Stars: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn

Director: Robert Harmon

Summary: A magnanimous young man who picks up a strange hitchhiker on a desert highway on a dark, rainy night soon wishes he had just driven on. The deranged hitchhiker turns the innocent fellow's journey into a living nightmare.

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Made in 1984, The Hitcheris an update--in spirit at least--of Steven Spielberg's first feature film, 1971's Duel. Here C Thomas Howell plays a guy taking a drive-away car from Chicago to San Diego. On a whim, in the rain, and against his better judgment, he picks up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer). The hitcher quickly admits to being a murdering psychopath and once Howell finally gets him out of his car, he is pursued with all the vengeance of the ancient furies. We're never sure if the hitcher is a figment of his imagination, making Howell a schizophrenic killer, or if he's real and Howell is the random victim of a wandering madman, which is how his potential new girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh) thinks of him. Either way, The Hitcheris great fun, kinda scary and teetering on the brink of "must see". --Andy Spletzer

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Scene Selections, Audio Commentary By Robert Harmon And Eric Red, Teaser, Trailer, Filmographies, 7 Screenplay Samples, Exclusive Documentary, 2 Short Movies
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish
Year:	1986
Release Date:	July 14, 2003
Runtime:	93 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	M P 157 D
Keywords:	Special, Two, General, Edition, Wide, Screen, Hitcher, Horror, Occult, Discs, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult