The Hitcher 1986

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The Hitcher ★★½ 1986 (R)

A young man picks up a hitchhiker on a deserted stretch of California highway only to be tormented by the man's repeated appearances: is he real or a figment of his imagination? Ferociously funny, sadomasochistic comedy with graphic violence. 98m/C VHS, DVD . Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush; D: Robert Harmon; W: Eric Red; C: John Seale; M: Mark Isham.

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