
Maximum Overdrive
1986
Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!
Directed by Stephen King
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When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.
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- Director
- Stephen King
- Written by
- Stephen King
- Produced by
- Martha De Laurentiis
- Cinematographer
- Armando Nannuzzi
- Editor
- Evan A. Lottman
- Makeup FX
- Dean Gates, Gordy Wein
- Studio
- DEG
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Maximum Overdrive - Stephen King, Trucks - Stephen King
- TMDB
- 5.8/10 (851 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 14% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 24/100
- IMDb
- 5.4/10 (39,099 votes)
Cast

Emilio Estevez
Bill Robinson

Pat Hingle
Hendershot

Laura Harrington
Brett

Yeardley Smith
Connie

John Short
Curt

Ellen McElduff
Wanda June

J.C. Quinn
Duncan

Christopher Murney
Camp Loman

Holter Graham
Deke

Frankie Faison
Handy
Pat Miller
Joe
Jack Canon
Max
Barry Bell
Steve
John Brasington
Frank

J. Don Ferguson
Andy

Leon Rippy
Brad
Robert Gooden
Barry
R. Pickett Bugg
Rolf
Crew
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The Evolution of Horror — MAN-MADE MONSTERS #17: Christine (1983) & Maximum Overdrive (1986)





















