The Hitcher/YMMV
- Complete Monster: John Ryder.
- Critical Dissonance: The original. To name one example, its one the few films Roger Ebert has given a flat out zero.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Jim is facing off against an extremely smart and resourceful Killer who Murders indiscriminately. C. Thomas Howell would later play an extremely smart and resourceful Serial Killer known as "The Reaper" on Criminal Minds.
- Nightmare Fuel: The whole movie, natch.
- Sequelitis: Yes, this movie had a Direct To Video Sequel, although it did have Jake Busey as the psycho, which is reason enough to rent it.
- That, and Kari Wuhrer.
- Or the Narm flowing freely through the movie.
- That, and Kari Wuhrer.
- Special Effect Failure: The tractor pull scene in the remake.
- The Woobie: Jim in the original.