A writer and his photographer girlfriend leave New York to drive to a new life in California. On the way, they visit various murder sites for their new book on serial killers. They pick up two hitchhikers, one of whom could provide an interesting case study for their research…

Squeezing three 1990s marquee players into a ‘61 Lincoln convertible, this nakedly morbid road movie reeks of scalding seat leather and sex. David Duchovny’s moodily ruminative voiceover chews over the gristle of cross-class tensions and criminal notoriety, as the hijacked joyride grinds into fifth.