Maximum Overdrive (1986)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Stephen King

Writers:

Stephen King (short story "Trucks")
Stephen King (written by)

Release Date:

25 July 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Who Made Who?

Plot:

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Plot Keywords:

Truck | Machine | Truck Stop | Earth | Comet

Awards:

3 nominations

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Emilio Estevez	...	Bill Robinson
Pat Hingle	...	Hendershot
Laura Harrington	...	Brett
Yeardley Smith	...	Connie
John Short	...	Curtis
Ellen McElduff	...	Wanda June
J.C. Quinn	...	Duncan
Christopher Murney	...	Camp Loman
Holter Graham	...	Deke
Frankie Faison	...	Handy
Pat Miller	...	Joe
Jack Canon	...	Max
Barry Bell	...	Steve
John Brasington	...	Frank
J. Don Ferguson	...	Andy

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating 2006) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-16 | Australia:R | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

De Laurentiis

Trivia:

If you listen closely you can hear the ice cream truck's tune is "King of the Road".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Duncan is killed by the Truck there is blood all over the front grill and bumper. Later you see the Truck and there is no blood.

Quotes:

Man At Cashpoint: [First lines]
[as the ATM machine is calling him an asshole]
Man At Cashpoint: Honeybun! This machine just called me an asshole!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Undergrads: Identity Crisis (#1.10)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Best B movie ever

man what a great movie Emilio shows hes got just what it takes. i was 12 when this came out i cant think of anything that scared the crap out of ya and entertained as well. now its twenty years later and i have a younger thats just about 12 so we rented it and I'm going to let him tell what he thinks because i cant fill ten lines of excellence like he can. HERE IS HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.Okay so i think for an 80's movie its really good.i mean the blood and how they die i mean it surprised me but i knew it was coming because Stephen King made it and the music sound a little bit like Psyhco i hoped i spelled it right.It was so crazy and i may have screamed a little.