A stripper stranded in a desert town must escape the clutches of a deranged local doctor practicing experimental medicine.

SYNOPSIS:

Fed up with her abusive boyfriend, beautiful Vegas stripper CANDY CARMEL (25) swipes a wad of his cash and hits the road. A nighttime car accident leaves her stranded in a desolate Nevada town, where she reluctantly agrees to let eccentric local physician DOC KROEGER (60s) treat her cuts with leeches, despite her fear of bugs. But when her infected leg worsens, she balks at allowing him to use maggots to heal her wounds.

Stuck in town while recovering and waiting for sleazy mechanic DRAGON to fix her car, Candy carries on a flirtation with decent local cop PARKER (30) and is drawn into a sordid relationship with a couple of local swingers, LUPE and BONGO. Fearful that her infected leg may need to be amputated, Candy reluctantly submits to the doctor's questionable maggot therapy. But Candy soon learns that many of the townsfolk have undergone similar medical treatment, with disastrous results. A recent heat wave has altered the creatures' metabolism, causing the maggots to burrow deeper and triggering erratic behavior in their hosts. Meanwhile, the leeches have been similarly affected, growing alarmingly in size and in their appetite for blood.

Candy asks Doc Kroeger to remove her maggots, but instead he drugs her and locks her in his office with a cast on her leg. Realizing she’s in the care of a madman, Candy must utilize all her athleticism and stripper skills to remove the maggots from her body and escape. As the heat wave intensifies, Candy joins forces with Parker in a final battle with the now out-of-control infestation.

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