Films like The Hitcher or Texas Chain Saw Massacre use the hitchhiker as a source of dread.

Outside of the adult industry, the "hitchhiker" trope has been a staple of popular media for decades, though usually in different genres:

The series has numerous installments, such as Teen Hitchhikers 4 (released in 2018), and is cataloged as a significant "collection" on media databases like TMDB . Popular Media Context