Heartstopper

Ever heard the phrase, "The devil made me do it"?  This movie has a serial killer who has the devil make him do it.  Too bad the devil didn't come up with a better ending.

This serial killer who has a knack for staying alive is out to transfer his soul into a new host so that he can continue working for Satan.  Luckily, there is a suicidal teenage girl who fits the profile that he wishes.  Seems a little dumb to want to use a girl who wants to off herself.  I mean, ... what if she is still suicidal after the transfer?  All that energy would be wasted.

Buckets of blood later, and I mean buckets, the girl is no longer suicidal and needs to kill the killer to stay alive.  But here is the kicker, the killer needs to remove the still beating heart of his victim in order to stay alive.  So guess what, ... the girl needs to remove his heart in order to kill him.  Pretty cool, huh?

Lots of fake blood in this movie.  Good old fashioned over the top violence too.  Electrocutions, scalpels to the eye, and general chest rippings.  All good stuff to look forward to viewing.  There is even a woman who gets her head set on fire.  And the best part, ... Robert Englund is the sheriff.  You might remember him from such Medusa's Face classics like 2001 Maniacs or Zombie Strippers.

The ending was weak, but other than that, a real slaughter festival.  And they don't waste anytime with the gore in this one.  There is a scene that I thought was particularly funny.  The head nurse is attempting to give blood to one of the students, but she is so rattled by the killer in the hospital that the girl who is being chased says, "Let me do it" and she does.  I don't know why that tickled me, but it did.

I give this movie 3 out of 5 blood bags.

Candy Stripers

This is the kind of B-Movie that I like.  Barely any plot explanation, mostly non-digital special effects, and over-the-top senseless violence.  Add in some gratuitous nudity and you have the making of a classic.

 

Two girls are heading down the highway in their truck, when they encounter an overturned vehicle.  They investigate the scene and then they are on their way.  But there is something in the truck bed, and it means business.  Because the passenger is now in the hospital.  A candy striper sit and waits with the patient and when the patient wakes up, she calls the candy striper over and asks for a kiss before she dies.  The candy striper obliges and gets some sort of alien cucumber transferred to her.

 

The local basketball team is playing a game with a tough opponent and fights break out in the course of the game.  A few of the team get sent to the hospital for their injuries and this hospital is not exactly top notch.  There is a scene where the doctor is laughing as he tries to reset a dislocation of one of the players.

 

The infected candy striper begins to infect several other candy stripers and also some of the nurses.  COOL DEATH SCENE ALERT: A candy striper slices the neck of one security guard and a police officer shoots her in the forehead.  She drops, but comes back to life.  Another COOL DEATH SCENE ALERT: another candy striper pulls the heart out of the janitor and claims, "Men can be so heartless."

 

There are several scenes like this during the movie.  I was hoping for a few more, but there was enough to keep you watching.  The captain of the basketball team and his love interest are able to save the day.  But not before a head gets ripped off or having someone else getting their face melted off.  Worth the watch and even worth to watch again.

 

I give this movie 4 1/2 out of 5 insulin guns.