The Hitcher

About The Hitcher

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car.

The Hitcher is a 2007 crime horror film directed by Dave Meyers. At 84 minutes long, it arrived in January 2007.

The film is filed under desert, car crash, series of murders, and shotgun.

Sean Bean takes the lead as John Ryder, Sophia Bush as Grace Andrews, Zachary Knighton as Jim Halsey, and Neal McDonough as Lieutenant Esteridge. The screenplay is by Eric Bernt and Eric Red. Produced by Intrepid Pictures.

The Hitcher, The Hills Have Eyes, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas make useful companions to The Hitcher, all filed under gas station and hitchhiker. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 1,044 votes and it carries a R rating.