The Hitcher (1986) is a horrifying thriller that follows Jim Halsey as he picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder on his way to San Diego, turning his journey into a nightmare. The movie was directed ...

And make no mistake, The Hitcher is a monster of a movie - not just in its violence and dark psychology, but in the multiplicitous depths of its thematic content. Ryder's illusiveness lends the ...

A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.

When C Thomas Howell utters the words "My mother told me to never do this", you know Rutger Hauer isn't going to give hitchhikers a good name. Once in the car, Rutger proves the ultimate backseat ...

THE original 1986 version of The Hitcher, written by Eric Red, contrived a nerve-shredding game of cat and mouse between a driver and a psychotic drifter. Rutger Hauer's riveting performance as the ...

A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.

Every now and then, I'll come across something I like to call a "rabbit hole" movie - a film that sinks its hooks into you so immediately and with such venom that you can't help but fall under its ...

Horror remakes and sequels are still all the rage these days. The latest is The Hitcher (opening January 19 throughout San Diego), a remake of the 1986 horror flick that featured Rutger Hauer as a ...