This flick aspires to emulate the old grindhouse/drive-in revenge exploitation movies from days of yore. Retro music, retro cars, sleazy characters, murder, (simulated) sex, rape and retribution propel the story. It boasts good production values, a capable cast and a very mean-spirited tone. Although some reviewers analogize it with the classic I Spit on Your Grave, it falls far short of that “illustrious” standard because of WGOs (Wasted GIMP Opportunities). And don't believe this promotional poster. You won't find the scene in the movie.

The GIMPettes: Rebecca (hot brunette Christina DeRosa) and Catherine (relative newcomer Cheryl Lyone) are Catholic schoolgirls on a road trip mission to raise money for their parochial school by hawking Bibles door-to-door. Yeah I know – it’s lame, but you just have to roll with it. Catherine is uptight, virginal and wears her hair in a hideous bun on top of her head. Rebecca craves fun and adventure; we get our first view of her as she steps out of a shower naked in the fleabag motel they're staying in.

The Set-Up: The girls head out in their ’60s-era Ford Wagon for the dusty, low-life infested hamlet of Mosely, which the slimy motel manager assured them “could use a good dousing of the Lord.” Inadvertently, they knock on the door of a whore house just as a murder is taking place. As the only witnesses, they are captured by a particularly unholy trio: vicious coke-head prostitute Marla (“I'm not a whore, I'm a companion”); her sociopathic pimp Lobo, who is soooo nice to his girls (“I'll slap you so hard the Queen will wake up with a headache!”); and Lobo’s stuttering, dim-bulb lackey Clint (gotta be a joke in there somewhere).

The GIMPage: Clint pins Rebecca to the floor, tears open her shirt, cuts open her bra to reveal luscious breasts and then turns her over on her stomach. From the sounds in the background, we can infer that he is raping her, but nothing is shown. Marla takes off her own panties and ties Catherine’s wrists in front of her. Unfortunately, a game of Russian roulette with Marla’s gun results in Rebecca’s quick exit from the movie. The trio take Catherine out to an isolated wilderness location and set her loose taunting, “Run, bitch run!”, hence the movie title. I was hoping for a protracted survival saga here, akin to Naked Fear. But Lobo catches up to Catherine in short order, pins her against a fallen tree, and takes her from behind while she is still clothed. All we see here are the heads and shoulders of both characters, although Catherine’s facial expressions and screaming are very effective.

Next, it’s Clint’s turn to chase Catherine down, but he is given a knife to finish the job. Dumb as he is, Clint at least knows to kneel on her while she’s on the ground and remove or cut off all of her clothing. Wow…Cheryl Lyone is quite a spectacle without that schoolgirl uniform on. Sadly, Clint relents when he sees Catherine gazing at her rosary and praying. Arrgh. Catherine flees, but falls down an embankment and hits her head on some rocks, knocking her unconscious. Believing her dead, Clint takes her clothes back to Lobo and reports that the deed is done. Catherine regains consciousness and wanders naked through the forest, finally losing that @#$%& bun hairdo. She finds a road, and her rescue is implied. In the next scene, she is recovering in a hospital.

Catherine steals a nurse’s uniform (hence the movie posters showing her thus clad), sneaks out of the hospital, retrieves her car and embarks on her campaign of revenge. Her methods aren't as elaborate and grisly as those of Camille Keaton in ISOYG, with one exception. Those who have an urge to see a man’s anus skewered several times with a machete might be interested. The tagline for ISOYG was “No jury would convict her!” But Catherine comes to a different conclusion, so this movie has a unique ending.

Movie plusses: Nudity, clothes-ripping and cutting, and a hard-nosed script that evokes a bygone era of film-making. There is absolutely nothing redemptive about any character in this movie, ‘cept maybe poor dead Rebecca.

Movie minuses: Christina DeRosa’s role was too brief. No bondage, no gags…and numerous other violations of the GIMP Handbook

I'd like to give this a better grade because of the cast, the excellent production values and the cool dialog. But the WGOs just can't be forgiven.