When I was 9 I snuck out of bed and went downstairs to watch TV. This movie had just started and my dad came down stairs and found me. Instead of giving out and sending me to bed we sat together and watched this until like 3am - just the two of us on the couch. It's one of the best memories of my life, and as such this movie holds a very special place in my heart.
Did that with my dad with Predator, Blues Brothers, and multiple Three Stooges episodes. Each time holds a special place in my heart, it's not just about the movie, but it helps haha
Awww that's sweet I have the same thing with my dad and "still smoking" the two dogs bit near the end.... I have never seen my dad laugh that hard since.
As a trucker and a horror movie fanatic, I would sell my soul to own that Green goblin toy truck. Also, for anybody who cares, the guy who's robbing the cigarettes and change from the game room is Gustav Fring from breaking bad.
The L.A.W. rocket launcher can only be fired once! They were preloaded in the factory. Once you fired that shot, you're done and left with useless scrap metal.
Apparently King was so high when the made this "movie" that he doesn't remember the shoot (which is a good thing, come to think of it). He has lost the right to complain about adaptations of his work because he made this. Congratulations btw.
Being A) British, and B) a massive Star Wars fan, the kid with the machine gun wasn't holding a German sub-machine gun... It was a British Sterling... which incidentally is the Stormtroopers gun in Star Wars... (with a scope added)... Also, I've not long found your channel and have binge watched most of it in a week... Keep up the excellent work!
I love when I see other people comment on things that I also noticed. People my age and younger do not know enough about firearms or things in general lol
Also the guy on the left looks like he's carrying an FN FAL, which the British built under license as the L1A1 SLR. Both were in UK service for some time, and ultimately replaced by the L85
In the mid-1980s, King struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, and was later very frank with how his habitual use of cocaine, Valium, and Xanax impacted his work. He had frequent blackouts and admitted that he doesn’t really remember writing Cujo. As for Maximum Overdrive? “The problem with that film is that I was coked out of my mind all through its production, and I didn’t know what I was doing,” King said. On July 31, 1985, tragedy struck on the set of the film when a radio-controlled lawnmower that was being featured as one of the film’s sentient machines malfunctioned and struck a piece of wood that was being used as a camera support. Though cinematographer Armando Nannuzzi had wanted to remove the blades from the lawnmower before filming, King reportedly wanted it to be as realistic as possible. So when the out-of-control machine struck the wood, the wedge splintered and injured Nannuzzi so badly that he lost his right eye.
Fun Fact: the truckstop boss with the rocket launcher is Pat Hingle, who was well-known back in the day. His IMDb filmography goes on for miles, and I think he did a lot of live theater too. Always fun to watch.
The rocket launcher used in this movie was an M72 Light Armor Weapon (aka LAW). It can't be reloaded, it is discarded after a single shot. It also has a "backblast" that unsafe 44 yards behind the weapon when it is fired. So yeah, a bunch of people would have died.
@@bgva4349 TH-cam is really pushing this channel for whatever reason, but it's much appreciated and well deserved. Watching all of Jason's videos going back years...and lov'in it!!!
First of all, you're not wrong. He was high as a kite when he made this. This movie is also why he doesn't make more movies. From IMDB Trivia: When asked why he hasn't directed a movie since "Maximum Overdrive", Stephen King responded "Just watch Maximum Overdrive." Stephen King, being a former cocaine addict, later admitted that he was "coked out of my mind" the entire time he was making this picture and often didn't know what he was doing. He remarked that he'd like to try directing again someday, this time sober.
This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid growing up in the early 90's. I used to fake sick from school every Monday when I was 10-12 and watch this every time. I still have it on DVD now, probably watched it less than 6 months ago. Tons of iconic old trucks in it if your into that. Sound track 100% by AC/DC,
I was T-boned by a guy that ran a red and my car flipped forward like that. Congrats on 50!!! Boy I can't believe this movie freaked me out as a kid, loved laughing with you guys watching it!
