Emilio Estevez,
Pat Hingle,
Laura Harrington,
Yeardley Smith,
John Short
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Writer-director Stephen King falls short in his debut at the helm with Maximum Overdrive, an absurd tale about a radiation storm that somehow animates machines across the world, causing them to turn o... read more
Directed by: Stephen King
Release Date: July 25, 1986
DVD Release Date: April 10, 2001
Stats: 1,870 reviews
Whilst earth travels through the tail end of a comet trail all the machines in the world go haywire and start to turn violently on their human creators with anything from electric knives to ice-cream vans seeking blood, but it's the big rig trucks that play the lead villains in t... read more
One of my favourite machines gone haywire movies ever! First of all it's directed by King himself, not just written by him! It's got Emilio Estevez, who gives a nice performance, as does the rest of the cast. Plus, an awesome heavy metal soundtrack from ACDC! I highly recomme... read more
What can I say Maximum Overdrive is a major guilty pleasure and it is one of my favorite movies ever! It?s so sad to see that Stephen king never Directed anything else but this I mean this movie is so cool who could hate it? I first watch this movie when I was really young it was... read more
This is Stephen King Directorial debut and also his last. This film plays out more like a comedy horror film. I personally enjoyed the film simply for the fact it tries too hard to be a serious horror film, except it isn't. The film, upon it's release, grossed a mere 7.5$ million... read more
"The happening" whishes it was this movie. Also, AC/DC doing the soundtrack.
I really cannot understand why this movie has such a bad overall rating. According to me a movie doesn't have to have a great plot or so to be appealing. First of all I like the movie for the soundtrack by AC/DC. Actually, I learned to know the music of them by watching this movi... read more
A cheesy but fun 80's horror/action film. Adapted from a Stephen King story and directed by the man himself! A guilty pleasure.
Daft horror directed by Stephen King (rather amateurishly, as you would expect) but it's a great laugh if you're in the right mood. Killer ice cream trucks, people getting attacked by hair dryers and AC/DC. Christine crossed with Duel but with a sense of humour.
Truck stop attacked by mechanical objects, including trucks, gone awry! Based on Stephen King story.
This is why other people usually direct King's writing.
Maximum Crap. It sorta revived AC/DC, if that matters.
Most of the characters are so annoying that you want them to die ... a recipe' for a railroad-spike lobotomy migraine Full Review
A suitably schlocky Stephen King story.
" 'Maximum Tedium' -- the year
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