This was one of the first horror films I ever saw, and it still freaks me out everytime I watch it. Rutger Hauer plays a hitchhiking nut who accepts rides from people and gives them something in return: a slow and painful death. The Hitcher's next target is a young man named Jim Hallsey (C Thomas Howell) who pretty much kicks ass. The Hitcher tries his usual methods of scaring the piss out of his victim, but Jim isn't taking any of his shit. They wind up playing a "deadly game of cat-and-mouse" while the bodies pile up along the roadside. Convincing performances by EVERYONE make this movie one of the great classics of modern cinema. Jesus, C Thomas Howell i