Reviews The Need to Confront Evil: Exploring ‘The Hitcher’ by Chris van Dijk July 8, 2018 by Chris van Dijk July 8, 2018 One of the most peculiar reviews of Roger Ebert’s career is of the 1986’s horror thriller The Hitcher. The Hitcher is about a young man named Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) who escapes the clutches … FacebookTwitter