S1.E11

Pick Me Up

Episode aired Jan 20, 2006
TV-MA
58m

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In the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect it to anywhere, a recently divorced woman traveler, who's a passenger on a bus that has broken down, gets caught in a bizarr... Read allIn the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect it to anywhere, a recently divorced woman traveler, who's a passenger on a bus that has broken down, gets caught in a bizarre and violent turf war between serial killers.In the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect it to anywhere, a recently divorced woman traveler, who's a passenger on a bus that has broken down, gets caught in a bizarre and violent turf war between serial killers.

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6.3/10

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Trivia
The first and only film Larry Cohen directed that he did not write. He took the job in part to prove to people that he could direct someone else's material.

Goofs
When the punk woman is tied to the bed in the motel room, she is wearing red underwear. The scene cuts to the TV being turned off, and now the woman is wearing white underwear.

Quotes
Walker: Now, our judgmental trucker friend here, he's the type of guy who likes to hunt. He likes to theorize about prey, and he likes to think about worthy opponents and fair game, and just with all that bullshit. He loves it. Very romantic. Now, he thinks he ain't a predator. You should have seen him back at that bus.
[inhales]
Walker: [pause] You see all these little trinkets? These little souvenirs? Look at that. He never saw the Horrible Thing. He just kept the button.
[chuckles]
Walker: Now, your genuinely dangerous individuals, they almost never look... crazy. They don't have any weird tattoos, they don't have any weird stitches on their face, no funny-shaped heads - they are *not*
[licks his lips]
Walker: predictable.

Connections
Features C-Bear and Jamal (1996)

Soundtracks
Snakes in the Snow
Written and Performed by Michael Moriarty.

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Road Killers...

In PICK ME UP, a truck-driving serial killer (Michael Moriarty) meets his match in a deadly drifter (Warren Kole). Fairuza Balk plays the young woman caught between these two madmen and their battle for homicidal supremacy.

One of the better MASTERS OF HORROR offerings, it has a nice mix of terror and humor. It also has a ghoulish twist at the end.

Director Larry Cohen does some of the best work he's done in years. Re-teaming with Moriarty is a big plus. These guys always made great low-budget horror films together...