"Deadly Spa" (a.k.a., "Zephyr Springs") is an extremely unpleasant film set in a spy in Zephyr Springs. Dawn and her college-age daughter Kyla decide to splurge on an adventure to a spy that affords the chance to get away and to bond in an idyllic setting. But the adventure to hideaway called The Source turns into a nightmare.
The spa is run by a depraved individual named David James, who apparently has no credentials in psychology. At best, he comes across as a New Age guru. At worst, he is a nefarious predator. At one point, he waxes philosophical about taking a Left and Right turn. In his own life, he admits that he made the wrong decision and now must suffer the consequences.
After mother and daughter have arrived at the spy, Dawn is quite enamored of David. But the perceptive daughter senses something disturbing in his manner. While Kyla wants to leave the spy, Dawn insists that they stay. Through the young waiter Brett, Kyla learns that David is deranged, and that he has his sights set on keeping the mother and daughter hostage and brainwashing them.
The smooth operator David learns that the most vulnerable side of Dawn is her fear of being hurt again in a relationship. And he learns that Kyla lacks confidence and desires more than anything to believe that she is beautiful. David uses that information to dig his tentacles into the women. Again, it is Kyla who sees through David and resists him.
The frantic action sequence that brings things to a head involves the sport of archery. Early in the film, Kyla demonstrated that she was a skilled archer. For the sharp film viewer, there was no doubt at that moment that the bow and arrows would be put to good effect in the climax. Kyla's marksmanship will be on display, and the relationship of Dawn and Kyla will be put to the test. Sometimes, their relationship may bend. But like the path of an accurately placed arrow, the mother-daughter bond will never break.
The spa is run by a depraved individual named David James, who apparently has no credentials in psychology. At best, he comes across as a New Age guru. At worst, he is a nefarious predator. At one point, he waxes philosophical about taking a Left and Right turn. In his own life, he admits that he made the wrong decision and now must suffer the consequences.
After mother and daughter have arrived at the spy, Dawn is quite enamored of David. But the perceptive daughter senses something disturbing in his manner. While Kyla wants to leave the spy, Dawn insists that they stay. Through the young waiter Brett, Kyla learns that David is deranged, and that he has his sights set on keeping the mother and daughter hostage and brainwashing them.
The smooth operator David learns that the most vulnerable side of Dawn is her fear of being hurt again in a relationship. And he learns that Kyla lacks confidence and desires more than anything to believe that she is beautiful. David uses that information to dig his tentacles into the women. Again, it is Kyla who sees through David and resists him.
The frantic action sequence that brings things to a head involves the sport of archery. Early in the film, Kyla demonstrated that she was a skilled archer. For the sharp film viewer, there was no doubt at that moment that the bow and arrows would be put to good effect in the climax. Kyla's marksmanship will be on display, and the relationship of Dawn and Kyla will be put to the test. Sometimes, their relationship may bend. But like the path of an accurately placed arrow, the mother-daughter bond will never break.