Story Line
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.
“The terror starts the moment he stops.”
Top Cast
Rutger Hauer
John Ryder
C. Thomas Howell
Jim Halsey
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nash
Jeffrey DeMunn
Captain Esteridge
Billy Green Bush
Trooper Donner
John M. Jackson
Sergeant Starr
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Rating
7.0/ 10
Release Date
1986-01-17
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
HorrorActionThriller
Part of the Series
The Hitcher Collection
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User Reviews (2)
JPV852
7/10
•12/6/2024Solid enough suspense-thriller with great action and menacing performance from Rutger Hauer, a few moments in the story felt a bit clunky, mainly how Jennifer Jason Leigh's character gets involved, which I will say the 2007 remake at least improved u...
Wuchak
4/10
•12/19/2025**_Thrilling desert road flick ruined by an implausible villain_**
This is an action-packed thriller with the milieu of the remote Southwest à la Eastwood’s “The Gauntlet” mixed with psychological horror, even slasher. So, it’s reminiscent in ways...