Riding the Bullet 2004

Directed by Mick Garris | Starring: Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Cliff Robertson, Barbara Hershey

In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.