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Maximum Overdrive (1986)

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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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