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Member Login  [help]  Email:    Password:     remember me Membership  Join for FREE  FAQs  About MatchFlick  Privacy Policy Popular Movies  [more]  Fight Club  Pulp Fiction  Eternal Sunshine Popular People  [more]  Johnny Depp  Tom Hanks  Natalie Portman Member Trends  Horror Club  Reviewer Stats Movie News  Current News  News Archives Message Board  Go To The Forum Columns   [more]  Real Life As Ree...  Mutants On Parad...  Salman Rushdie: ...  Only The Strong ...  COLUMNS ARCHIVES Contests  GUESS THAT SCENE Syndication  RSS FEEDS MatchFlick Member Reviews 1 review / review this flick   The Hitcher (1986) From Amazon: Steven Spielberg's first feature film, 1971's Duel, is set on a desert highway. It stars Dennis Weaver as a driver being pursued by a menacing truck, which is following him with all the vengeance of the ancient furies. In this spiritual update from 1984, C. Thomas Howell plays a guy taking a drive-away car from Chicago to San Diego. On a whim, in the rain, and against his better judgment, he picks up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer). The hitcher quickly admits to being a murdering psychopath, and once Howell finally gets him out of his car, he is pursued with all the vengeance of the ancient furies. We're never sure if the hitcher is... Starring:   Rutger Hauer C. Thomas Howell Jennifer Jason Leigh Jeffrey DeMunn John M. Jackson Billy Green Bush Directed By:   Robert Harmon Written By:   Eric Red Member Reviews Add to Favorites A Favorite of... Buy/Rent on DVD Subscribe to MatchFlick Movie Reviews through RSS Read Reviews / Post Review The Hitcher Movie Review by B Movie Ben (6/3/2007) Robert Harmon, director of Nowhere to Run and the Jesse Stone TV movies gives a great Hitchcockian suspense thriller here that keeps you interested until the end. Rutger Hauer is creepy as the psychopath. C. Thomas Howell is all grown up from E.T. and gives an excellent performance as the confused kid who is being chased... (complete The Hitcher review by B Movie Ben)
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