When Conspiracy Becomes Reality The Hitchhiker Effect is a genre-bending psychological thriller that blurs the line between paranoia and cosmic horror. Written and directed by Zack Van Eyck , the film follows Alan Thomas (Michael Beardsley), a weary conspiracy theorist whose already fragile grasp on reality begins to unravel when his eccentric neighbors drop by — and refuse to leave. What starts as an awkward social encounter spirals into an increasingly bizarre sequence of paranormal…
Movies: The Hitchhiker Effect (2025) by Zack Van Eyck: A Mind-Bending Descent into Paranoia, Truth, and the Supernatural
