The Hitcher
Never pick-up a stranger.
Never pick-up a stranger.
Action, Horror, Thriller
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1986
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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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
17 Jan 1986
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$5,844,868
Awards:
3 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A highly unimaginative slasher that keeps the tension going with a massacre about every 15 minutes.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Mr. Hauer, who has reportedly vowed not to play any more villains or crackpots, is probably making the right decision, if this is any measure of the sort of role that comes his way.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
I would have admired it more if it had found the courage to acknowledge the real relationship it was portraying between Howell and Rutger, but no: It prefers to disguise itself as a violent thriller, and on that level it is reprehensible.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It's a highly competent sick-fright version of the evergreen chase formula.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006