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As explained in my review of Volume
1,
The Hitchhiker is a 1980s horror/thriller anthology
series, again incorporating ten 30-minute stories over two
discs. Topping and tailing each segment is Page Fletcher as
The Hitchhiker himself, a bland deliverer of omens and morals.
There's no improvement in the quality of scripts here, I'm
afraid. Or perhaps it's simply the manner in which they're
directed. Whatever the formula, it doesn't work. They're not
actually bad, just so dull that if you were watching it on
TV you would think nothing of switching channels halfway through.
There's no edge, no suspense and no emotion. This is simply
"going through the motions" storytelling. You just don't care
about anything that's happening.
In O.D. Feelin', a bag of unspecified drug powder not
only corrupts everyone who comes into contact with it, but
also has a mind of its own. The environment for this tale
looks extremely dated, with nearly everyone resembling members
of Duran Duran. There is also a pretty grim copy of the guitar
solo from Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb playing in
the background for much of the time.
In
Cabin Fever, a gigolo conman chooses the wrong couple
when he tries to manipulate a film director and his wife.
Other titles are: Perfect Order; True Believer; A Whole
New You; Dead Heat; The Curse; Out of the Night; Secret Ingredient;
and Man of her Dreams. There are commentaries for two
stories. Guest stars include, Elliott Gould and Fred Ward,
so you would be forgiven for expecting more.
Compared with classic anthology serials such as The Twilight
Zone, The Outer Limits, Tales of the Unexpected and The
Ray Bradbury Theatre, this is pretty poor. Vauxhall Conference
League stuff.
Ty
Power
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