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Buckle up, Junkies, you're riding shotgun for our discussion of THE
HITCHER. Earning comparisons to Alfred Hitchcock--we called the movie
the HITCH(COCK)ER--, George Miller, and Sam Peckinpah, this is one of
our more in-depth film chats to date! We also announce an amazing new
Patreon flex goal! The terror starts, when you stop...to listen.

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Strangers On A Highway: The Masterful Suspense of 1986's The Hitcher

Junkfood Cinema takes an end of summer road trip to Hell. You're on a lonely road trip. You've been driving all night through the center of nowhere and you passed the last exit to civilization miles ago. Your head is heavy, and your stomach is running on empty.

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Josephine Allegretti

My first viewing of this film was one of the best cinematic experiences I've ever had. Every year the Coolidge Corner theater in Boston has a 12 hour Halloween marathon of horror movies that lasts from midnight to noon. At 6 A.M. the theater put on a pristine print of The Hitcher (which I had never heard of before) and I was wide awake for the next 97 minutes. Watching movie sleep deprived was a surreal experience not unlike what C. Thomas Howell goes through in the film. Rutger Hauer's performance, the insane escalation of the story, and that last scene make The Hitcher an absolute masterpiece. So excited that you guys covered this!