Hitch Hike to Hell
Seen it?1977 | 88 min | Crime, Mystery
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Best for anyone who likes to solve it before the characters do and people who like their stories with a little danger. It plays fair with the clues, so you can play along. Same wavelength as Frenzy or Dressed to Kill.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Well paced, at 1 hr 28 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
- Made in 1977: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
Howard is mild-mannered and slightly simple-minded, with a habit of picking up teenage hitchhikers while driving his delivery routes. Sometimes the girls admit to being runaways, and if they claim to hate their mothers it drives Howard into a violent frenzy; his sister ran away from home years ago and was never heard from again, causing his desperate, addled mother to tighten her hold on him. Howard never remembers raping his victims or strangling them with wire coat hangers, though his boss does notice missed deliveries and late arrivals.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Irvin Berwick
- Robert GribbinHoward Martin
- Russell JohnsonCaptain J.W. Shaw
- Dorothy BennettMrs. Martin
- John HarmonMr. Baldwin
- Randy EcholsLt. Davis
- Mary Ellen ChristieMrs. Burke
- Kippi BellEvelyn Davis
- Sheryl LynnLisa
- John GrantMr. Burke
- Jacqueline PoseleySharon