Passenger (2026) - Drive Home From The Drive-in Review

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The hosts review the supernatural horror film 'Passenger' and discuss its strengths and weaknesses.

Accidentally picking up a supernatural hitchhiker sucks even worse when your van is your fulltime house. We review André Øvredal's ( Autopsy of Jane Doe, Last Voyage of the Demeter ) Passenger on the latest Drive home from the Drive-In episode of the Nightmare on Film Street horror movie podcast! A couple throw all of their belongings into storage and hit the road in a souped-up camper van, but life on the road isn't as idyllic as they had hoped. After coming across a strange accident on the road a mysterious traveler seems to have hopped on board, and it's having a fun time toying with the pair in supernatural ways. (the means jumpscares. lots of jumpscares) Note: Drive Home from the Drive-in reviews are FULL SPOILERS (with a quick 15-or-so minute spoiler free review at the top of the show). Want to know whether to watch or pass without the spoil? Verdict: We're both on the fence with this one. It has a couple good sequences, but otherwise it's a cursey lore-builder without a cool enough entity to justify its many repetitive less-than-lethal appearances. There is a very cool lighting scare sequence in the middle that is worth checking out in the theatre, however! And as a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kimberley Elizabeth, Jonathan Dehaan

Topics covered

• supernatural horror
• film review
• drive-in movies
• hitchhiker
• road trip
• jumpscares

Keywords

• Passenger
• André Øvredal
• horror movie
• drive-in review
• supernatural hitchhiker
• film podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Passenger, Autopsy of Jane Doe, Last Voyage of the Demeter

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