It’s July! We know for sure you don’t plan on sitting in some small, dark Brooklyn microcinema all summer! The sun is out and you wanna eat sugar-free non-dairy ice cream, swim ‘til sunset, and show off that bodacious beach bod, right? Well… let’s be real. You may not have spent last month working on your abs, but we here at Spectacle have a shortcut. Instead of getting sticky in the grimy city heat, come get the juices flowing here with us and experience BLOODPUMPERS! 3 FILMS TO SWEAT TO! Our screaming summer spa program will have you breaking a sweat in no time without ever leaving your seat. Your friends will be saying “Wow, you look great!” or at the very least “Wow, why do you look so pale?”
Included in our intensive exercise regimen is the gut-busting horror comedy MURDERCISE as well as the two kingpins of Workout Horror: the completely insane DEATH SPA and the cheese-filled KILLER WORKOUT. Deal available only at select Spectacle Locations!
MURDERCISE
Dirs. Paul Ragsdale, Angelica De Alba. 2023.
United States. 84 min.
In English.
SATURDAY, JULY 6 – 10 PM with filmmaker Q&A (This event is $10.)
FRIDAY, JULY 19 – 10 PM
MONDAY, JULY 22 – 7:30 PM
Fitness freak and junior Reaganite Phoebe is plucked from her dead end job at the corndog kiosk and drafted to star in a seedy exercise tape, which to her frustration, is a little more focused on ass over aerobics. Meanwhile, a dangerous duo of police impersonating serial killers are terrorizing the beautiful, chiseled women of the city. Soon, the hardbodies start piling up and it’s up to Phoebe and mob heiress Isabella to show off their leadership skills in order to save the day and get front cover – even if it means spilling a little blood themselves.
MURDERCISE is the all-new zany horror comedy from the husband and wife directing duo Paul Ragsdale and Angelica De Alba that pays tribute to fitness horror classics of yore. Featuring appearances from multiple dynasties of Scream Queens including Ginger Lynn Allen, Jessa Flux, Erica Dyer, and Kansas Bowling.
Please join us on JULY 6 at 10 PM for a remote Q&A with directors Angelica and Paul!
KILLER WORKOUT
(AKA AEROBICIDE)
Dir. David A. Prior. 1987.
United States. 84 min.
In English.
TUESDAY, JULY 2 – 10 PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 20 – MIDNIGHT
THURSDAY, JULY 25 – 7:30 PM
Rhonda’s Workout is known as the place to come and blow off some steam. Soon enough, the gym gains another reputation: the hunting grounds for a crazed murderer wielding a large safety pin. The race is on for Jaimy, Rhonda, and the rest of the hardbodies to solve the mystery and stop the killer once and for all.
From David A. Prior, the director of genre-defining cult favorites DEADLY PREY and SLEDGEHAMMER, KILLER WORKOUT is a slasher bubbling over with enough spandex, hairspray, and B-Grade 80s Cheese Pop you’ll feel the need to crack open a Tab Cola.
DEATH SPA
(AKA WITCH BITCH)
Dir. Michael Fischa. 1988.
United States. 88 min.
In English.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 19 – MIDNIGHT
SUNDAY, JULY 21 – 5 PM
Haunted by the death of his wife, Michael distracts himself with women and work – toiling night and day to keep Starbody Health Spa on the cutting edge of exercise technology and the science of smoothie making. Suddenly, Michael’s suitors begin dropping like flies in the most gruesome of ways. It’s now up to Michael, ex-brother-in-law and current hacker in charge David, and kooky parapsychologist Dr. Lido Moray to stop the bloodshed before Mardi Gras.
Featuring breathtaking LA hilltop vistas, eye-popping tell-your-friend kills, smoggy neon lights, and Memphis Group decor. DEATH SPA is a completely supernatural tech horror protein shake for the eyes and is guaranteed to melt all the matter off your mind and midsection.