British label Second Sight announced today that it will bring to 4K Blu-ray Robert Harmon's cult thriller
The Hitcher (1986), starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, and John M. Jackson. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
According to a social media post,
the folks running the label have been able to track down the original camera negative (OCN) of The Hitcher with the invaluable assistance of Warner Bros' archive team.
Previously, the label had planned to do only a Blu-ray release of
The Hitcher because of lack of proper high-quality elements.
Synopsis: While transporting a car from Chicago to San Diego, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), who claims to be a serial killer. After a daring escape, Jim hopes to never see Ryder again. But when he witnesses the hitchhiker murdering an entire family, Jim pursues Ryder with the help of truck-stop waitress Nash (Jennifer Jason Leigh), pitting the rivals against each other in a deadly series of car chases and brutal murders.