Thursday, 29 October 2015

The Hitch Hiker - 1953 ****

 
The Hitchhiker is one of those little known films that leaves you feeling pretty tense inside after the credits roll. It's an absurdly simple plot, and it only has one actor that anyone might've heard of before, yet it's exceedingly good.
2 pals off for a weekend fishing trip get the fright of their lives when the hitcher that they pick up turns out to be a ruthless serial killer in the middle of his murderous spree. There is no way the killer is letting the two friends go, and due to his defective eye that never closes, it seems impossible for the men to make a run for it without him catching and shooting them. The film is a battle of wits between the 2 men and their captor, and comes to a terrifying climax at the end scene. Very frightening in my opinion.

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