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{{quote|''Once you pick up The Hitcher, you'll '''never''' pick up another!''|The original 1986 trailer's slogan}}
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The story is about a young man named Jim Halsey, played by none other than C. Thomas Howell (yeppers, [[Criminal Minds|Foyet]]), who's driving a car through the US of A. He decides to go against his mother's warnings and pick up a hitchhiker, [[Ax Crazy|John Ryder]], who will then turn his next few days into a wide awake nightmare.
[[The Remake|Remade]] in 2007 by Platinum Dunes, with [[One Tree Hill|Sophia Bush]], [[
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: John Ryder.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Also sadist and psychopath.
* [[Book Ends]]: The original begins and ends with Jim lighting a match, although photographed in different ways.
* [[Car Fu]]: In the remake, coupled with an odd variant of [[Improbable Aiming Skills]].
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: In a
* [[Break the Cutie]]: In the original. John succeeds.
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: {{spoiler|Nash}}.
* [[Death
* [[The End - or Is It?]]: Subverted. John does get up at the end of the original, {{spoiler|but Jim shoots him dead on the spot.}}
* [[Final Girl]]: Jim Halsey (to an extent) and Grace in the remake.
* [[Fingore]]: One of the most infamous scenes involves Jim finding a severed finger in his french fries.
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* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: What happens to {{spoiler|Nash}}. Subverted but badly done ([[Special Effect Failure|the body BOUNCES after being cut in half]]) in the remake. Also, the fate of the family in the station wagon.
* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: {{spoiler|Nash}} in the original, {{spoiler|Jim}} in the remake.
* [[I Cannot Self
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Ryder takes out several squad cars and a frickin' helicopter with no more than a handgun ''while driving''...all to the strains of [[Soundtrack Dissonance|Nine]] [[Nine Inch Nails
* [[Love Interest]]: Nash in the original, Jim in the remake.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: At least in the remake. The police officers act idiotically and unmethodically.
* [[Sound
* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: {{spoiler|Jim and Lt. Esteridge}} in ''both'' the sequel and the remake.
* [[Villainous Valour]]: Exagerrated to the fact that Ryder can take down an helicopter with just one single gun.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: Lots of these in the original.
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