Cult Classic: Killer Workout (1987)

“She was so pretty…..”

Aerobics were all the rage in the 1980s. Slasher films were insanely popular as well. 1987’s Killer Workout (also known as Aerobicide) fused them together in the hopes of raking in the big bucks. The result was a ho-hum slasher flick featuring a killer with a fondness for laundry pins, endless shots of women exercising in form-fitting workout clothes, and lots of bad acting.

In the film, a young model named Valerie dies in a tanning bed accident just moments after receiving some great news about her modelling career. The film then jumps ahead five years where Valerie’s twin sister, Rhonda, is running a successful aerobics studio. One by one, beautiful young women (and a few muscular dudes) are picked off by an unseen killer that primarily uses a giant laundry pin to stab victims to death. A new hire appears out of nowhere and a local detective starts to dig deep into the case in order to find the true murderer. Who is the killer? Watch Killer Workout to find out the truth!

This film will most likely only appeal to hardcore slasher fans. It features all of the standard tropes of the genre, from multiple suspects to decent kills to gratuitous nudity, that will definitely keep viewers interested, but it doesn’t cover any new ground. It’s a pretty cookie-cutter killer flick.

The film stars Marcia Karr, David Campbell, Teresa Vander Woude, Ted Prior, and Fritz Matthews. Karr appeared in a number of exploitation and cult films during her career including Chained Heat, Maniac Cop, and The Concrete Jungle. Outside of her, Ted Prior is probably the best known actor in the film. He’s best known for action films such as Hardcase And Fist and Raw Justice.

If you love 80s slashers and/or exploitation films, Killer Workout is for you. It’s definitely on the lower end of slasher films, so don’t go into it expecting very much.

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