Candy Stripers (2006)

Director:

Kate Robbins

Writers:

Jill Garson (writer)
Kate Robbins (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They're running out of patients...

Plot:

In a lonely road in Wucaipa, something attacks the driver of a car and her blind friend Tammy. They...

Plot Keywords:

Lollipop | Blind Girl | Seduction | Teenager | Sex

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Scott Aaronson	...	Coach
Brian Lloyd	...	Matt
Sarah McGuire	...	Tammy (as Sarah Ball)
Brianna Berman	...	Voluptuous Nurse #2
Deanna Brooks	...	Janine
Richard Burke	...	Bo
Monique Cooper	...	Sue
William Edwards Jr.	...	Joey
Kevin Thomas Fee	...	Brian
Leah Foster	...	Gayle
Terri Lynn Harris	...	Dr. Webber
Pearl Anne Lopez	...	Voluptuous Nurse #1
Barry J. Ratcliffe	...	Dr. Dixon
Nicole Rayburn	...	Krystal
Gerald Brodin	...	Repairman (as Gerald Smith)
Gerald Smith	...	Repairman
Eliza Swenson	...	Sally
Martin Szumanski	...	Huge Panther
Serria Tawan	...	Laurie
Andrew Welsh	...	Dr. Bradley
Tori White	...	Cherie (as T. White)
Ruby Garson	...	Child
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laurence Braun	...	Doctor #1
Bella Favela	...	News Reporter
Natalie J. Horton	...	Megan
Mike Kimmel	...	Worker #1
April MacKay	...	Worker #2
San'D Marshall	...	Possessed Candy Striper
R.J. McFarlane	...	Security Guard #2
Don Plance	...	Doctor #2
Stacy Plance	...	Voluptuous Nurse
Scott Reed	...	Referee
Cali Ross	...	Nurse
Pete Sepenuk	...	Radio DJ
Robby Smith	...	Guy in Lobby
Jim Sullivan	...	EMS Rescue Worker #1
Pete Wooster	...	EMS Rescue Worker #2
Abra Chouinard	...	Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by
Kate Robbins

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jill Garson		writer
Kate Robbins		writer

Produced by
Ronald P. Bova	....	executive producer
Cynthia Huffman	....	associate producer
Ruby Lopez	....	co-producer
Suzanne Lyons	....	producer
Ron Nicynski	....	executive producer
Scott Reed	....	associate producer
Kate Robbins	....	producer
Ron Singer	....	line producer
David Anthony Smith	....	executive producer
Natalia Smith	....	executive producer
James Thorpe	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Vincent Gillioz

Cinematography by
Geoffrey Schaaf

Film Editing by
Josh Muscatine

Casting by
Cynthia Huffman

Production Design by
Natasha Baumgardner
Margaret M. Miles

Art Direction by
Natasha Baumgardner
Jessica Kroeber

Costume Design by
Olivera Zemljak

Makeup Department
Terry Akins	....	hair department head
Maria Amezcua	....	assistant makeup artist
Andrew Baier	....	makeup department head
Tracy-Marie Briare	....	hair intern
Gloria Conrad	....	hair intern
Velia Gomez	....	hair intern
Joy Shulman	....	makeup artist
Judie Tallman	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Scott Reed	....	post-production supervisor
Scott Reed	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dustin Grabiner	....	second second assistant director
Paul Hart-Wilden	....	first assistant director
Andrew Welsh	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Arek Bagboudarian	....	set dresser
Adam Deyoe	....	set dresser
David Flajnik	....	set dresser
Kim Hogue	....	property master
Bethany Joy	....	set dresser
Scott Kelley	....	property master

Sound Department
Corey Gailit	....	boom operator
Chris Salamone	....	boom operator
Bryce Shonka	....	sound effects editor
Mondo Vila	....	production sound mixer
Craig Wade	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Ron Karkoska	....	special effects
Mark Villalobos	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
David Troy Smith	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Buchakjian	....	electrician
Henry Coccetti Jr.	....	gaffer
Scott Donahue	....	grip
Trish Herremans	....	additional gaffer
Michael Jones	....	grip
Jay Pope	....	best boy
Chris Robbins	....	still photographer
Andrew Robison	....	key grip
Jacob Romero	....	grip
Eddie Tucker	....	electrician
Mira Velasco	....	grip
Jeff Woolley	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Penny Berman	....	set costumer
Karen Mathieson	....	seamstress
Sara Rostami	....	set costumer
Talia Tsouros	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Gregory Hobson	....	additional editor
David Troy Smith	....	colorist
James Lo	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
'Buffalo Bill' Freeman	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Liz Ables	....	production assistant
Tiffany Boyle	....	production assistant
Susan Buliavac	....	additional script supervisor
Sofie Dejus	....	production coordinator
Barbara Friedman	....	script supervisor
Karen Klein	....	production assistant
Abbey Lerman	....	craft service
Matthew McArdle	....	production assistant
Richard McFarlane	....	assistant to producer
R.J. McFarlane	....	assistant to director
Brian Novak	....	production assistant

Thanks
Paulene Reed	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Wind Chill Films
• Bay Bridge Productions Inc. (executive production)
• That's Hollywood Studio Productions

Distributors

• AMG Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Conquistador Worldwide Media (2006-????) (worldwide) (all media)
• Imagine Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• IndustryWorks Distribution (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Screen Gems (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Monster FX

Other Companies

• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and gore, sexuality and some language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Wind Chill Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: The hospital has candy stripers doing duties that only RNs, LPNs or Doctors can perform. Candy stripers, in real life hospitals, do not practice medicine.

Sugar for the Babies

In a lonely road in Wucaipa, something attacks the driver of a car and her blind friend Tammy (Sarah Ball). They have a car accident; Tammy survives and is sent to the Wucaipa General Hospital. Meanwhile, a high school basketball team fights with the opponents in the square and the captain Matt (Brian Lloyd) with a broken leg, and his injured friends Joey (William Edwards Jr.) and Brian (Kevin Thomas Fee) are sent to the same hospital. Tammy is near death and asks the candy striper nurse Janine (Deanna Brooks) to kiss her. While kissing as a gesture of sympathy, an alien invades the mouth of Janine and infects her; she infects others nurses, clerks, doctors and patients, initiating an exponential virus outbreak in the hospital. Joey's sister Cherie (T. White) that has a crush on Matt stays with them in the hospital. When Joey is infected by a hot nurse during the night, he has webbing on the face and rush, and Matt asks Cherie to call his girlfriend Krystal (Nicole Rayburn) to help them to leave the hospital. But the place is under quarantine and the candy stripers need sugar to procreate a breed of alien.

The B-movie "Candy Stripers" recalls those movies from the 50's, more specifically "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", but spiced with erotic scenes and really hot actresses, highlighting the playmate Deanna Brooks and the sexy good actress Nicole Rayburn of "Kisses and Caroms". The story is flawed, this low-budget movie is not the eighth wonder of the world and will not be nominated to the Oscar, but the IMDb User Rating is very unfair, maybe due to prejudice against the gorgeous and sexy playmates. I found "Candy Stripers" a very entertaining and funny film. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Hospital Macabro" ("Macabre Hospital")