- HD 1080
- Runtime: 84m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Director: Dave Meyers
- Stars: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis
- keywords: gas station, psychopath, shotgun, new mexico, deputy sheriff, car crash, road trip, remake, hitchhiker, series of murders, police station, desert
- Production_studio: Intrepid Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Focus Features, Rogue Pictures
- Slogan: Never pick up strangers.
- providers: Starz Apple TV Channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, Starz Amazon Channel
- The The Hitcher is featured in the top rankings of 2007
- #77 in Top Crime Movies of 2007
- #52 in Top Horror Movies of 2007
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.
