Maximum Overdrive

About Maximum Overdrive

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.

Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 horror science fiction film directed by Stephen King. It runs 98 minutes and was released in July 1986.

The film is filed under gas station, man vs machine, truck, and siege.

Emilio Estevez appears as Bill Robinson, Pat Hingle as Hendershot, Laura Harrington as Brett, and Yeardley Smith as Connie. The screenplay is by Stephen King. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.

Duel, Over the Top, and Dawn of the Dead make useful companions to Maximum Overdrive, all filed under eighteen wheeler. TMDB voters put it at 5.8 out of 10 across 895 votes and it carries a R rating.