I saw this as a kid on The Superstation or TNT. Can’t remember the circumstance but it stuck out in my mind. I lived the film but it also terrified me. The trucks and their loud horns and engines absolutely terrified me. I remember thinking all the trucks and electronics started to come alive because a meteorite with strange energy either passed by or landed on earth. Idk why. Great flick!
I think he admitted he was not only on drugs when he shot it, he was on hallucinogens. He voluntarily decided not to ever make another movie after this.
If you ever need more Stephen King based insanity - make sure you watch Sleepwalkers! A film based on a screenplay that he wrote that is similarly insane!
Isn't that the movie about cat people or something? I remember watching that with my aunt back in like 91 and being freaked out by someone getting their eyes scratched out or something like that.
Seeing all of those cabover semis in Maximum Overdrive brings back memories because nowadays you don't see many of them on the roads here in the USA anymore.
It's interesting. From what I have heard the reason why the death scenes seem to cut away before you see anything is because the movie had to be cut back to make it a R rated movie. The original submitted cut of this was apparently given an X rating and had to be cut back to make it R. So the original was even more gory and violent and apparently crazy than what was actually released.
I remember seen a picture of the baseball guy who was hit it in the head by a can in Fangoria magazine. His forehead had a huge hematoma which was squirting blood. That wasn't in the version I saw and I was disappointed...
We have an ice cream truck that still comes around our neighborhood. Apart from wondering if the operator is a pedo, I'll now be thinking about the explosive potential.
This film is great lol I first saw it on VHS in the 80s. King, while indeed coked out of his mind, made a comment to Dino DeLaurentis (Italian producer who had made bunch low budget King films-Cat's Eye, Silver Bullet) that the adaptations his work were crap. deLaurentis gave King full creative control and millions to make his own film. The chance to make a King adaptation right. LMFAO The result is priceless. In interviews King metioned he was listening to AC/DC while writing the screenplay and that's when they're the music.
There's a line from King's autobigoraphical book "On Writing" that really stuck with me. "Besides, if you write a stinker--it happens, as the author of 'Maximum Overdrive', I'm fully qualified to say so...."
One of my all time favorite movies. I alway just picture King walking on set with a briefcase full of cocaine and a short story...and this is what we got.
Stephen king has disowned this movie and yes, he was blitzed out of his mind while filming it. Emilio Estevez has stated in interviews that whenever he speaks to king, he always apologizes to him for it over and over. Personally, I love this movie.
I loved this movie as a kid, and fell in love with AC/DC because of it. As a teen and adult, I have read a lot of Steven King and he is my favorite writer. Watching this movie 20 years later, I picked it apart like they did. Still best movie soundtrack ever.
This was a great 50th ep! I laughed quite a bit & loved your analysis at the end. You hit on all the points, that I too consider this a "so bad its good", flick. I look forward to getting the Blu-ray & checking out the special features.
This was the movie that had my Dad and I get hooked on B movies in the 80's... lol I have been watching your channel like a religion the last 5 days... absolutely love your content.. thank you for all you're doing and keep it up!
, was the trailer where he's red-faced, clearly either drunk or high and he's monologuing alone at the camera, threatening to, "...scare the hell out of you!" as short clips from this opus flash as he speaks. Every popular genre novelist should get the chance to write and direct a movie of his or her own work but the deal is they have to create a trailer exactly like that. Absolutely brilliant!
@@JasonBrant I always thought of it as 'the trucks are like wolves, and the cars are like domestic dogs' - like, the same general species, but very different breeds..? In the short story, a character describes seeing a Greyhound bus hunting down a VW Bug and ramming it off the road.
@@parisgreen4600 I think in the short story it's ONLY the trucks and not EVERY machine, and there's no aliensdidit explanation at the end. This short story (or subsequent film) also inspired (was ripped off by) a Tharg's Future Shocks episode in 2000AD called "All of them were empty".
