Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Name: Maximum Overdrive
Director: Stephen King
Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1986
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 5.824
Cast: Barry Bell, Christopher Murney, Ellen McElduff, Emilio Estevez, Frankie Faison

Action Horror Science Fiction

5.8 (900 votes)

1h 37m

Overview

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 homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.

Details

Director: Stephen King
Writer: Stephen King
Original Language: English
Budget: $10,000,000

Cast

Barry Bell Christopher Murney Ellen McElduff Emilio Estevez Frankie Faison Holter Graham J. Don Ferguson J.C. Quinn Jack Canon John Brasington John Short Laura Harrington Pat Hingle Pat Miller Yeardley Smith

Keywords

absurd arcade automation comet dark comedy eighteen wheeler exploding gasoline station exploding truck gas station inanimate objects come to life lorry man vs machine roadhouse semi truck siege truck