Maximum Overdrive

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1986 · 98 min · R · Horror · Action · Science Fiction · TMDB 5.8/10

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.

Directed by Stephen King

Cast

• Emilio Estevez — Bill Robinson
• Pat Hingle — Hendershot
• Laura Harrington — Brett
• Yeardley Smith — Connie
• John Short — Curt