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Pick Me Up

2006
Horror
TV Movie
58m
In the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect it to anywhere (probably upstate New York), a recently divorced female traveler (Fairuza Balk), who is a passenger on a bus that has broken down, gets caught in a bizarre and violent turf war between two sadistic serial killers; one a truck driver, and the other a hitchhiker. (imdb)

Directed by:

Larry Cohen
Larry-Cohen
83 total credits
An independent maverick who got his start in studio-based television, he is best known for inventive low-budget horror films that combine scathing social commentary with the requisite scares and occasional laughs.

Writer:

David J. Schow
David-J-Schow
9 total credits
Credits include: The Crow, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Pick Me Up and We All Scream for Ice Cream

Starring:

Michael Moriarty
Michael-Moriarty
48 total credits
Credits include: Along Came a Spider, Courage Under Fire, Pale Rider, The Last Detail and The Stuff
,
Michael Eklund
Michael-Eklund
54 total credits
Credits include: Watchmen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 88 Minutes, House of the Dead and The Call
,
Fairuza Balk
Fairuza-Balk
37 total credits
Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's Return to Oz. Balk also made notable appearances in Valmont, The Waterboy, The Craft, American History X and Personal Velocity: Three Portraits...(Wikipedia)
,
Crystal Lowe
Crystal-Lowe
25 total credits
Credits include: Insomnia, Snakes on a Plane, Scary Movie 4, Hot Tub Time Machine and Final Destination 3
,
Laurene Landon
Laurene-Landon
13 total credits
Credits include: Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop 2, Pick Me Up, It's Alive III: Island of the Alive and ...All the Marbles
,
Warren Kole
Warren-Kole
12 total credits
Credits include: Pick Me Up, Cougar Club, The Chicago Code, Shades of Blue and The Gauntlet
,
Malcolm Kennard
Malcolm-Kennard
10 total credits
Credits include: Pick Me Up, Backtrack, Catching Milat, The Mystery of Natalie Wood and The Seventh Floor
,
Tom Pickett
Tom-Pickett
5 total credits
Credits include: Pick Me Up, Asylum, The Ex, Harvest Love and Christmas Time is Here

Genre:

Horror

Countries:

Canada, USA

Language:

English

Pick Me Up

2006
Horror
TV Movie
58m
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Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 46.27%
31 Jan 2009
80
74th
A fantastic concept (the whole serial killer vs. serial killer is an awesome idea), and done well, but could have been better. The things that would make this a better movie was bigger body count, bigger budget, and a longer movie.
27 Dec 2020
50
28th
Probably the best part of the idea is not fully explored, the duel between the two criminals developping as something else, but both the conflict between them could have been better and also the thing it sort of developes. Interesting and entertaining episode, but sort of wasted.
07 Jun 2017
55
41st
It's a fun idea but it comes off as pretty average.
11 Jul 2014
40
35th
From that parallel universe in which serial killers are (a) not can't-get-no-pleasure-from-killin' crazies but smoothly confident nonconformists, and (b) pretty much everywhere. Within this framework, this is not exactly scary or even really creepy, but entertaining enough.
19 Jan 2012
70
61st
My ninth or tenth favorite B director adapts my second or third favorite splatterpunk author? This should be good, and it kind of is. It's funny, certainly. It's gross, definitely. Creepy? A little. It's also, what's that word? Cheap. It's cheap.
11 Sep 2011
48
53rd
What I learned from this movie: always collect carcasses after killing snakes with a bus.
10 Apr 2011
50
33rd
Ugh. Well-written enough, and an unusually large amount of talent on both sides of the camera (hats off to Balk, and especially Moriarty), but this is so grim and nihilistic that it can't be said to be enjoyable in any meaningful sense. Larry Cohen is no "Master of Horror" either, but, unlike some directors in this series, he at least has a track record. Even with his questionable QC, however, it's kinda sad to see him stoop to doing a film that's borderline torture porn
28 Jan 2011
63
45th
This is one of the better Masters of Horror segments. It fits really well into the shortened format, mostly due to the premise.
26 Feb 2010
55
36th
Way too silly to be enjoyed.
20 Aug 2009
62
38th
Interesting premise; dueling serial killers. Too bad it's watered down for TV audiences.
14 Jul 2009
69
50th
One of the best of MoH. Actually, I hate Balk in this (who is not given enough screen time or material for you to really want her to... um... live). But I love the premise of two sociopaths squaring off against one another. Moriarty is particularly brilliant. I also like horror films where it's not all supernatural, but more about what humans are capable of inflicting on each other. This one works very well, given its one or two moments of stupidity.
31 Dec 2008
58
49th
Cute. Though I will always prefer horror that's less "entertainment" and more genuine.
04 Oct 2008
83
76th
Finally, a movie hands the decency of the true name and reputation of Horror or rather let's say Thriller. The cliches shown in the movie were what I was expecting all along considering its broadcasting span of only one hour. Not more not less. Oh yes, I am pretty satisfied indeed.
10 Jul 2008
20
21st
Combining two of my faves (Balk and Cohen) into one neat little package should have kicked my ass in fifty new, exciting ways, but ended up not doing much for me.
27 Jun 2008
77
88th
One of the best MoH movies
16 Sep 2007
55
30th
decent entry into the series

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Larry Cohen
Larry-Cohen
83 total credits
An independent maverick who got his start in studio-based television, he is best known for inventive low-budget horror films that combine scathing social commentary with the requisite scares and occasional laughs.

Writer:

David J. Schow
David-J-Schow
9 total credits
Credits include: The Crow, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Pick Me Up and We All Scream for Ice Cream

Starring:

Michael Moriarty
Michael-Moriarty
48 total credits
Credits include: Along Came a Spider, Courage Under Fire, Pale Rider, The Last Detail and The Stuff
,
Michael Eklund
Michael-Eklund
54 total credits
Credits include: Watchmen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 88 Minutes, House of the Dead and The Call
,
Fairuza Balk
Fairuza-Balk
37 total credits
Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's Return to Oz. Balk also made notable appearances in Valmont, The Waterboy, The Craft, American History X and Personal Velocity: Three Portraits...(Wikipedia)
,
Crystal Lowe
Crystal-Lowe
25 total credits
Credits include: Insomnia, Snakes on a Plane, Scary Movie 4, Hot Tub Time Machine and Final Destination 3
,
Laurene Landon
Laurene-Landon
13 total credits
Credits include: Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop 2, Pick Me Up, It's Alive III: Island of the Alive and ...All the Marbles
,
Warren Kole
Warren-Kole
12 total credits
Credits include: Pick Me Up, Cougar Club, The Chicago Code, Shades of Blue and The Gauntlet
,
Malcolm Kennard
Malcolm-Kennard
10 total credits
Credits include: Pick Me Up, Backtrack, Catching Milat, The Mystery of Natalie Wood and The Seventh Floor
,
Tom Pickett
Tom-Pickett
5 total credits
Credits include: Pick Me Up, Asylum, The Ex, Harvest Love and Christmas Time is Here

Genre:

Horror

Countries:

Canada, USA

Language:

English
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