Runaway Nightmare

Runaway Nightmare (1982)

BOMB (out of 4)

Ralph (Mike Cartel) and Jason (Al Valletta) are working as worm farmers in the desert and complaining that their lives have no fun or adventure. As soon as they say that they witness a couple men burying a box. They decide to dig it up and inside is a woman that is still alive. They take her home but before long a gang of women break in and kidnap the men.

This regional horror film started production in 1978 and it was finished sometime in 1982 when the picture was released. The version of the film I watched was the original director's cut, which features no nudity or anything like that. When it was originally released on video someone added a bunch of nude inserts but sadly they were not a part of the director's cut, although they can be found on the DVD release of the film as a bonus feature.

As far as the film goes, I must admit that I'm rather shocked to read some positive reviews of this thing. For my money this was one of the worst and most boring films I've ever seen. I mean, you've pretty much got nothing happening throughout the 93-minute running time. You keep watching the movie expecting something of interest to happen but it never does. The film continues to drag along and there's still nothing.

The pure boredom caused by this picture is just something shocking to witness. I really don't understand what the director (Cartel) was trying to do. There's no drama. No mystery. No horror or gore. There's no nudity. There's honestly nothing going on with this picture. I guess some people share my feelings of nothing going on yet they find that to be entertained because they've never seen anything like it before. I think it would have been better had RUNAWAY NIGHTMARE just not been made.