Director: Irvin Berwick
Notable Cast: Robert Gribbin, Russell Johnson, John
Harmon, Randy Echols, Dorothy Bennett, Mary Ellen Christie
Going into a film named Hitch Hike to Hell is
certainly a gamble. Knowing it’s an incredibly low budget 70s schlock
exploitation film only makes those feelings of a gamble more intense. However,
if there is one thing that we have found is that if Arrow Video is releasing
the film, then there is probably some key reason for it. While the quality of Hitch
Hike to Hell is, well, it’s shifty at best, there is something of an
intriguing element to its approach that makes one understand why Arrow Video
would want to give this the pristine Blu Ray treatment. On the surface, this
film is fairly awkward. The low budget and the obvious amateurish elements of
the writing and performances make for a film that’s a relative chore to sit
through, but there are things to discuss in the film – even if the execution
leaves most of those thin too.