The Hitcher (1986)

Our mothers told us never to do this but we just couldn't resist so we're having an in-depth discussion of Robert Harmon's 1986 classic The Hitcher. Join us as we discuss the gay panic of it all in this queer-coded cautionary tale. From Rutger Hauer's predatory queer to C. Thomas Howell's virginal twink, The Hitcher has it all!

Plus: the film's origins as a 190-page(???) script, lots and lots of saliva play, ferryman/fairy man and getting your car all kinds of wet.

References:

>Grierson, Tim. "INSIDE THE UNSETTLING, HOMOEROTIC TERROR OF ‘THE HITCHER’". Mel Megazine

> Lindenburg, Marcus. “How to Make a Monster: The Homosexual Experience in Horror and Thriller Cinema”. The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student, Vol 23, Article 4

> Harmon, Robert. China Lake (short film).

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