The Hitcher 9.5/10
This was the 1986 original that I watched. Goddamn, it was great. The story follows Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell), a young man who's delivering a car from Chicago to San Diego. We pick him up as he is crossing through Texas. After nearly getting in a head-on collision with a semi truck because he fell asleep, Halsey decides to pick up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer), thinking that it'd keep him from falling asleep. The hitchhiker's name is John Ryder, and he quickly reveals that his purpose for getting in Jim's car is a most homicidal one. Jim manages to get Ryder out of the car, only to find out that this nightmare is only beginning.
The entire thing was very well done; it was oozing suspense, my heart racing the entire time. Howell gave a pretty good performance as Jim, but it was easy to tell that this was Hauer's movie. His acting was incredibly chilling; it's up there with Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal. Everything about him was incredibly eerie. You could tell from the moment he got into Halsey's car that all was not right with him. It was a breathtaking performance, and ties with Roy Batty as Rutger's definitive role.
Overall, a very suspenseful, very chilling movie. Definitely check this one out.
