

13 minutes. One hitchhiker. Zero words. Maximum dread.
Based on the Stephen King short story, a random encounter with a mute hitchhiker leads to tragic consequences
Acting
Trent Lamm's wordless menace carries the entire film
Direction
Childress squeezes feature-length dread into 13 minutes
Director
Blake Childress
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a 'Dollar Baby'—King's program letting student filmmakers adapt his shorts for $1. Most never see wide release.
The story originally appeared in Cavalier magazine in 1962, making it one of King's earliest published works—written when he was 15.
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