Robert Harmon

I watched 1986's The Hitcher for the first time in a long time.

directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Redd.

We talked about him recently when I re-reviewed Near Dark, because he also wrote that one.

1986 American action horror film with Rudger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Let's review the Hitcher.

The Hitcher, directed by Robert Harmon and released in 1986, is a thriller that takes viewers on a tense and unsettling journey across the desolate highways of Texas.

The film follows Jim Halsey, played by C. Thomas Howell, a young man tasked with delivering a car to another state.

His journey takes a dark turn when he picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder, portrayed by Rutger Hauer, who quickly reveals himself to be a sadistic serial killer.

Have you heard of Highwaymen? It's the same director.

It's Robert Harmon directed Highwaymen in like 2001, 2002.

Is Michael Madsen in it?

No.

Uh, and believe it or not, it was only seven pages long, the short story itself, and of course, it turned into a, uh, a full-length motion, uh, motion picture.

I found it really interesting, the director on this, his g- name was Robert Harmon, and he predominantly did horror movies and thrillers for the first 25 years of his career leading up to, uh, to November Christmas.

And Emily Alyn Lind, she played Vanessa, she learned about Make-A-Wish, uh, the Make-A-Wish foundation while the movie, uh, started filming, and she collected money for the organization on the set, which I thought was really, really cool.

Uh, we had 11 Hallmark Christmas movies back in 2010, and of course, this was the highest-rated movie of the season.

That's, that's a lovely scene.

Yep.

And I'd have made a comment on Robert Harmon.

Uh, he, he, he di- he directed The Hitcher with Rutger Hauer, which as, as a kid, uh...

No, I think it's The Highwaymen.

It's Robert Harmon, the same guy that did The Hitcher.

But he did it in 2003.

And it's Jim Caviezel.