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Killer Workout (originally titled Aerobicide)[1] is a 1987 American slasher film written and directed by David A. Prior. It stars Marcia Karr, David James Campbell, Fritz Matthews, Ted Prior, and Teresa Van der Woude. The story revolves around a Los Angeles fitness club owned by Rhonda Johnson, who was burned in a tanning salon five years ago. Detective Morgan begins to investigate the gym, after several of its members are brutally murdered by an unknown attacker.

Killer Workout
Directed by	David A. Prior[1][2]
Written by	David A. Prior[1]
Produced by	Peter Yuval[1]
Starring	Marcia Karr David James Campbell Fritz Matthews Ted Prior Teresa Van der Woude
Cinematography	Peter Bonilla[1]
Edited by	David A. Prior[1]
Production company	Maverick Films Productions[1]
Distributed by	Academy Home Entertainment
Running time	86 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A young model is burned in a tanning salon accident. Five years later, people at a fitness club owned by Rhonda (Marcia Karr) in Los Angeles are being murdered by a mysterious killer who uses a large safety pin. It is up to Detective Morgan (David James Campbell) to solve the mystery and stop the killer.

Cast

Cast adapted from the Variety review.[1]

• Marcia Karr as Rhonda Johnson
• David James Campbell as Lt. Morgan
• Fritz Matthews as Jimmy
• Ted Prior as Chuck
• Teresa Van der Woude as Jaimy

Reception

A reviewer credited as "Lor." of Variety reviewed the film on March 14, 1987 on VHS by Academy Home Entertainment.[1] "Lor." described the film as a "pretty standard slasher" and "unexciting",[1] "Lor." noted the film was too sparing in nude scenes to satisfy a voyeur audience while the final reel "boasts a couple of nice twists and an amoral ending."[1]

In his book Horror and Science Fiction Film IV, Donald C Willis referred to the film as a "lame horror thriller" that was "crude at everything - t&a displays in the gym, suspense sequences, plot twists."[3] In their review of the blu-ray, Bloody Disgusting opined that "the plot is the very basic slasher setup in that you meet a handful of characters and an unknown killer begins picking them off one by one...none of the characters are very well developed and are introduced to fit two very specific needs – be eye candy and become victims...this won’t result in a groundbreaking slasher that breaks the mold, but it works perfectly to create some enjoyable trash".[4]

Footnotes

References

• Lor. (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1987-1988. Vol. 20. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "April 15, 1987". ISBN 0-8352-2667-0.
• Willis, Donald C. (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3055-8.

External links

• Killer Workout at IMDb
• Killer Workout at Rotten Tomatoes

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