• Director(s)

    Robert Harmon

  • Production Year

    1985

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Horror, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh

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The Hitcher

strong injury detail, violence, threat

THE HITCHER is a US horror thriller, from 1986, in which a man picks up a mysterious stranger who embarks on a vicious killing spree.…

THE HITCHER is a US horror thriller, from 1986, in which a man picks up a mysterious stranger who embarks on a vicious killing spree.

violence
There are bloody shootings and people are deliberately struck with motor vehicles. It is implied that a family, including two young children, have been brutally murdered off-screen and there are occasional graphic verbal descriptions of murders and knife attacks.
threat and horror
There are intense sequences of sustained threat and suspense as a killer subjects a man to physical and psychological torment. These include moments of knife threat. A man threatens to set fire to another who is soaked in petrol. A terrified character is gagged and chained between a lorry's cab and its static trailer; a man revs the cab's engine sadistically, threatening to tear his victim apart.
injury detail
Scenes of strong injury detail in the aftermath of violence include sight of heavily bloodied dead bodies; one of these has a slashed throat and is licked repeatedly by a dog. There is also sight of a bloody severed finger and blood sprayed over walls and glass.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
An intruder in a darkened room lies on a bed next to a clothed, sleeping woman, moving his body close to hers and caressing her; when she reacts with alarm, he covers her mouth but there is no suggestion of further sexual threat. There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), along with milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God' and 'hell'. A man, thinking two other men are in a sexual relationship, refers to them as 'sweethearts' in a mocking way.

  • Director(s)

    Robert Harmon

  • Production Year

    1985

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Horror, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh

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Classified Date:
27/02/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Thorn-EMI Screen Entertainment
strong injury detail, violence, threat
Classified Date:
30/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Second Sight Films
violence
There are bloody shootings and people are deliberately struck with motor vehicles. It is implied that a family, including two young children, have been brutally murdered off-screen and there are occasional graphic verbal descriptions of murders and knife attacks.
threat and horror
There are intense sequences of sustained threat and suspense as a killer subjects a man to physical and psychological torment. These include moments of knife threat. A man threatens to set fire to another who is soaked in petrol. A terrified character is gagged and chained between a lorry's cab and its static trailer; a man revs the cab's engine sadistically, threatening to tear his victim apart.
injury detail
Scenes of strong injury detail in the aftermath of violence include sight of heavily bloodied dead bodies; one of these has a slashed throat and is licked repeatedly by a dog. There is also sight of a bloody severed finger and blood sprayed over walls and glass.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
An intruder in a darkened room lies on a bed next to a clothed, sleeping woman, moving his body close to hers and caressing her; when she reacts with alarm, he covers her mouth but there is no suggestion of further sexual threat. There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), along with milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God' and 'hell'. A man, thinking two other men are in a sexual relationship, refers to them as 'sweethearts' in a mocking way.
Contains strong violence and horror
Classified Date:
30/06/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Momentum Pictures
Contains strong violence and horror
Classified Date:
22/08/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Contains strong violence and horror
Classified Date:
12/04/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Contains strong violence and horror
Classified Date:
28/05/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
17/06/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Momentum Pictures
Classified Date:
23/04/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Momentum Pictures
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer & teaser
Classified Date:
06/07/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    30/07/2024

  • Language

    English