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The Hitcher is a 1986 American horror thriller [2] [3] [4] directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red. It stars Rutger Hauer as the title character, a murderous hitchhiker who stalks a young motorist ( C. Thomas Howell ) across the highways of West Texas .
The Hitcher: Directed by Robert Harmon. With Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn. A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.
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- Action, Mystery, Thriller
- Robert Harmon
- 1986-02-21
The Hitcher is a 1986 American road action-horror film directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red It stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jeffrey DeMunn. Howell plays Jim, a young man who gives a ride to a hitchhiker, played by Hauer.
Jun 15, 2024 · Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan called the 1986 horror movie The Hitcher one of his favorite guilty pleasures. Rutger Hauer's performance as the brutal killer without a motive is what ...
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The Hitcher. Horror. 95 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1986. Roger Ebert. February 21, 1986. 3 min read. “The Hitcher” begins and ends with the same sound: a match being struck, flaring into flame. At the beginning of the film, the sound is made by the villain, a hitchhiker who is a mass murderer.
Blissfully unaware of the horror that awaits them, they offer a ride to hitchhiker John Ryder (Sean Bean), a killer who subsequently terrorizes the couple and implicates them in a grisly...
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- Mystery & Thriller, Horror
- R
In THE HITCHER, California-bound youth Jim Halsy (C. Thomas Howell) picks up rain-drenched stranger John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) on a lonely road. Almost at once, Ryder announces himself as a maniac who has just cut up the last motorist who gave him a ride; now he's going to do the same to Jim.