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Vibration can move a blade that's powered by electricity sir. And the part where the kid gets chased by a lawnmower, at the end of the scene where the kid is riding his bmx bike. It looked odd and cut shots after the lawn mower started, was because the mower malfunctioned and ended up hurting the kid pretty bad. So they cut the scene and kept what they could...
That machinegun, M60, was nicknamed "The Pig" when it was used in Vietnam. That's why it makes a grunting sound. And yeah ... Stephen King was so high on cocaine he thought that's a reasonable reference to make.
Some trivia: King showed george Romero an unrated version this film and when the steamroller took out the kid Romero had to look away. The DP lost an eye while making this film. The number squibs used for the M60 attack were not safe use on an older actor so Pat Hingle wasn't shown being shot.
This bastard of a flick. I rented it as VHS, the player ate the tape and so I never got to see how it ended. Then the rental firm charged me for damaging their goods. But then again, not seeing the end means that for me personally this had one of the better endings of any King movie adaptations.
You guys should check out some behind the scenes stuff on this movie. The production was insane with like no safety regulations. One dude lost an eye during stunt work.
8:51 I've noticed in the movie that semi with the flatbed trailer was the same one with the toilet paper box trailer & it's also the same one that hit & flipped the newly wed couple's car which caused it to land upside down while the flatbed trailer was still hooked up to it. The flatbed trailer on that semi was only shown in just those 2 scenes.
When i was 12 this came on TV and my step mom saw the ACDC truck and said i shoild watch this since its got ACDC music. XD one of the best random movies ive ever watched
Actually, Dino did say no. King actually wanted Bruce Springsteen (yes, The Boss in a movie with an AC/DC soundtrack) to play the role of Billy (Emilio Estevez was chosen by Dino allegedly).
When I was a young autistic kid, I thought Maximum Overdrive was the most awesome movie ever, because it had the three things I loved most: trucks, guns, and explosions! As I grew older my fascination with trucks moved on to trains and finally airplanes. I retained my interest in military history and weapons and learned about the politics involved, which is where I learned critical thinking. So, yeah; from a storytelling standpoint the movie is not good but it's still fun to watch.
Have you seen 'Sleepwalkers'? 5:00 The Nostalgia Critic had a funny remark for that scene. 😅 6:01 Bad but entertaining. 10:05 Shoulder that LAW, greenhorn! Btw, that's either an M72 LAW (66mm single-use "Light Anti-tank Weapon") or the reloadable training version, either way converted for use with theatrical pyrotechnics. Probably the training version. Too bad everyone fires it from the hip. Btw, it's a 'Nam-era thing. 12:09 Who made who? 15:19 M-60. Another 'Nam-era thing. 16:17 Napalm. Another 'Nam-era thing. 17:22 Unfold that stock, greenhorn! 17:23 More like the Czech Resistance. He's basically a young Kyle Reese at this point. 17:34 That's a Sterling L2A3. It's British. Fun fact: It's the basis for the E-11 Imperial blaster from Star Wars. 17:47 Extract that stock, greenhorn! 17:57 [[insert Killer Klowns from Outer Space reference]]
I love how the machines have the ability to articulate in ways that have no mechanical engineering like maneuvering the .50 Caliber rifle mounted on the jeep (which requires outside force to swivel), yet they can't operate the gas pumps.
My parents had a spar shop with a small video rental shelf. When this came out I was 6 we received a copy and I watched it and kept it never once got rented out …. No wonder I’m deranged 😂
10:24 even more impressive is the fact that he reloaded an m72 which can't actually be reloaded and is basically just a useless tube once it's been fired. Also he's firing it from the hip for whatever reason.
You crazy idiot!! They put sights on the thing for commies and pussies to use so they don't risk blowing themselves up. A REAL Man who makes Love like a hero or says "God..Dammmit" doesn't NEED sights. Oh yeah, and cos cocaine.
