Product Details

• Actors: Page Fletcher, Nicholas Campbell, Vincent Grass, Kirstie Alley, Andrew Gillies
• Writers: Lewis Chesler, Naomi Janzen, Richard Rothstein, Riff Markowitz
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006Z2NYA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,860 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Hitchhiker, Vol. 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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HITCHHIKER VOL 2 - DVD Movie

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE HITCHHIKER IS A GREAT CREEPY TV SHOW!!!!!!!!, August 15, 2005

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sexylove "sexylove" (NEVADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hitchhiker, Vol. 2 (DVD)

When The Hitchhiker came on in the 80's i was totally hooked on this tv show!!!!! It's cool that it came out on two volumes on dvd so that way you can relive all those classic horror tales!!!!! What made it creepy was the music and the stories and it had a great cast to play the parts in the stories so go and get them in your collection now!!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pickin' up strangers, let me tell you 'bout the dangers, March 21, 2011

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This review is from: The Hitchhiker, Vol. 2 (DVD)

Up until recently I never knew of "The Hitchhiker" and I was a little disappointed in myself for not know about this fantastic series sooner. I am a huge fan of horror/mystery/sci-fi anthologies (TFTC and TFTDS are my 2 favorites). "The Hitchhiker" is a fantastic addition to this genre. Included on this 2-disc set are a total of 10 eps (5 eps per disc) that were first broadcast on Home Box during the golden era of the horror anthology series.

These are some of the best eps from this set:

Perfect Order / February 17, 1987 - Will a model do anything it takes to pose for one of the world's most eccentric photographers?

Cabin Fever / May 12, 1987 - The tables are turned when a young man goes to work on a houseboat.

Out of the Night / October 29, 1985 - A man wonders aimlessly searching for something or someone and along the way he finds out a startling secret.

Secret Ingredient / May 5, 1987 - A glib salesman gets his comeuppance when he finds out that all isn't what it appears. (This is my favorite ep from the set.)

The storylines and themes do not revolve around a hitchhiker, rather it was narrated/hosted by Page Fletcher (The Hitchhiker) who had the tightest jeans in Hollywood. He always opened and closed each ep, sorta like the Crypt Keeper (but not nearly as funny).

The set is closed captioned, includes subtitles and includes audio commentary for 3 of the eps by one of the directors and Harry Hamlin who was in one of the eps. By the way, I posted a pic of the 2 discs and the insert.

I would like to see more DVD sets of this series (including some complete season sets) come out as I am sure many fans would just gobble them up. Or at the very least Home Box could provide some eps to YT or even Crackle or FearNet. I realize many eps are available through other channels but in twenty-eleven many consumers do not use a computer as their primary streaming method anymore and can only access what their blu-rays provide.

Get "The Hitchhiker" Vol. 2 and experience macabre, terror, excitement and lots of overdone '80s acting.

1.0 out of 5 stars no respect, December 24, 2011

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This review is from: The Hitchhiker, Vol. 2 (DVD)

It was a modest set of shows, and I had modest enjoyment watching (some of) them. However, the failure to present entire seasons, and the abominable quality of the transfers (they look like VHS tapes burned to DVD) lowers my rating, a lot. If HBO still owns the rights, and I realize they might not, it would be the decent thing to make these available, in proper fashion, to their loyal viewers. Of course, I'm still waiting for the rest of Dream On. and Long Gone. and the final conflagration of Deadwood. and so on.