A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher

Special Features 

• A new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon
• Presented in HDR with Dolby Vision
• Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes
• New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Audio commentary with Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red
• Scene specific audio commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale and Actors Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell
• The Projection Booth Podcast: featuring Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer
• Bullseye: a new interview with Robert Harmon
• Penning the Ripper: a new interview with Eric Red
• Doomed to Live: a new interview with C Thomas Howell
• The Man from Oz: a new interview with John Seale
• A Very Formative Score: a new interview with Mark Isham
• Duel Runner: Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer
• China Lake: a short film by Robert Harmon newly restored
• The Calling Card: Robert Harmon on China Lake
• Telephone: a short film by Eric Red
• The Hitcher: How do these movies get made?
• Trailers