Killer Workout
Two years ago, a young woman named Valerie was burned after entering a tanning salon. Now, Rhonda runs a local gym where all of a sudden, people are being murdered.
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- Cast:
- Marcia Karr , Ted Prior , Dianne Copeland
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It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
This movie has one of those soundtracks that literally describes what is happening on screen, but its all cheesy 80's music so it's awesome. There are loads of aerobics montages with gratuitous crotch shots and zoom ins on the girls in skimpy outfits which I guess is cool if you're into that. The plot is standard and the gore isn't much to look at, but it's a corny fun that makes this worth watching.
Now this director knows how to sell sleaziness.Still a far cry from the Italian sleazy gialli but more than enough to give this bad movie the spice that it needs.Let there be no doubt about it.This movie is bad.Real bad.No,not the Michael Jackson kind.I mean it could be considered awful.But it is so bad and awful that it is good.I mean I laughed almost throughout.It went from one hilarious scene to another.Which was intensified by the fact that everything was taken seriously by director and the actors.Resulting in a parody of the slasher genre without intending it to be.Pay special attention to the detective who thinks of himself as a hard boiled and intelligent cop who is amazingly stupid.There is not one moment in the film where you can look at him in action and say now that is some fine acting.Not a hint of damn,"I got to pay the bills that is why I am in this rotten movie".On top of that the director tries to make a film that combines all the Eighties goodness or badness whatever you prefer resulting in something that I could describe as one huge mistake. Slasher,kungfu flick,crime film,flashdance type film,you name it is there.And of course enough crotch and boob shots to please the people who like that sort of thing.Who me?I can't deny giggling at some of the gratuitous shots made.It was like,"we are serious film makers trying to film scenes where serious actresses portray some difficult exercises and these are so difficult in fact that the camera has trouble recording them so we have to zoom in to spots we know very well to get back on the right track.Well,we got lost a lot of times."Or some other excuse like this.OK,I admit it I was expecting these shots and thank god they were there.Otherwise the film would not have been nearly as entertaining as it was.Do I really need to explain to you why Killer Workout is not a proper slasher or horror film? Even when there was enough present to come close.From start till the ending you will be entertained by the randomness of the events and more so when the killer and the motive is revealed.It is beyond ridiculous.But it won't matter much since you had fun for 90 minutes.
This is one of those movies that going in, I knew it was going to be bad. Sure enough, it was; bad acting, overacting, forgettable music, more plot holes then you can drive a truck through, and then some. So, why am I giving this movie such a high score? Because, this is one of those movies that's so bad, its so damn good. The movie starts with an attractive model (we only see her body, not her face) just finding out that she got a top modeling job in Paris. To celebrate, she decides to go to a tanning salon (at night, mind you, but in typically cheesy fashion, there's an accident with the tanning bed, and our poor girl gets fried. Fast forward to Rhonda's workout, a start of the art aerobics studio thats run with an iron fist by a grumpy Rhonda (and probably grumpy actress, Marcia Karr). Then enters Jaimy, Rhonda's undependable employee, who shows up late, wearing her tight, black leotard and somehow having enough money to drive a Porsche. Before you know it, the clients start getting murdered, one by one, and enters the clueless, 80s tough guy cop (played by David James Campbell) who interrogates everybody but can't find the killer. The movie actually does manage to build a good mystery around the story, and keep in mind that we never saw the face of the girl that burned in the tanning bed. What's the connection? You'll just have to find out for yourself. To sum it up, this movie has everything (if you're a guy anyway) that you could possibly want: hot women that you just met who will take you to there home to make out, hot women wearing tight leotards, and, uh, hot women. If you're ever in the mood for some mindless fun, "Killer Workout" aka, "Aerobicide", is not a bad way to spend some time, especially with some friends. 8 out of 10
**SPOILER WARNING!* I LOVE this movie! It is quite possibly the cheesiest slasher to come out of the 80s, but that's what is so irresistible about it! The plot concerns Rhonda (Marcia Karr) an overall unpleasant woman because several years earlier she was accidentally baked inside of a tanning bed while trying to get a tan so she could be on the cover of cosmopolitan. Due to this horrifying traumatic incident, she starts killing off the clients of her gym because she is jealous of their beauty! Talk about totally cheesy 80s slasher plot. KILLER WORKOUT also features the best weapon of choice - a large safety pin used to off the client's one by one! The acting is, of course, really atrocious. But it still maintains the neat 80s charm. The bad music, the bad fashions, the bad hair. I could go on and on. It was obviously made on a shoestring budget. But like I said, all of that gives it its charm. You must seek it out at once! If not for the atrocious acting and the unbelievable plot, then for it's totally awesome soundtrack! Only You Tonight has to be the best 80s pop song out there!