Maximum Overdrive

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comedy film film horror film horror-comedy film

Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 horror-comedy film written and directed by Stephen King, in which machines suddenly become homicidal and terrorize a group of people trapped at a truck stop.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
horror-comedy film ⓘ
basedOn Trucks ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Stephen King ⓘ
basedOnWorkType short story ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance commercial disappointment ⓘ
cinematographyBy Armando Nannuzzi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally negative reviews ⓘ
cultStatus cult film ⓘ
director Stephen King ⓘ
distributor Dino De Laurentiis Corporation ⓘ
surface form: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
editedBy Evan A. Lottman ⓘ
filmingLocation Wilmington, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
genre comedy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasTagline Who Made Who? ⓘ
mainCastMember Ellen McElduff ⓘ
Emilio Estevez ⓘ
Laura Harrington ⓘ
Pat Hingle ⓘ
Yeardley Smith ⓘ
mainCharacter Bill Robinson ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy AC/DC ⓘ
notableElement Features a Green Goblin-faced toy company truck as a primary villain vehicle. ⓘ
Only feature film directed by Stephen King. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A group of people are trapped at a truck stop besieged by killer vehicles and machines. ⓘ
Machines on Earth suddenly become homicidal and attack humans. ⓘ
posterFeature Image of a menacing truck with a goblin face. ⓘ
productionCompany Dino De Laurentiis Corporation ⓘ
surface form: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
releaseDate 1986-07-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 97 ⓘ
screenwriter Stephen King ⓘ
setting North Carolina ⓘ
truck stop ⓘ
soundtrackIncludes Who Made Who ⓘ
soundtrackPerformer AC/DC ⓘ
theme Survival in a confined location ⓘ
Technology turning against humans ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory 1980s ⓘ
writer Stephen King ⓘ

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Trucks → screenAdaptationTitle → Maximum Overdrive ⓘ
Trucks (1997 film) → relatedWork → Maximum Overdrive ⓘ