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
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Maximum Overdrive - Stephen King, Trucks - Stephen King
- TMDB
- 5.8/10 (886 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)
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