"Cocaine King" How true. King was actually high/coked af when he made the movie. Oh, and bonus fun fact: It was also cut down by the MPAA (case in point, the kid getting crushed by the steamroller), and King has the (only) original uncut print, with zero plans to release it, from what I can tell.
This movie was definitely a guilty pleasure movie. I still have a fondness for it. It’s not a masterpiece blockbuster but rather just a simple, fun, quirky and entertaining movie.
Oh trust me, if someone is enough of a Stephen King adaptation fan, they've seen Maximum Overdrive. They might not admit to it, but in their shameful little hearts they know they've seen it.
Two additional things about this movie: 1) Make sure you watch the original trailer for this movie. King’s Ego is off the scale! th-cam.com/video/BpXRKIUWnqw/w-d-xo.html 2) Legend has it that the steam roller scene was cut slightly short because the boys head actually exploded when the roller went over it!
@@JasonBrant the original version of that scene well the dummy had a blood bag that was suppose to smear the roller but it burst. the story goes George Romero was invited on set to watch and almost threw up at that scene and it almost got the movie an X-rating.
When asked if King would direct a film again, he said "just watch Maximum Overdrive." 😅 I did enjoy it and have it on DVD, as one of those, silly Sunday afternoon type films.
I remember seeing this as a kid around the late 2000s, I still don't know I managed to be able to watch this in france, when I was 8 or so I was absolutely terrified of trucks because of that, and tbh I'm still are in a way lol
What he writes and what they make it in a movie are two different things you'll find out alot of things were altered from the books..But he's still the master and be real it's the 80s what do you expect 😂
His novel Christine is much more violent involved and complicated then what John Carpenter did with it for his lukewarm movie adaptation. I understand he had to do some slimming to make it fit into a 90-minute runtime but he gutted so many important things out of the novel.
Have you guys done "Killdozer" (1974) yet? From a movie page: "A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage." Might need a good IPA for tis one.
In the end credits, they thank Pablo Escobar. Also, this short story was made as "Trucks" starring Timothy Busfield. It's lower budget but much, much better. The ending makes me wish it got a sequel.
I'm really late to this party, but watching you watch this was hilarious to me. I probably saw this close to 10x back in the early days of pay movie channels. This was a great episode, got-dammit!
I saw this at a drive in when it came out. I was six so I didn't really understand what was going on, but I guess it had cool visuals because I remer 36 years later.
@ 12:30, I have a feeling King was responsible for the crappy acting. I am sure they did several takes because the actress wasn't able to get what King was wanting, so she said screw it and went way overthetop bad.
I remember another film you guys viewed fairly recently that also had a text paragraph at the end randomly attributing the strange occurences to aliens/UFOs and something about the weather. Could be coincidence or more likely some plot idea theft going on.
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When I was 9 I snuck out of bed and went downstairs to watch TV. This movie had just started and my dad came down stairs and found me. Instead of giving out and sending me to bed we sat together and watched this until like 3am - just the two of us on the couch. It's one of the best memories of my life, and as such this movie holds a very special place in my heart.
I watched it in the hotel room. When we got back from Disneyland. I was also around that age.
Did that with my dad with Predator, Blues Brothers, and multiple Three Stooges episodes. Each time holds a special place in my heart, it's not just about the movie, but it helps haha
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Thank you for sharing brother.
Awww that's sweet I have the same thing with my dad and "still smoking" the two dogs bit near the end.... I have never seen my dad laugh that hard since.
"Apparently he's not good at making movies or walking on the side of the road." Greatest. Joke. Ever.
He really caught me off guard with that one!
For grubs
LOL nasty
I loved the slow turn 😂 "what he lived!"
Hey you can't blame King for the asshole that hit him.
As a trucker and a horror movie fanatic, I would sell my soul to own that Green goblin toy truck. Also, for anybody who cares, the guy who's robbing the cigarettes and change from the game room is Gustav Fring from breaking bad.
