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He takes you places you don't want to visit alone.
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Hitchhiker premiered November 23, 1983. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Episode 1
Deirdre manipulates Jacques into killing her wealthy older husband for her after getting his attention by pretending to be blind, but soon realises that things don't work out the way she planned when Jacques will not go away.
Directed by Phillip NoyceGuest stars Meg Foster
Episode 2
After photographer Eric Coleman takes pictures of an elderly woman's suicide, he takes on a new assistant named Madeleine, who may have a deeper connection to the dead woman than he could ever guess.
Directed by John LaingGuest stars Denise Virieux, Michèle Laroque, Ray Sharkey
Episode 3
A mentally disturbed nurse concocts an elaborate plan to poison a woman so that she can steal her husband from her.
Directed by John LaingGuest stars François-Eric Gendron, Tammy Lauren
Episode 4
A politician finds his life and his career in jeopardy when people start to find out about the dins in his past.
Directed by Roger AndrieuxGuest stars Robert Carradine, Catriona MacColl
Episode 5
A psychologist with a twisted bent takes the wrong track with a disturbed patient and learns that sometimes it's dangerous to play games.
Directed by Roger AndrieuxGuest stars Brian Kerwin
Episode 6
When the Paris underworld finds their livelihoods threatened by a developer's plans, they take action of their own to stop it.
Directed by Bruno GantillonGuest stars David Soul
Episode 7
A bogus preacher who has been making a living out of fake miracles finds his livelihood threatened when a real miracle takes place.
Directed by Bruno GantillonGuest stars Joe Pantoliano
Episode 8
Jane works for a company that provides various online services including sex chat with an online sex operator. Her deadbeat husband Robert obsessively chats with operator named Liz. She tells him to kill his wife. Or is he imagining it?
Directed by Bruno GantillonGuest stars Marc Singer, Katrine Boorman
Episode 9
Cheryl and Bruno are con artists who believe the world owes them something. When they face homelessness because the building they live in is about to be torn down, they find a new mark, Emilie Langlois, an old woman with a failing memory. Their goal is to take over Mrs. Langlois' home, but they soon realise that some memories are best left forgotten.
Directed by Aline IssermannGuest stars Lisa Hartman, Élisabeth Commelin
Episode 10
An emotionally unstable woman becomes obsessed with the idea that her husband is having an affair.
Directed by Aline IssermannGuest stars Erin Gray, Michel Motu, Manuela Gourary, Hippolyte Girardot
Episode 11
Young man on the brink of success is about to marry the woman of his dreams. However, his past comes calling.
Directed by George MihalkaGuest stars Jason Gedrick
Episode 12
A female artists' nightmares cause her to lose herself in self-pity mixed with egotism.
Directed by George MihalkaGuest stars Patti D'Arbanville
Episode 13
An indebted con-man meets his match.
Directed by Bruno GantillonGuest stars Michael Ontkean, Nicholas Hawtrey
Episode 14
A fast food owner has only one goal in life - to utterly destroy and humiliate his competition. However, he gets a taste of his own medicine.
Directed by Bruno GantillonGuest stars Jeremy Clyde
Episode 15
A fashion designer demands too much from his model, which leads to her suicide. This gets all those he'd wronged to seek revenge.
Directed by John LaingGuest stars Joe Dallesandro
Episode 16
A Vietnam War vet is forced to leave his home that keeps him sane by his greedy sister. Tragedy ensues.
Directed by Leon MarrGuest stars Stephanie Zimbalist
Episode 17
Tough, fierce, and intimidating high school track coach Billy Bolt zealously clings to his track record that's remained unbeaten for twenty-five years. When his runner son Kenny threatens to break his legendary mark, Bolt buckles under the pressure and risks having his heretofore spotless reputation ruined.
Directed by Eric TillGuest stars Jonathan Crombie, Charles Haid, Nadia Capone
Episode 18
If Jennifer can convict Manuel Ortega in the drive-by shooting deaths of five people, she will have thirty-six convictions in a row. Unfortunately, there is little to no evidence against Manuel, and Jennifer is willing to do anything necessary, even break the law, to put him behind bars.
Directed by Randy BradshawGuest stars Polly Draper, Bruce Ramsay, Géza Kovács
Episode 19
A deadbeat, who's abandoned his family and is on his way to meet the girl he likes, ends up in a hit and run situation. However, the man he ran over begins to haunt his conscious.
Directed by Randy BradshawGuest stars Bruce Weitz
Episode 20
When a television journalist's private fantasies start appearing in pornographic videos, there is a fine line between fantasy and reality.
Directed by Ryszard BugajskiGuest stars Perry King, Scott Wickware
Episode 21
Two loners encounter each other and each believes they have found their soulmate.
Directed by Jerry CiccorittiGuest stars Lawrence Bayne, John Glover, Jill Hennessy
Episode 22
Men in the city are being knifed by a prostitute who wears all black. Sterling Jenkins is a hard-hearted prostitute who, despite herself, is intrigued when an attractive man named Jason asks for help in fixing his car. Although she tries to rebuff the sensitive man, Sterling allows herself to believe Jason when he tells her that he's fallen for her. It is only afterward that she realises appearances can be deceiving.
Directed by Michael RobisonWritten by Rebecca TaylorGuest stars Larry Mannell, David James Elliott, Melody Anderson, Krista Bridges, Walker Boone
Episode 23
After the suicide of their friend Katie, Adam Ross and Stephanie Duvall are faced with their own mortality. They learn from a friend, Brian, that he believes Katie was murdered, and that it had something to do with a fortune teller she had gone to see. Adam and Stephanie visit the same fortune teller, a woman who has let herself become so bitter she taints the life of everyone she comes in contact with.
Directed by Timothy BondGuest stars David Orth, Cynthia Preston, Roberta Maxwell
Episode 24
Hollywood actress Jane Ambergris is so desperate to escape what her life has become she creates a new identity for herself, but it isn't long before she finds out that the person she tries to become is far worse than the person she is leaving behind.
Directed by René BonnièreGuest stars Carrie-Anne Moss, Joan Severance
Episode 25
A producer's assistant meets his match when he agrees to housesit for his boss and falls for the sexy young woman who is supposed to be helping him out.
Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
Episode 26
A has-been musician who is down on his luck finally decides to pawn the only thing that means anything to him to make a few bucks, but realises that what he's sold is worth a lot more than he ever realised.
Directed by Leon MarrWritten by Gerry DavisGuest stars David McIlwraith, Michael Rhoades, Jill Hennessy
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