Witch Bitch aka Death Spa follows Aerobicide by a year or two, but probably wasn’t technically a ripoff. Although, now that I think about it, both movies feature a dead woman stuffed into a locker. Other than that, and both movies being in gyms, there are few similarities. It just shows you how pervasive the aerobics culture was in the 80s. Also, back then, if you saw a woman out at the grocery store or something in her gym spandex, chances were excellent that she actually had the body for it.
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James said:
If it’s anything like Aerobicide I’m on it!
Wednesday's Child said:
If you can appreciate Aerobicide (what am I saying, I am talking to a man whose blog is called B Horror Blog, of course you will appreciate it!) you will like this one too.
Cortez the Killer said:
The ‘You’re so Beta’ comment was awesome. Such coke fueled wackiness in this movie. What I mean by that it is, I have a theory that all slasher filmmakers were fueled by cocaine in the 80′s. How else do you explain the insane dialogue and over the top antics?
Wednesday's Child said:
Almost everything in the 80s seemed like it was fueled by coke. There is no other way people would be self-centered enough to make those awful movies and think nobody would notice!
Wednesday's Child said:
Reblogged this on Deep Red Rum and commented:
Because I am in the middle of a four-day run of playing Fruma Sarah the vengeful spirit in Fiddler on the Roof, and I don’t have anything prepared for tonight, I’m gonna give you this greatest hit from last summer about the B-movie “classic” Death Spa. To be fair, I have gained a lot of new readers since then, so I hope you all will enjoy this one for the first time. Tomorrow there will be a guest post from my husband, and then Monday I’ll be back to my Jose Ramon Larraz marathon. Don’t forget to click at the bottom of this page to finish reading over at a site I have contributed to in the past. Midnight Showing! Thanks!
theipc said:
This sounds FANTASTIC!!
Wednesday's Child said:
It has to be seen, if only because it’s so completely over the top and inscrutable. And boobulous.
theipc said:
hmmmmmm – I can’t seem to find this on NF under Death Spa or Witch Bitch… any other suggestions??
Wednesday's Child said:
It’s not on DVD in the US. I had to order a Japanese region 0 disc, which means that if you can find a VHS rip it’s technically not illegal to download it.