The Hitcher

The Hitcher

1986 · 98 min · EN · R · 7.0 (1,055 votes)
Dir. Robert Harmon · Starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, Billy Green Bush, John M. Jackson · Music Mark Isham · The Hitcher Collection

The terror starts the moment he stops.

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On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

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This is a relentless, dread-soaked descent into a nightmare road trip. It feels like a visceral, mean-spirited chase through a desolate landscape, where every turn ratchets up the suffocating paranoia. The tension is palpable, a constant knot in the stomach, as innocence is brutally shattered and survival becomes a desperate, gritty struggle.

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