Walt should have just used a pinball machine to kill him. Way easier.
The L.A.W. rocket launcher can only be fired once! They were preloaded in the factory. Once you fired that shot, you're done and left with useless scrap metal.
Cocaine King disagrees.
@@JasonBrant lmao
You're not seriously talking about realistic weapon function in a movie?
@@FlyboyHelosim ofcourse not! It's supposed to shoot laser beams.
And the way he held it, the backblast would have annihilated him.
Apparently King was so high when the made this "movie" that he doesn't remember the shoot (which is a good thing, come to think of it). He has lost the right to complain about adaptations of his work because he made this. Congratulations btw.
Thanks! Wouldn't surprise me if he couldn't remember this. That would actually make me understand how the final product came out like this, haha.
@@JasonBrant It's not going to be easy to top this. I'm afraid you'll have to do a Godfrey Ho movie next.
@@wimvanderstraeten6521 We just might have one of those coming up soon...
@@wimvanderstraeten6521 I agree!!
Totally disagree. He made it for fun and it is fun.
Being A) British, and B) a massive Star Wars fan, the kid with the machine gun wasn't holding a German sub-machine gun... It was a British Sterling... which incidentally is the Stormtroopers gun in Star Wars... (with a scope added)...
Also, I've not long found your channel and have binge watched most of it in a week... Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks for the info! I appreciate it.
I love when I see other people comment on things that I also noticed. People my age and younger do not know enough about firearms or things in general lol
The Sterling L2A3, basis for the E-11 Imperial blaster.
You saved me typing well done😊
Also the guy on the left looks like he's carrying an FN FAL, which the British built under license as the L1A1 SLR. Both were in UK service for some time, and ultimately replaced by the L85
In the mid-1980s, King struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, and was later very frank with how his habitual use of cocaine, Valium, and Xanax impacted his work. He had frequent blackouts and admitted that he doesn’t really remember writing Cujo. As for Maximum Overdrive? “The problem with that film is that I was coked out of my mind all through its production, and I didn’t know what I was doing,” King said.
On July 31, 1985, tragedy struck on the set of the film when a radio-controlled lawnmower that was being featured as one of the film’s sentient machines malfunctioned and struck a piece of wood that was being used as a camera support. Though cinematographer Armando Nannuzzi had wanted to remove the blades from the lawnmower before filming, King reportedly wanted it to be as realistic as possible. So when the out-of-control machine struck the wood, the wedge splintered and injured Nannuzzi so badly that he lost his right eye.
That eye story is nuts.
I absolutely adore this movie, it was a personal favorite of mine when I was a kid.
It's wild. Have you watched it as an adult?
@@JasonBrant lol, yes and I realize it’s awful but I love it all the same. The entire movie is a cocaine fueled disaster.
Fun Fact: the truckstop boss with the rocket launcher is Pat Hingle, who was well-known back in the day. His IMDb filmography goes on for miles, and I think he did a lot of live theater too. Always fun to watch.
He is. He also has the best gotdamnit in the business.
The dude that gets zapped in the arcade is none other than Giancarlo Esposito.
The rocket launcher used in this movie was an M72 Light Armor Weapon (aka LAW).
It can't be reloaded, it is discarded after a single shot. It also has a "backblast" that unsafe 44 yards behind the weapon when it is fired. So yeah, a bunch of people would have died.
Cocaine King strikes again!
Oh no, NONE of these films are actually GOOD. Entertaining maybe, but not good.
I have been binging on dozens of your episodes. Hail the TH-cam algorithm for sending me to your channel. This channel has potential keep it up guys!
Much appreciated! We have some crazy movies coming up.
i kno bro youtube really looked out for this recommend
@@bgva4349 TH-cam is really pushing this channel for whatever reason, but it's much appreciated and well deserved. Watching all of Jason's videos going back years...and lov'in it!!!
