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hen the Earth ends up in the tail of a strange comet, strange things begin to happen. Machines take on a life of their own and begin to destroy all things human.
Our story focuses on a truck stop in North Carolina. Your usual assortment of people are there; Billy Robinson, a misunderstood troubled loner; Bubba Hendershot, the black hearted owner of the truck stop; Wanda June, the good natured but dim witted waitress, and a score of others make up the group of people who were at the “Dixie Boy” truck stop the day the machines declared war.
Although certainly not the terrifying masterpiece that writer-director Stephen King had in mind when he transformed his short story “Trucks” into a screenplay, this film certainly has a lot of entertainment merit; the voice of Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith has a featured role as a newlywed, Emilio Estevez - clearly having fun in a hammy role - talks trash to a bunch of 18-wheelers, a little kid gets run over by a steam roller and a whole bunch more!
Add to that a cameo by Stephen King, several goofy plot holes and a kick-ass soundtrack by AC/DC, and you’ve got yourself a cheese classic...
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While not a true horror film, this movie has a certain “Plan 9 from Outer Space” quality to it.
It may not realize the original goals it set out to achieve, but it inadvertently achieved other ones. If one forgets that this is a Stephen King movie, and looks at it as a similar experience to that of “Big Trouble in Little China” or “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”, you could really enjoy it's campy atmosphere.
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This was the first and only time that Stephen King directed a movie. He realized how hard it is to be a director and never did it again.  -Thanks to Jeremiah Wilson
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Holter Graham who played Deke, later on played Billy Gunn on the short lived show "Swans Crossing" with Sarah Michelle Gellar. -Thanks to Sara
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A radio controlled lawnmower, used in a scene, went out of control and struck a block of wood used as a camera support, shooting out wood splinters, which resulted in Armando Nannuzzi, the Director of Photography, losing an eye. -Thanks to Kara Victoria
Stephen King had to cut part of the steam roller scene so that the movie wouldn't get an "X" rating.
A scene that had to be cut for the censors was a longer version of the scene where the boy got run over by the steamroller. Director/writer Stephen King had a blood bag placed near the head of the boy's dummy so it would create a printing press effect. During shooting, the bag burst the wrong way and made it look like the boy's head exploded. King loved the effect, but the studio made him cut the scene. -Thanks to shaneo6930
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Filmed on location in Wilmington, NC
Opposing views as to whether or not the truck stop used in the movie was an operating one; one story says it was a real truck stop, while another states that it was a set, but so realistic that many truckers tried to stop there.
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AC/DC did the music, many of the songs are well known hits of the band.
Stephen King happens to be a big fan of AC/DC, so back in '85/'86, he asked the Aussie rockers to do the sound track to a new movie which was currently in production, "Maximum Overdrive", they agreed. Most of the songs on the movie soundtrack were actually taken from previous AC/DC albums, there were really only one or two new ones recorded. In the opening scene when the draw bridge is being raised by the super comet, you can see a black van with AC/DC on the side, King's homage to the band. -Thanks to Bbaby
The soundtrack was released as the AC/DC album "Who Made Who." -Thanks to Kyle Palkowski
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