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The Hitcher
1986
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. Read more
| Starring | Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey De Munn |
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| Director | Robert Harmon |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller |
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The Hitcher
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.
| Starring | Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey De Munn |
|---|---|
| Director | Robert Harmon |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Jul 2003 Production year: 1986 |
| Format | DVD |
The Hitcher (1986)
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Critics' reviews (3)
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C Thomas Howell picks up icy passenger Rutger Hauer in this feature debut from director Robert Harmon. As it turns out, Hauer is a serial killer who quickly embroils Howell in a harrowing desert intrigue by implicating him in his sick crimes. Jennifer Jason Leigh, as the waitress who believes Howell's story, adds humanity along the way. Despite the film's huge lapses in logic and moments of wild self-parody, the plot twists generate considerable suspense. It has become something of a cult film, thanks to its surreal style and Hauer's inimitable presence.
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There's a killer on the road (everyone's favourite Dutch psycho, Hauer) with a Nietzschean gleam in his eye and an ugly... read more on Time Out
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55 out of 71 people found this review helpful
A classic
Rutger Hauer was the perfect lead for this movie. No it does not answer all the questions, very few in fact. That is what makes the movie so compelling, it is left to the viewers imagination and unlike far inferior films this makse for a far better experience.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Scary - I think not
Ridiculous Film that was about as scary as Paddington Bear. Characters were not engaging enough for me to care about. There was no real story and we never found out anything about Rutger's character.
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The Hitcher
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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