Two dorky Nevada worm wranglers are kidnapped by a gang of beautiful women as part of a plot to steal plutonium from the Mafia.Two dorky Nevada worm wranglers are kidnapped by a gang of beautiful women as part of a plot to steal plutonium from the Mafia.Two dorky Nevada worm wranglers are kidnapped by a gang of beautiful women as part of a plot to steal plutonium from the Mafia.
Mike Cartel
- Ralph
- (as Michael Cartel)
Seeska Vandenberg
- Fate
- (as Sijtske Vandenberg)
Evelyn King Kennedy
- Skitso
- (as Evelyn King)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaActor, writer, and director Mike Cartel did his own stunts on the film, including being hit by a shotgun blast at close range while wearing a semi-protective vest; running and crashing through a full-size 'breakable' plate glass door; falling into a jukebox, over tables, and hard into walls from punches in a barroom fight; getting hit in the face by a heavy plastic 'stunt' bottle, and having three explosive squibs burst through a plywood background wall around his resting head.
- Alternate versionsA Director's Cut/Special Edition of Runaway Nightmare was released in DVD and Blu-ray in 2014, along with a restored 35mm print for theatrical presentations
- SoundtracksHard to Find
by James and Patty Coons
Featured review
This thoroughly uncategorizable whatever-the-hell-it-is is far and away one of the most aberrant gonzo visions ever committed to celluloid(with a few shot-on-video nudity inserts). Seriously...this one will leave your head spinning for days, if not months...
The conspectus of this flippantly engendered zero-budget wonder involves a rat-pack of female criminals who abduct a couple of lowly Death Valley worm farmers(?!), and forcibly enlist their aid in a plot to snare a briefcase full of plutoni...uh...PLATINUM... from a rival organized crime syndicate. The film brings down the curtain with a scene paying light homage to the 50s noir classic KISS ME DEADLY.
The deranged impetus of RUNAWAY NIGHTMARE is largely propelled by dallying shots of women posing seductively with an assortment of weapons. Considering the noticeably unfurnished nature of this conception, I suspect it was predominantly formulated as fetishistic fodder piloted at guys with a blaze in their pants for armed-and-dangerous females. Hey...sign me up. What's hotter than a chick with a gun?
Nothing...I mean NOTHING the likes of RUNAWAY NIGHTMARE has ever crossed my path...an ass-backward oddity with enough catawampus appeal to merit a small cult following. Featured castmember Georgia Durante, a noted model, gangster's moll and stuntwoman, later published her disturbing memoirs in a marvelous book(called THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS), which is every bit as bizarre as this film. 6/10
The conspectus of this flippantly engendered zero-budget wonder involves a rat-pack of female criminals who abduct a couple of lowly Death Valley worm farmers(?!), and forcibly enlist their aid in a plot to snare a briefcase full of plutoni...uh...PLATINUM... from a rival organized crime syndicate. The film brings down the curtain with a scene paying light homage to the 50s noir classic KISS ME DEADLY.
The deranged impetus of RUNAWAY NIGHTMARE is largely propelled by dallying shots of women posing seductively with an assortment of weapons. Considering the noticeably unfurnished nature of this conception, I suspect it was predominantly formulated as fetishistic fodder piloted at guys with a blaze in their pants for armed-and-dangerous females. Hey...sign me up. What's hotter than a chick with a gun?
Nothing...I mean NOTHING the likes of RUNAWAY NIGHTMARE has ever crossed my path...an ass-backward oddity with enough catawampus appeal to merit a small cult following. Featured castmember Georgia Durante, a noted model, gangster's moll and stuntwoman, later published her disturbing memoirs in a marvelous book(called THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS), which is every bit as bizarre as this film. 6/10
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- Feb 14, 2005
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- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Безудержный кошмар
- Filming locations
- Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA(Cult commune, Ralph/Jason bug ranch)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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