# Riding the Bullet (2004)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Drama, Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Mick Garris
**Written by**: Mick Garris
**Starring**: Jonathan Jackson, Barbara Hershey, David Arquette, Erika Christensen, Cliff Robertson, Nicky Katt

> *The dead travel fast*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Dark autumn highway, headlights, lonely suitcase. 
A young artist hitchhikes to his ailing mother. 
Mick Garris directs a haunting road trip.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, dread

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