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Horror Movie with Machines That Kill

Apr 02, 2008

it is...
by: big bad bitch

I own this movie and it can be purchased at any local Wal-Mart. Maximum Overdrive.

Nov 27, 2007

maximum overdrive
by: Anonymous

that would be...maximum overdrive

Nov 22, 2007

I think you mean....
by: Anonymous

I think the movie is called "Maximum Overdrive"...it's based on a short story by Stephen King called "Trucks"

Nov 01, 2007

Maybe..
by: Anonymous

Have you tried "Pulse"?

Oct 31, 2007

Horror Movies with Machines that Kill
by: Ghoulog

That is Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive.

Oct 21, 2007

Maximum Overdrive
by: Anonymous

Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 tongue-in-cheek horror film, written and directed by horror novelist Stephen King. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short story, Trucks, which was included in King's first collection of short stories, Night Shift.

Maximum Overdrive concerns the apocalyptic mayhem that ensues when a strange radiation from a closely passing rogue comet, Rhea-M, causes all manner of mechanical devices and electrical appliances across the planet Earth to become sentient, self-aware and genocidal.

Marauding big rig trucks trap a small group of desperate rednecks, hitchhikers and employees in a fictional roadside truck stop called "The Dixie Boy" just outside Wilmington, North Carolina. When the trucks begin demanding more than blood (they order the humans to pump diesel), the Dixie Boy survivors realize they will become enslaved by their own machines, and they must escape to Haven Island just off the coast of North Carolina, on which no vehicles or machines were permitted.

At the end of the movie, a perfunctory title card strongly implies extraterrestrials were behind the homicidal machines as part of a preliminary invasion. The machines are stopped and the invasion ends with the destruction of a UFO by a Soviet "weather satellite" equipped with nuclear missiles and laser cannons

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Oct 21, 2007
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Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 tongue-in-cheek horror film, written and directed by horror novelist Stephen King. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short story, Trucks, which was included in King's first collection of short stories, Night Shift. Maximum Overdrive concerns the apocalyptic mayhem that ensues when a strange radiation from a closely passing rogue comet, Rhea-M, causes all manner of mechanical devices and electrical appliances across the planet Earth to become sentient, self-aware and genocidal. Marauding big rig trucks trap a small group of desperate rednecks, hitchhikers and employees in a fictional roadside truck stop called "The Dixie Boy" just outside Wilmington, North Carolina. When the trucks begin demanding more than blood (they order the humans to pump diesel), the Dixie Boy survivors realize they will become enslaved by their own machines, and they must escape to Haven Island just off the coast of North Carolina, on which no vehicles or machines were permitted. At the end of the movie, a perfunctory title card strongly implies extraterrestrials were behind the homicidal machines as part of a preliminary invasion. The machines are stopped and the invasion ends with the destruction of a UFO by a Soviet "weather satellite" equipped with nuclear missiles and laser cannons

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Oct 18, 2007

I think I know this
by: Katelyn

Was it Maximum Overdrive? Stars Emilio Estevez and written and directed by Stephen King (thank you IMDB). Hope that was the one. Cheers.

Oct 07, 2007

maximum overdrive
by: kurt

i think the movie your talking about is steven king's Maximum Overdrive, awesome movie!

Oct 06, 2007

Sounds Like a cool movie
by: Anonymous

i dont know the title but if someone does
please say

Oct 04, 2007

I know this one
by: Ronnie Angel

Thats an easy one. Maximum Overdrive!!!

Oct 04, 2007

oh yes!
by: Ryan

Love that film! Great stuff and a great soundtrack as well. AC/DC all over that film.

Oct 03, 2007

Answer
by: Lee Roberts

That is Maximum Overdrive starring Emilio Estevez.

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