This is one of my favorite '80s horror movies. Rutger Hauer plays a violent psychopath so well. The scene with him in that family's car is chilling.

I wonder if this movie was actually a dream Halsy was having because a lot of it didn't make any sense. When Halsey first picks up Ryder supposedly Ryder was in a Volkswagen that passes Halsey on the highway. Later we learn that Ryder killed the driver of the car, but when Halsey picks up Ryder hitchhiking he is at least a mile from the Volkswagen when they pass it and Ryder tells him what he did to the driver. So what did Ryder do, start walking down the highway until Halsey came along and picked him up and they went back up the highway passed the wrecked Volkswagen? That didn't make any sense and a lot of the scenes didn't seem to make any sense.

This is definitely a favorite of mine! Rutger Hauer was an excellent psychopath! I like the barren desert atmosphere a lot also.

I think it's an underrated horror film. It also has a few black humored moments that really get me everytime I watch it. Phasmophobia mentioned RH in the family's car. When Ryder goes to inspect the car later, looks inside it, and pisses his pants due to what he sees, it is so hilarious!

I'd say it's an underrated movie. But maybe it's just me..