The Hitcher

JoBlo Originals

The Hitcher (1986) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

Posted 3 years ago

The new episode of the Revisited video series looks back at the 1986 classic The Hitcher, starring Rutger Hauer

JoBlo Originals

The Arrow in the Head Show welcomes guest Eric Red to discuss The Hitcher

Posted 3 years ago

The Hitcher screenwriter Eric Red joins The Arrow in the Head Show hosts John "The Arrow" Fallon and Lance Vlcek for a look back at a classic

Horror Movie News

The Hitcher: Second Sight confirms full restoration for 4K and Blu-ray release

Posted 4 years ago

Last year, we heard that the 1986 classic The Hitcher (watch it HERE) would be getting a Blu-ray release courtesy of Second Sight Films, with the company working from “the existing master taken from a print which is in the...

Moody art for new edition of Eric Red’s thriller novel Don’t Stand So Close!

Posted 5 years ago

The Lost Boys and Flatliners director Joel Schumacher called Eric Red's first novel Don't Stand So Close “Titillating and original." while our very own Jake Dee here on Arrow in the Head called it "a visceral, tawdry, unpredictable blend of suspenseful...

The Hitcher: Blu-ray release on the way!

Posted 5 years ago

So this is cool! Second Sight recently revealed on Twitter that the cult classic 1986 horror-thriller The Hitcher – written by Eric Red (Near Dark), directed by Robert Harmon, and starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, and Jennifer Jason Leigh...

Dark West: Wyrmwood director making Near Dark-esque vampire film

Posted 5 years ago

I have just been reminded that I really need to get around to watching Kiah Roache-Turner's 2014 zombie film Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (which can be viewed HERE), because the promotional artwork has always looked interesting to me. And...

Eric Red’s (The Hitcher) Branded! Revenge Horror-Western – (Book Review)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: After being physically and emotionally scarred as a child, bounty hunter Joe Noose joins two Federal Marshalls to track down an elderly mysterious serial killer notorious for scarring his victims with an upside-down Q branding iron. REVIEW: Arrow In...

Eric Red! The Hitcher, Near Dark, Bad Moon, 100 Feet (Horror Hall of Fame)

Posted 5 years ago

Eric Red has given us classic entries in several sub-genres of horror. As a screenwriter, he crafted layered stories involving homicidal maniacs (The Hitcher, Blue Steel) and vampires (Near Dark), and as a writer/director he has brought us the twisted...

The Test of Time: Body Parts (1991)

Posted 7 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must see?...

Top 10 Rutger Hauer Genre Movie Roles!

Posted 7 years ago

Jake Y’all hear that? Yeah, it’s the sound of the entire AITH family tippin’ a 40 out to the fallen homey. RIP MR. Hauer, you’re one of the all time bests! Indeed, yesterday brought the sad, sad news that the...

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