# The Hitcher (2007)

> Two college students stranded on New Mexico highways become the prey of a hitchhiking psychopath who turns their road trip into a brutal survival chase.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4080

## Facts

- Runtime: 84 min
- Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller
- Director: Dave Meyers
- Cast: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis, Danny Bolero, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Skip O'Brien
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455960/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: foreboding, paranoid, harrowing, late night horror marathon, road trip movie night

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