TV series
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
When an ex-marine realises he is all on his own, he becomes convinced that he's on a dangerous mission and has been abandoned by his commanding officers.
Guest stars Brenda Bazinet, Nick Mancuso, Michael Tait
Episode 2
Mickey Black is a film director with everything going for him until he seduces a woman away from her gangster boyfriend. He promises her all the glory in the world, but things take a dangerous turn when her boyfriend refuses to give her up.
Directed by Jorge MontesiGuest stars Raoul Max Trujillo, Alan Thicke, Peter Cox, Krista Bridges
Episode 3
A cutthroat career woman who's having an affair with her sister's husband starts suffering from strange nightmares about a white horse symbolizing death. The ensuing melodrama blurs the lines between the psychological and witchcraft.
Directed by Christian DuguayGuest stars Lauren Hutton, Rachel Blanchard, Garwin Sanford
Episode 4
A young man, who likes to always have his way, tries to emulate his favorite TV show and save a girl from the clutches of the criminal underworld.
Guest stars Andrea Roth, Chandra West, Phil Morrison
Episode 5
A poet, who works as a teacher in prisons, steals some poetry he likes from a convict, who came up with it. He soon realizes that it is carrying some serious baggage.
Guest stars Charmion King, Daniel Kash, Robert Foxworth
Episode 6
A man catches his friend Raskin illegally dumping toxic waste near their small town. They fight and the man is killed, but Raskin becomes exposed to the toxic materials by accident and begins hallucinating and losing his grip on reality.
Guest stars Zach Galligan
Episode 7
An unfaithful husband, who lives with his wife in an artist colony, faces false accusation of murder, when his wife has had enough of his sexcapades.
Guest stars Nancy McKeon, Barclay Hope, Lori Hallier, Victor Ertmanis, Kay Tremblay
Episode 8
A woman in love with her boss accidentally kills his wife. From there on things spiral out of control.
Guest stars Jennifer Dale, Nadia Capone
Episode 9
A conman is in over his head, when he's forced by an attractive girl to swindle her mother.
Guest stars Lorenzo Lamas, Lawrence Bayne
Episode 10
An artist obsessed with his paintings comes to believe that the things he drew are events from the future.
Guest stars Claude Jade
Episode 11
A housewife catches her husband in the act with another woman and decides to shoot them both, but the mistress escapes.
Guest stars Peggy Lipton, Marine Delterme
Episode 12
Two college students, who can't get a date for the evening, kidnap a woman, but end up fighting each other over her.
Guest stars C. Thomas Howell, Gérard Watkins, Mapi Galán
Episode 13
A Parisian conman, who rips off tourists, who arrive in town for the first time, finds that his latest mark has turned the tables on him.
Guest stars Robby Benson
Episode 14
The past comes back to haunt a charismatic white supremacist.
Guest stars Ken Howard
Episode 15
A bartender steals one of his customer's credit card and uses it to fulfill his every whim and need. What he doesn't realize is that he's just a pawn in someone's game.
Guest stars Bradley Cole, Scott Valentine
Episode 16
The manager of a factory that hires illegal immigrants becomes responsible for the death of one of them. His becomes paranoid and believes that vengeful employees have cast a curse on him.
Guest stars Terence Knox
Episode 17
A violent criminal, preparing to testify against his old boss, goes to a clinic to have plastic surgery to conceal his identity.
Guest stars Elliott Gould
Episode 18
A meek man is being dominated all his life by his selfish mother, who wants him to stay with her forever. He reaches the breaking point after having an oedipal nightmare, during sleep one night.
Guest stars Louise Fletcher
Episode 19
A woman and her lover try to get her husband's insurance money after he suffers a deadly accident. However, they get an unexpected visitor.
Guest stars Mary Frann
Episode 20
An aspiring actress is prepared to sell her soul just to be accepted into a popular unique theater troupe. However, that might actually be the actual price to be paid in this case.
Guest stars Rae Dawn Chong
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
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