I knew from the DVD box art that I was in for a roller-coaster of pure, unadulterated abysmal acting and terrible special effects, but the promise of bare skin held my interest (somewhat).
It's true, you take what you get with these 'films' and since I didn't hear any Oscar nods for 'Candy Stripers' I figured that this made-for-video horror fest was worth at least the $1.98 I paid to rent it. Do you ever wish you had your $1.98 back? The DVD promising voluptuous beauties panned out to an extent, but for all the nudity the former Playmates involved in this venture had done in their previous line of work, the 'adult activity' was lukewarm at best. It's not like anyone renting this thing didn't see the obvious tie-ins with sex, etc. and were instead renting it for the star power backing this project. Renters of this film asked for the nudity, gore and violence and instead were introduced with a flaccid production and really limp acting and storyline. I don't know why producers feel that because they have no budget that everything must suffer.
SPOILERS AHEAD... SAVE YOUR $1.98 on a half gallon of gas...
So what's the plot? OK... Aliens come to earth and infest 'beautiful' young candy striper's (hence the title) at a small hospital with the intent on breeding with every man in site in a plot to take over the earth. Anyway, the candy striper's have some kind of parasitic worm that breeds inside them and then they orally pass it along to other females (sounds promising? it's not). The whole hospital becomes infected and is quarantined with an 'unknown' virus. Did I mention that there's some dumb teenage jocks involved? In the end the infected females are killed by insulin injections because it seems like they have an overwhelming lust for not only breeding with the locals, they also LOVE sugar. One of the heroines of the film is diabetic and discovers that when she 'accidentally' injected one of the infected females that attacked her the people responsible for the post-production add-ons tack on some very, very cheap wave lens effects to the aliens and then they die. The heroes of the movie blow up the hospital in order to destroy the aliens and all those infected, but of course the ending is left wide-open for a sequel.
I'm pretty sure there are much better "I'm here to breed with your men to take over the planet" plot lines out there... oh yeah... Species I, II and III.
It's true, you take what you get with these 'films' and since I didn't hear any Oscar nods for 'Candy Stripers' I figured that this made-for-video horror fest was worth at least the $1.98 I paid to rent it. Do you ever wish you had your $1.98 back? The DVD promising voluptuous beauties panned out to an extent, but for all the nudity the former Playmates involved in this venture had done in their previous line of work, the 'adult activity' was lukewarm at best. It's not like anyone renting this thing didn't see the obvious tie-ins with sex, etc. and were instead renting it for the star power backing this project. Renters of this film asked for the nudity, gore and violence and instead were introduced with a flaccid production and really limp acting and storyline. I don't know why producers feel that because they have no budget that everything must suffer.
SPOILERS AHEAD... SAVE YOUR $1.98 on a half gallon of gas...
So what's the plot? OK... Aliens come to earth and infest 'beautiful' young candy striper's (hence the title) at a small hospital with the intent on breeding with every man in site in a plot to take over the earth. Anyway, the candy striper's have some kind of parasitic worm that breeds inside them and then they orally pass it along to other females (sounds promising? it's not). The whole hospital becomes infected and is quarantined with an 'unknown' virus. Did I mention that there's some dumb teenage jocks involved? In the end the infected females are killed by insulin injections because it seems like they have an overwhelming lust for not only breeding with the locals, they also LOVE sugar. One of the heroines of the film is diabetic and discovers that when she 'accidentally' injected one of the infected females that attacked her the people responsible for the post-production add-ons tack on some very, very cheap wave lens effects to the aliens and then they die. The heroes of the movie blow up the hospital in order to destroy the aliens and all those infected, but of course the ending is left wide-open for a sequel.
I'm pretty sure there are much better "I'm here to breed with your men to take over the planet" plot lines out there... oh yeah... Species I, II and III.