake |date=30 October 2015 |title=How Did This Get Made: Death Spa (An Oral History) |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/death-spa-oral-history/ |publisher=[[/Film]] |access-date=13 November 2016 }}</ref> is a 1989<ref>{{cite news |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=30 October 2015 |title=Death Spa is the best-worst Halloween movie of all time |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/30/paul-scheer-death-spa |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |access-date=13 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rife |first=Katie |date=10 April 2015 |title=Gore Verbinski is making a movie about a killer spa |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/gore-verbinski-making-movie-about-killer-spa-217824 |publisher=''[[The A. V. Club]]'' |access-date=13 November 2016 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Death-Spa-Blu-ray/97545/|title=Death Spa Blu-ray|location=[[Blu-ray|Blu-ray.com]]|date=27 May 2014|access-date=13 November 2016}}</ref>
'''''Death Spa''''' (known in Europe as '''''Witch Bitch''''')<ref name=slash>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Blake |date=30 October 2015 |title=How Did This Get Made: Death Spa (An Oral History) |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/death-spa-oral-history/ |publisher=[[/Film]] |access-date=13 November 2016 }}</ref> is a 1989<ref>{{cite news |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=30 October 2015 |title=Death Spa is the best-worst Halloween movie of all time |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/30/paul-scheer-death-spa |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |access-date=13 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rife |first=Katie |date=10 April 2015 |title=Gore Verbinski is making a movie about a killer spa |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/gore-verbinski-making-movie-about-killer-spa-217824 |publisher=''[[The A. V. Club]]'' |access-date=13 November 2016 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Death-Spa-Blu-ray/97545/|title=Death Spa Blu-ray|location=[[Blu-ray|Blu-ray.com]]|date=27 May 2014|access-date=13 November 2016}}</ref> ''Death Spa'' was the final film to feature Merritt Butrick.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hale |first=Ann |date=3 June 2014 |title=Film Review: Death Spa |url=http://pop-break.com/2014/06/03/film-review-death-spa/ |publisher=Pop-Break |access-date=13 November 2016 }}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==

Revision as of 19:05, 13 November 2016

Death Spa
Directed byMichael Fischa
StarringWilliam Bumiller
Brenda Bakke
Merritt Butrick
Robert Lipton
CinematographyArledge Armenaki
Release dates
  • December 1, 1989 (1989-12-01) (Japan)
  • October 1990 (1990-10) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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, whose wife has recently killed herself, is the owner of a high-tech health club. Michael's wife 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

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. ^ a b 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. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Rife, Katie (10 April 2015). "Gore Verbinski is making a movie about a killer spa". The A. V. Club. Retrieved 13 November 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  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.