Maximum Overdrive(1986)
Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.
Movie: Maximum Overdrive
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bill Robinson
Hendershot
Brett
Connie
Wanda June
Duncan
Camp Loman
Deke
Handy
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