The exploration fair 'Death Spa' delivers on what it promises, supple bodies in various states of undress and gruesome deaths. The ghost of the jealous wife of the owner of prosperous LA fitness club, possesses her twin brother and proceeds to wreck the business and try to off any pretty woman who might attract her widowers attention.
Uneven, but still better then it should be, 'Death Spa' is a surprisingly competent production, but had a lot of distribution problems which accounts for the movie being attributed copyright/release dates for 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 (I went with the year of it's first theatrical release, which was in Japan).
Since the plot involves a computerized system running amok, 1986's 'Chopping Mall' serves as a good point of reference. I would say this film is a little better put together then the earlier film, if a little less fun. Still the batshit ending leaves things on a high note, and solicited from me the coveted 'big grin'. **
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