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 murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.
Practical Effects
Real trucks rigged to look sentient—no CGI nonsense
Sound
AC/DC exclusively scored this because King demanded it
Direction
King's only directorial effort, made on a cocaine bender
Director
Stephen King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
King has called this a 'moron movie' and admits he was 'coked out of his mind' throughout filming.
The ATM that calls Stephen King an asshole was his own cameo idea.
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