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Wikipedia article




'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. Butrick's role in the film was his last before his death, while Parsons's role marked her feature film debut as an actress.

Synopsis



After Michael Evans's wife Catherine Avery Evans, a recent suicide, possesses the computer at her late husband's high-tech health club, she begins to use the club's exercise machines, dumbbells, and other equipment to murder 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 Sergeant Stone

* Francis X. McCarthy as Lieutenant Fletcher

* Shari Shattuck as Catherine Avery Evans

* Hank Cheyne as Robert

* Chelsea Field as Darla

* Joseph Whipp as Dr. Lido Moray

* Tan McClure as Vicky

* Vanessa Bell Calloway 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".

Home media



The film was first released in Japan in 1989 on video, before being released directly to VHS in the United States in 1990, and was released on a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in 2014.

In Popular Culture



In 2014, 'Death Spa' was featured on an episode of Red Letter Media's "Best of the Worst" along with 'High Voltage' and 'Space Mutiny'.

In 2015, 'Death Spa' was featured on an [https://www.earwolf.com/episode/death-spa-live/ episode] of the popular podcast 'How Did This Get Made?', featuring Horatio Sanz as the guest. They ridiculed several aspects of the film, such as the 80's workout gear, the paranormal-transgender villains, and whether or not serving sushi in a place of exercise is sanitary.

Actress Karyn Parsons made her screen debut in 'Death Spa', and was subsequently brought in to audition for 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' after an NBC executive saw the movie on late-nite cable.

References




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