After years of RLM/Brandon Tenold/Fanboy Flicks/Redeye Review rewatching, its nice to find another channel with quality bad movie content to binge.
_"He didn't Carrie Fisher himself."_
Oh, I'm definitely using that...
The lady's "we made you" rant is one of the best acting moments in cinematic history.
You wanna see a really good rant? Watch 'Dangerous Living.'
You can tell King really thought that was the thesis of the film. She's just so passionate about screaming that, as if it makes sense.
AC/DC's "Who made Who" is on the soundtrack and I think it's a reference to that. Who made who? We made you!
First of all, you're not wrong. He was high as a kite when he made this.
This movie is also why he doesn't make more movies.
From IMDB Trivia:
When asked why he hasn't directed a movie since "Maximum Overdrive", Stephen King responded "Just watch Maximum Overdrive."
Stephen King, being a former cocaine addict, later admitted that he was "coked out of my mind" the entire time he was making this picture and often didn't know what he was doing. He remarked that he'd like to try directing again someday, this time sober.
"The survivors of the Dixie Boy are still survivors" The final sentence of that narration hurts my brain 😱
This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid growing up in the early 90's. I used to fake sick from school every Monday when I was 10-12 and watch this every time. I still have it on DVD now, probably watched it less than 6 months ago. Tons of iconic old trucks in it if your into that. Sound track 100% by AC/DC,
It's a lot of fun. Killer soundtrack.
I was T-boned by a guy that ran a red and my car flipped forward like that. Congrats on 50!!! Boy I can't believe this movie freaked me out as a kid, loved laughing with you guys watching it!
Thanks so much! The movie is nuts.
I saw this as a kid on The Superstation or TNT. Can’t remember the circumstance but it stuck out in my mind. I lived the film but it also terrified me. The trucks and their loud horns and engines absolutely terrified me. I remember thinking all the trucks and electronics started to come alive because a meteorite with strange energy either passed by or landed on earth. Idk why. Great flick!
"Stephen King wrote this!" 😂 Awesome guys and congrats to the 50th Episode.
Thank you!
And directed
"Stephen King wrote and directed this while on cocaine!" FTFY
I think he admitted he was not only on drugs when he shot it, he was on hallucinogens. He voluntarily decided not to ever make another movie after this.
If you ever need more Stephen King based insanity - make sure you watch Sleepwalkers! A film based on a screenplay that he wrote that is similarly insane!
The mother/son stuff is so strange in that movie.
Seen that one too lmao
@Jason Brant right like super weird.
Isn't that the movie about cat people or something? I remember watching that with my aunt back in like 91 and being freaked out by someone getting their eyes scratched out or something like that.
@@nomadjensen8276 yes it is about cat people
It's funny that Stand By Me came out close to the same time and was also (based on a story) written by King. Quite the contrast.
Seeing all of those cabover semis in Maximum Overdrive brings back memories because nowadays you don't see many of them on the roads here in the USA anymore.
I do miss seeing those.
"We made you!" waitress clearly got into some of Stephen's stash.
It's interesting. From what I have heard the reason why the death scenes seem to cut away before you see anything is because the movie had to be cut back to make it a R rated movie. The original submitted cut of this was apparently given an X rating and had to be cut back to make it R. So the original was even more gory and violent and apparently crazy than what was actually released.
Thanks for the info.
I remember seen a picture of the baseball guy who was hit it in the head by a can in Fangoria magazine. His forehead had a huge hematoma which was squirting blood. That wasn't in the version I saw and I was disappointed...
“Did you know ice cream was explosive?”…this is important life information.
We have an ice cream truck that still comes around our neighborhood. Apart from wondering if the operator is a pedo, I'll now be thinking about the explosive potential.
