The Hitcher [1986] (DVD) Reviews

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room The Hitcher is a rather unique horror film release in 1984 that has inspired a lot of hitchhiker-related horrors and thrillers since, as well as a 2007 remake, produced by Michael Bay and staring Sophie Bush and Sean Bean. The original, however, is the definitive article, even ...  Read the complete review

On his way to California, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker in the form of John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), after some awkward and forced conversation things take a turn for the worst. John pulls out a knife, he orders Jim to say 'I want to die', Jim manages to push John out of the car before speeding off however what Jim doesn't know ...  Read the complete review

One of the great things about the Christmas break is that the tv schedules are choc full of decent movies providing a great chance to re-visit old favorites and hopefully encounter new movie experiences. "The Hitcher" is a horror classic released in 1986, directed by Robert Harmon, written by Eric Red and starring Rutger Hauer and ...  Read the complete review

My name is Adrian, and I'm a movieholic. In recent years I have managed to cope with my addiction, not by giving up films completely (as the shelves currently straining under my DVD collection will attest to) but just by slowing my consumption down somewhat. There was a period back in the mists of time when, as a student, I had way ...  Read the complete review

...she's always right. That is advice I have never really followed (many times to my cost). The hero of this movie didn't either... £1 was all it cost at our local fleapit on a Monday night to see whatever film was on. (This stopped after Rocky IV when the crowds blocked the ring-road, and eventually broke down the glass ...  Read the complete review

THE HITCHER is quite a boring action movie from 1986. It stars the always awful Rutger Hauer (from Holland) as a killer who shows his psychotic nature too many times. He's picked up as a hitch hiker (hence the movie's title) by a poor guy who is driving to San Diego. Hauer's killing abilities are totally unbelievable and I can't ...  Read the complete review

The only film post-'Blade Runner' to exploit the unique psychopathic charm of Rutger Hauer, this has a lot in common with Steven Spielberg's classic 'Duel'. A young chap on a long drive (C. Thomas Howell) makes the simple mistake of picking up a hitcher (Hauer). From then on, his life is a long succession of psychotic episodes, ...  Read the complete review

This film, is more suspense and intrigue than horror, but there are many super-natural undertones to the astute viewer's eye. The film starts with a tired C. Thomas Howell dozing at the wheel on a long, lonely drive. After a very close call he decides to pick up a hitchhiker in the middle of a torrential rainstorm. "My mother ...  Read the complete review

Set in the empty landscape that is the highways of American’s Midwest this is a film will stay with you for a long time. It’s a psychological horror starring Rutger Hauger as the titular Hitcher. Christopher Thomas Howell (Jim) is driving across America and decides to relieve the boredom by picking up a hitcher. Unfortunately this ...  Read the complete review