Truck stop attacked by mechanical objects, including trucks, gone awry! Based on Stephen King story.
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:2
Rotten:9
Average Rating:2.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A nightmare world of machines are taking over the Earth. At first the problems seem minor as gas pumps stop pumping fuel, video games flash and beep uncontrollably, and soda machines spit change... A nightmare world of machines are taking over the Earth. At first the problems seem minor as gas pumps stop pumping fuel, video games flash and beep uncontrollably, and soda machines spit change and soda pop wildly. However, when the carnage begins, a small group of people make a last stand against a horde of massive 18-wheelers. A comic horror flick from Stephen King, based on his short story "Trucks." [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murvey
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murvey, Yeardley Smith
Director: Stephen King
Director: Stephen King
Story: Stephen King
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Reviews for Maximum Overdrive
Most of the characters are so annoying that you want them to die ... a recipe' for a railroad-spike lobotomy migraine
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