Maximum Overdrive

Desert truck stop at dusk a lone semi idles. Machines terrorize a group of people. Stephen King directs this 80s horror comedy.

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Stephen King directed Maximum Overdrive in 1986. See Stephen King's full filmography, where to start with Stephen King, or where to go after you've seen everything by Stephen King.

Maximum Overdrive was released in 1986 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.