Trucks

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"Trucks" is a horror short story by Stephen King in which driverless, malevolent trucks besiege a group of people trapped at a remote truck stop.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction
short story
adaptedAs Maximum Overdrive
Trucks (1997 film)
author Stephen King
authorNationality American
collectionPublicationYear 1978
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
features ensemble cast of survivors
isolated location
sentient vehicles
firstPublicationYear 1973
firstPublishedIn Cavalier
genre horror
supernatural fiction
includedInCollection Night Shift
language English
mediumOfAdaptation feature film
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalMagazineGenre men's magazine fiction
partOf Stephen King bibliography
plotSummary Driverless, malevolent trucks besiege a group of people trapped at a remote truck stop.
primaryAntagonists driverless trucks
screenAdaptationDirector Chris Thomson
Stephen King
screenAdaptationTitle Maximum Overdrive
Trucks self-link
setting remote truck stop
theme survival under siege
technology turning against humans

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Night Shift hasShortStory Trucks
Trucks screenAdaptationTitle Trucks self-link
Maximum Overdrive basedOn Trucks