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Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by Stephen King. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, and Yeardley Smith.
Jul 25, 1986 · A 1986 action comedy horror film based on a Stephen King story, where machines come to life and attack humans after a comet passes by Earth. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (36K)
- Action, Comedy, Horror
- Stephen King
- 1986-07-25
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE Trailer (1986) Stephen King HorrorPLOT: A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal. Watch or O...
- 2 min
- 84K
- JoBlo Horror
After a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth, machines come to life and turn against their makers. Holed up in a North Carolina truck stop, a group of survivors must fend for themselves against...
- (13)
- Stephen King
- R
- Emilio Estevez
After a mysterious comet turns every machine on Earth into a homicidal rampage device, the survivors at the Dixie Boy Truck Stop are making a stand, and human vengeance goes into overdrive.
- 97 min
Jul 25, 1986 · A film directed and written by Stephen King, based on his short story "Trucks" from Night Shift. It features trucks and machines coming alive and killing people after a comet passes by.
On June 19, 1987 at 9:47 am Eastern Standard Time, planet Earth passes through the tail of a rogue comet, Rhea-M, for just over a week. In Wilmington, North Carolina, machines suddenly come to life and attack humans. A marquee sign about a bank displays an insult and an ATM calls a bank customer an "asshole."
