Since its release in 1986, Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher has been on quite the journey. Initially panned by many critics, the film is now seen as an undisputed cult classic, featuring one of the late ...

And make no mistake, The Hitcher is a monster of a movie - not just in its violence and dark psychology, but in the multiplicitous depths of its thematic content. Ryder's illusiveness lends the ...

On the CW Television Show, "One Tree Hill", actress Sophia Bush plays too-hot-to-touch-pom-pom girl, Brooke Davis. In the remake of the horror flick, "The Hitcher", she plays a weathered down, beat up ...

As screenwriter Eric Red drove through the Texas badlands, The Doors’ song “Riders on the Storm” popped into his mind. Inspired in part by the hitchhiker Billy Cook, who brutally murdered six people ...

The factoid at the beginning of producer Michael Bay’s latest useless horror remake informs us that “42,000 people are killed on highways each year.” But if there’s one thing that can be learned from ...

The Hitcher (1986) is a horrifying thriller that follows Jim Halsey as he picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder on his way to San Diego, turning his journey into a nightmare. The movie was directed ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It opens serenely on a quiet field. A single rabbit appears. It casually hops along, eventually ...

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest has announced the inclusion of the World Premiere Restoration screening of The Hitcher, which replaces Bagman on the Friday night in the Main screen at 8.30pm. Second Sight ...

Whether “Hitcher” captures the top spot could depend on how well Sony Pictures’ “Stomp the Yard” holds in its second weekend. The urban dance-off film from Sylvain White was No. 1 last weekend, ...

From that initial encounter, The Hitcher's coming-of-age subversion becomes evermore apparent. Jim's ticking off all of his firsts - his first job, his first road trip, and eventually his first ...

Evidence that Hollywood is now scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel: “The Hitcher” is a remake of a 1986 Rutger Hauer movie. Not only a Rutger Hauer movie, but a mediocre Rutger Hauer movie. In ...