- Release Date: 1986
- Runtime: 97 min
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn ... see all
- Director: Robert Harmon
- Plot: A young man transporting a car to another state is stalked along the road by a cunning and relentless serial killer who eventually frames the driver for a string of... Read more
User Reviews
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...!!!!!
Jul 02, 2008
sharoningram_57 - yahoo.com
Jul 02, 2008sharoningram_57 - yahoo.com
FROM THIS MOVIE TO OTHERS LIKE THE "TITANIC"...IT'S NOT LIKE THE ENDING WILL BE DIFFERENT!.....DID THE TITANIC MISS THE ICEBERG?...NOOOOO.....THE MOVIE CREATORS NEEDS TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS AND QUIT DEPENDING ON THE OLD RELIABLE OLDER MOVIES FOR UPDATING THEM... Full review
Classic, But....
Jun 04, 2008
predalien453 - yahoo.com
Jun 04, 2008predalien453 - yahoo.com
This film is a great thrill ride. The ending is a bit confusing, but overall, it's good. It has great character development and actually have sympathy for the characters when they are in trouble. You are rooting and booing for the... Full review
never pick up hitch hikers people
Feb 17, 2008
jose2erives - yahoo.com
Feb 17, 2008jose2erives - yahoo.com
good movie i can wacth this movie a thousand times. and hopefully this movie will teach people to not pick up hitch hikers.... Full review
WHAT A BAD MOVIE.....
Oct 11, 2007
pinahec - yahoo.com
Oct 11, 2007pinahec - yahoo.com
IT'S JUST BAD. PERIOD. I MEAN COME ON THIS WAS MADE JUST TO REMIND US NOT TO PICK UP HITCHHIKERS ON THE ROAD. NOT TO TALK TO STRANGERS. BUT THE MOVIE GOES TO FAR, TO A RIDICULOUS POINT. I WOULDN'T IMAGINE... Full review
The Hitcher
May 19, 2007
christegtmeier - yahoo.com
May 19, 2007christegtmeier - yahoo.com
"... isn't even remotely scary! It's really disappointing, but it's more mediocre! There are a few good parts, but that's just about it! I've been wanting to see this film for a long time. I thought that it was going to... Full review
Outstanding horror film
May 18, 2007
s_i_c_k_b_o_y2004 - yahoo.com
May 18, 2007s_i_c_k_b_o_y2004 - yahoo.com
This was excellent. I loved every minute of it. I loved the acting very much. C. Thomas Cromwell did an excellent job as a young boy on his first and last road trip. The story took a young man on his... Full review
What is so frightening about this movie?
May 18, 2007
danieltegtmeier - yahoo.com
May 18, 2007danieltegtmeier - yahoo.com
People think this movie is really frightening.... it isn't. The only awesome seen in this movie is the police chases. Also, most of the deaths are off-screen which make the movie even more lame! To sum it all up, The Hitcher... Full review
PICK UP THIS HITCHER
Mar 24, 2007
rrenaker - yahoo.com
Mar 24, 2007rrenaker - yahoo.com
I thought the movie was so terrifying that I could not go to sleep. Rent this movie, you'll love it. It is like nothing you've seen before... Full review
An intense thriller that still works.
Mar 08, 2007
landy2good - yahoo.com
Mar 08, 2007landy2good - yahoo.com
After twenty years, The Hitcher really holds up extremely well as a sharp, well directed, acted and written film. C. Thomas Howell plays a hapless young man who picks up the terrifying Rutger Hauer(who excels at playing villians.)and begins a game... Full review
a thriller for the imagination
Jan 19, 2007
l.langford - yahoo.com
Jan 19, 2007l.langford - yahoo.com
I loved this movie. I think what most people miss is the relationship between Jim Halsey and John Ryder. Our villan chooses Halsey to be the one to take his life. I think he wants to end his murdering ways but... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Oct 09, 2008The New York Times
Loading Reader Ratings Review Summary Pretty boy actor C. Thomas Howell stars in this dark, violent suspense film about the strange psychological bond between a traveling serial killer and one of his intended victims. ... Full Review
| Jul 24, 2003TotalFilm
Problem is, freshman director Robert Harmon doesnt give Hauer enough screen time to make the most of his icy, charismatic malevolence, ditching the nightmarish atmospherics in favour of so-so action theatrics.
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| Feb 21, 1986Chicago Sun-Times
There are other disgusting moments....if it had found the courage to acknowledge the real relationship it was portraying between Howell and Rutger, but no:.... ... Full Review
| Feb 21, 1986MTV.com
Pretty boy actor C. Thomas Howell stars in this dark, violent suspense film about the strange psychological bond between a traveling serial killer and one of his intended victims. ... Full Review
| Feb 21, 1986Chicago Sun-Times
There are other disgusting moments....if it had found the courage to acknowledge the real relationship it was portraying between Howell and Rutger, but no:.... ... Full Review
News
With All About Steve hitting theaters, we run down some of film's most noteworthy sneaks.
rottentomatoes.com –
2009-09-02
By the mid-1980s, good old-fashioned stalker flicks seemed rather quaint. By this time, audiences had grown numb to garden-variety knife-wielding crazies, and filmgoers raised on supernatural nutjobs like Jason and Freddy weren't really looking to understand their antagonists' motives; they... ... Full Article
Jim Halsey, a young man, is transporting a car to California. Along the way, on a desert highway, Jim picks up a hitch hiker, named John Ryder, in the rain. ... Full Article
As one who has never been a big fan of movie remakes, I have always been supportive of the idea of remaking a bad movie to make it better. ... Full Article
Nearly as Good as the Original but Not QuiteGrace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) are on spring break and decide to stay with their friends. ... Full Article
Interview: Hitcher's Sophia Bush
cinemablend.com –
2007-01-22
Young actresses breaking into film often have to pay their dues in horror movies. The genre tends to provide the most fertile roles for young girls in danger. Sophia Bush doesnt mind though, because they also allow her to get ... Full Article
The Hitcher Release date Moved Again
moviesonline.ca –
2007-01-19

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