The Hitcher [2007] (DVD) Reviews

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room The Hitcher is a remake of the brilliant 1986 horror film of the same name starring Rutger Hauer in one of his best performances as the spectre-like Hitcher, and C. Thomas Howell as the hapless kid who has to try and survive his spree of murder and mayhem. This ...  Read the complete review

A really good movie, I would of needed a spare pare of pants for certain parts of the movie if I had seen this at the cinema. Although the movie was a good thriller, you kind of expect it to make you jump, exactly when it does. There is no "supprise!" effect to it. The movie is well written, however there is no real story line ...  Read the complete review

The Hitcher is a 2007 horror film remake starring Sean Bean it's rated 18 as it's very violent and it runs for approximately 84 minutes. Despite my love of this film it actually only grossed an extremely disappointing $23,153,663 at the box office and only 20% of the reviews of this film were actually positive... not a great start is it?! Infact ...  Read the complete review

Students Jim Halsey and Grace Andrews are looking forward to their Spring Break, which first involves a long car journey, driving through the night. When someone suddenly appears in front of the car headlights, they skid and manage to miss him. Being in the middle of nowhere, they don't stop, but call at the next petrol station to report a ...  Read the complete review

As a teenage couple are driving through the new Mexico desert on a rainy night they decide to pick up a serial killer John Ryder. Whilst driving, John threatens to kill them, But the couple manage to successfully through him out of the car. Eventually John manages to get to another family car and they later be found dead, the couple find the dead ...  Read the complete review

Driving a car for someone 2000 miles across America, from Chicago to San Diego, Jim Halsey is falling asleep at the wheel, so when he sees a hitchhiker on the side of the road he decides to go against his mother's advice and pick him up. The hitchhiker says his name is John Ryder but he refuses to give any other information, including ...  Read the complete review

When producer Michael Bay co-founded the Platinum Dunes production company, his mission statement was relatively simple. The intention was to make horror movies, more often than not remakes of classics, with a production budget never to exceed $20 million. So far, that’s pretty much what they’ve done. The remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was ...  Read the complete review