The Hitcher (1986) is a horrifying thriller that follows Jim Halsey as he picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder on his way to San Diego, turning his journey into a nightmare. The movie was directed ...

Whether “Hitcher” captures the top spot could depend on how well Sony Pictures’ “Stomp the Yard” holds in its second weekend. The urban dance-off film from Sylvain White was No. 1 last weekend, ...

Way back in ’86, a violent little movie called “The Hitcher” came along and pretty much ended hitchhiking as we know it. The almost-scene-for-scene remake is the same: Who would pick up a hitchhiker ...

Scary pictures, when remade, rarely live up the original. I mean, why else would filmmakers tackle remaking something that was already sufficiently scary or terrorizing in the first place? OK, maybe ...

What exactly is an existential horror movie? As with defining a horror overall, the answer is often down to personal choice. We are all scared of different things. Most of the time. There are certain ...

Dir: Dave Meyers. US. 2007. 84mins. The recent assembly-line remaking of recognisable horror titles continues with The Hitcher, a dreary updating of the 1986 Rutger Hauer serial-killer hitchhiker ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rutger Hauer, the Dutch actor best known for portraying the tragic villain Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic “Blade ...

While on a road trip to get to their unknown Spring Break destination, college students Grace (Sophia Bush) and Jim (Zachary Knighton) cross paths with John Ryder (Sean Bean), a man who needs a lift ...

Whether "Hitcher" captures the top spot could depend on how well Sony Pictures' "Stomp the Yard," above, holds in its second weekend. By Nicole Sperling, The Associated Press Although Hollywood didn’t ...