Maximum Overdrive

When 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...