This film is great lol I first saw it on VHS in the 80s. King, while indeed coked out of his mind, made a comment to Dino DeLaurentis (Italian producer who had made bunch low budget King films-Cat's Eye, Silver Bullet) that the adaptations his work were crap. deLaurentis gave King full creative control and millions to make his own film. The chance to make a King adaptation right. LMFAO The result is priceless. In interviews King metioned he was listening to AC/DC while writing the screenplay and that's when they're the music.
There's a line from King's autobigoraphical book "On Writing" that really stuck with me.
"Besides, if you write a stinker--it happens, as the author of 'Maximum Overdrive', I'm fully qualified to say so...."
One of my all time favorite movies. I alway just picture King walking on set with a briefcase full of cocaine and a short story...and this is what we got.
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Stephen king has disowned this movie and yes, he was blitzed out of his mind while filming it. Emilio Estevez has stated in interviews that whenever he speaks to king, he always apologizes to him for it over and over. Personally, I love this movie.
I loved this movie as a kid, and fell in love with AC/DC because of it. As a teen and adult, I have read a lot of Steven King and he is my favorite writer. Watching this movie 20 years later, I picked it apart like they did. Still best movie soundtrack ever.
Awesome soundtrack.
But King was coked out of his mind when he made it. I saw an interview where he admitted it.
This was a great 50th ep! I laughed quite a bit & loved your analysis at the end. You hit on all the points, that I too consider this a "so bad its good", flick. I look forward to getting the Blu-ray & checking out the special features.
I need to check out the special features too. Gotta be interesting. And thanks!
This was the movie that had my Dad and I get hooked on B movies in the 80's... lol I have been watching your channel like a religion the last 5 days... absolutely love your content.. thank you for all you're doing and keep it up!
Thanks so much! This is a great way to get into bad movies.
, was the trailer where he's red-faced, clearly either drunk or high and he's monologuing alone at the camera, threatening to, "...scare the hell out of you!" as short clips from this opus flash as he speaks.
Every popular genre novelist should get the chance to write and direct a movie of his or her own work but the deal is they have to create a trailer exactly like that. Absolutely brilliant!
🤣 That trailer is so cringe.
King's lazy eye is distracting in that
This movie scared me as a kid. Plus l also had the question “why ain’t the cars coming to life”.
The rules in this don't make any sense.
@@JasonBrant I always thought of it as 'the trucks are like wolves, and the cars are like domestic dogs' - like, the same general species, but very different breeds..? In the short story, a character describes seeing a Greyhound bus hunting down a VW Bug and ramming it off the road.
@@parisgreen4600 Definitely could have used some explanation.
Also how did the electric knife pick itself up and move itself around?
@@parisgreen4600 I think in the short story it's ONLY the trucks and not EVERY machine, and there's no aliensdidit explanation at the end. This short story (or subsequent film) also inspired (was ripped off by) a Tharg's Future Shocks episode in 2000AD called "All of them were empty".
Im proud to say that this guys have managed to change the way i watch videos.i use to surf for something good or entertaining.now I get both plus a lots of laughter. Thanks guys
I appreciate that! Thanks 🤣
The demon truck front end actually still exists. A guy tours it around the country and will pose it in front of your truck on a dolly device.
Vibration can move a blade that's powered by electricity sir.
And the part where the kid gets chased by a lawnmower, at the end of the scene where the kid is riding his bmx bike. It looked odd and cut shots after the lawn mower started, was because the mower malfunctioned and ended up hurting the kid pretty bad. So they cut the scene and kept what they could...
That machinegun, M60, was nicknamed "The Pig" when it was used in Vietnam. That's why it makes a grunting sound. And yeah ... Stephen King was so high on cocaine he thought that's a reasonable reference to make.
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Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Some trivia: King showed george Romero an unrated version this film and when the steamroller took out the kid Romero had to look away. The DP lost an eye while making this film. The number squibs used for the M60 attack were not safe use on an older actor so Pat Hingle wasn't shown being shot.
