A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series. Read more: Plot summary Seasons 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 See all Creators Lewis Chesler (created by) (written by) | Riff...
She sees a hitchhiker roadside. She cranes her head - is it Chris? It’s not. CARINE (V.O.) (CONT'D) She convinces herself it’s Chris; that it’s her son, whenever she passes a stray. And I fear for the mother in her... DISSOLVE TO: 146 EXT. BARREN DESERT - DAY 146 We...
Vanishing hitchhikers appear in numerous songs and in the 1951 Orson Welles' short filmReturn to Glennascaul, the 1985 movieMr. Wrong, and the 1824 Washington Irving novelThe Lady With The Velvet Collar.In 1998 K-Mart ran a vanishing hitchhiker commercial to advertise its Route 66 jeans. Adv...
The plot makes some major changes to the narrative journey, but the basic setup remains the same: A group of five friends find themselves stalked by Leatherface and his twisted family after picking up a hitchhiker. Though a slicker update of one of horror’s most influential films, this re...
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams (1978) – Although technically a radio series first, it was later adapted into a novel and short stories. “Allamagoosa” by Eric Frank Russell (1955) – A humorous tale about a missing piece of equipment on a spaceship. “The...
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving is a short story first published in 1819 and one of the most famous American horror stories. The story is set in the Post-Revolutionary War United States, and the famous Headless Horseman is depicted as a soldier, specifically a Hessian merc...
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by H. P. Lovecraft for his short story "The Call of Cthulhu". First appearing in the February 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, he is depicted as an octopoid Great Old One of enormous power who lies
More films should be so easily summarized: a tired driver improbably thrawts a hitchhiker’s murder attempt, but the Hitcher exacts his revenge by framing the driver for multiple murders. Also, he just generally fucks with him. If there’s anything more to the story than that – Is The ...
They should not have picked up that hitch-hiking sociopath, but then there wouldn't be a movie. Based on a true story, 'The Hitch-Hiker' is a 1953 oldie starring Edmund O’Brien and Frank Lovejoy on the road, and William Tallman as the murderous fugitive. Directed by Ida Lupino, a...
To me, that's why short films are often a lot better than trying to push something that isn't there into the feature category. Wall to wall nudity can't save this one. The first film in the "Flesh" trilogy. Helpful•4 4