The Hitcher

When you have seen most horror or scary movies ever created it makes it difficult to scare, shock or gross me out in the usual ways of a horror film, so it becomes about waching these movies to see how they work on a different level and this one, just doesn't. As far as remakes go, I think this is a good one to remake because the original has such a small cult following that most people who see it won't be making comparisons. To be honest, I only vaguely remember the original with the exception of remembering Rutger Hauer is one amazing psycho. Now, Sean Bean or Lord of the Rings fame steps into the crazy shoes of John Ryder and he is more than up to the task of being a complete nut job.


The plot involves a couple who pick up a hitch hiker and he attempts to kill them. They avoid him in the first of 4 cool moments in this disaster. However, Ryder regains his footing and comes back to haunt them through a series of illogical plot points and not very scary methods. To start with the lack of logic, let me clue you in to something. These is a scene where they are in a car and they see a sign for a town coming up in 12 miles and we see that the car is going 60mph, yet somehow they magically make it to that town in 6 minutes. That is towards the begining of the film and the rest of it just follows suit. Sophia Bush and Zach Knighton play the unlucky couple and they do their best to run, get bloody and play scared but music video director Dave Myers is in way over his head and obviously is just taking after the last few years of horror movie remakes, but this lacks the general suspence of the Texas Chainsaw remake.


I will say a few good things about the movie, for example in a scene where Sean Bean is speeding towards our couple in a nice looking trans am the song playing is a nine inch nails song and it fits the scene perfectly. Also, the disgusting body being pulled apart scene is there in all of its delightfully disgusting glory. The last thing I want to make mention of is Sophia Bush. We first see her trying to change her clothes in a car and she spends the movie in a mini jean skirt and this girl is a knockout. I have never seen her in anything before but she si enough to make me think of throwing One Tree Hill on my nextflix! I honestly can't tell you if she can act because other than Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jamie Lee Curtis, every actress is essentially the same in a horror movie, but she looks amazing wielding a shotgun and looks even more amazing falling out of a bed, which works enough for me.