Maximum Overdrive

Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!

19861h 38mNo ratings yet

Action
Science Fiction
Horror

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 murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

Keywords

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

Details

Status: Released
Release date: July 13, 1986
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: DEG
Cast: Emilio Estevez,Pat Hingle,Laura Harrington,Yeardley Smith,John Short,Ellen McElduff,J.C. Quinn,Christopher Murney,Holter Graham,Frankie Faisonand 15 more
Director: Stephen King
Writer: Stephen King
Producer: Don Levin,Martha De Laurentiis,Mel Pearl,Dino De Laurentiis
Cinematography: Armando Nannuzzi
Budget: $10,000,000
Revenue: $7,400,000
IMDb: tt0091499