The Vanishing Hitchhiker (2021)
- Directed by
- Rosario Brucato
- Genre
- horror, drama
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 16 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A driver picks up a hitchhiker on a lonely road, but the passenger seems tied to a past tragedy. The story uses this encounter to touch on kindness and loss.
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What happens
The Vanishing Hitchhiker is a 2020 Italian horror-supernatural-drama short film, written, directed and edited by Rosario Brucato. Various themes intertwine in the film such as maternal love, kindness, the supernatural, premature death and the suspense that dominates in the film following the other themes. The film is loosely based on the famous urban legend of The Vanishing Hitchhiker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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