This bastard of a flick. I rented it as VHS, the player ate the tape and so I never got to see how it ended. Then the rental firm charged me for damaging their goods.
But then again, not seeing the end means that for me personally this had one of the better endings of any King movie adaptations.
Haha, he finally nailed an ending for you.
You guys should check out some behind the scenes stuff on this movie. The production was insane with like no safety regulations. One dude lost an eye during stunt work.
Someone lost an eye? Jesus.
8:51 I've noticed in the movie that semi with the flatbed trailer was the same one with the toilet paper box trailer & it's also the same one that hit & flipped the newly wed couple's car which caused it to land upside down while the flatbed trailer was still hooked up to it. The flatbed trailer on that semi was only shown in just those 2 scenes.
Damn, good catch.
When i was 12 this came on TV and my step mom saw the ACDC truck and said i shoild watch this since its got ACDC music. XD one of the best random movies ive ever watched
Maximum Overdrive to Stephen King is what a grilled cheese sandwich is to Gordon Ramsay: a disastrous effort.
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Actually, Dino did say no. King actually wanted Bruce Springsteen (yes, The Boss in a movie with an AC/DC soundtrack) to play the role of Billy (Emilio Estevez was chosen by Dino allegedly).
That fully grown WOMAN who you thought looked like some 12 yr old is actually the person who voices Lisa Simpson's character on The Simpsons.
When I was a young autistic kid, I thought Maximum Overdrive was the most awesome movie ever, because it had the three things I loved most: trucks, guns, and explosions! As I grew older my fascination with trucks moved on to trains and finally airplanes. I retained my interest in military history and weapons and learned about the politics involved, which is where I learned critical thinking. So, yeah; from a storytelling standpoint the movie is not good but it's still fun to watch.
Have you seen 'Sleepwalkers'?
5:00 The Nostalgia Critic had a funny remark for that scene. 😅
6:01 Bad but entertaining.
10:05 Shoulder that LAW, greenhorn! Btw, that's either an M72 LAW (66mm single-use "Light Anti-tank Weapon") or the reloadable training version, either way converted for use with theatrical pyrotechnics. Probably the training version. Too bad everyone fires it from the hip. Btw, it's a 'Nam-era thing.
12:09 Who made who?
15:19 M-60. Another 'Nam-era thing.
16:17 Napalm. Another 'Nam-era thing.
17:22 Unfold that stock, greenhorn!
17:23 More like the Czech Resistance. He's basically a young Kyle Reese at this point.
17:34 That's a Sterling L2A3. It's British. Fun fact: It's the basis for the E-11 Imperial blaster from Star Wars.
17:47 Extract that stock, greenhorn!
17:57 [[insert Killer Klowns from Outer Space reference]]
I love how the machines have the ability to articulate in ways that have no mechanical engineering like maneuvering the .50 Caliber rifle mounted on the jeep (which requires outside force to swivel), yet they can't operate the gas pumps.
This movie makes no goddamn sense.
It pulls its own trigger maybe its some kind of inside joke. Lmao
THAT’S where you draw the “suspension of disbelief” line with this flick? 🤣
That wasn't a .50 cal.
@Joe King Yet they couldn't "manipulate" gas pumps LOL
My parents had a spar shop with a small video rental shelf. When this came out I was 6 we received a copy and I watched it and kept it never once got rented out …. No wonder I’m deranged 😂
10:24 even more impressive is the fact that he reloaded an m72 which can't actually be reloaded and is basically just a useless tube once it's been fired. Also he's firing it from the hip for whatever reason.
Because cocaine.
You crazy idiot!! They put sights on the thing for commies and pussies to use so they don't risk blowing themselves up. A REAL Man who makes Love like a hero or says "God..Dammmit" doesn't NEED sights. Oh yeah, and cos cocaine.
You are now on maximum overdrive after the 200th episode!
5:05 I love Bryan's reaction... Priceless.
Blew his mind.
@@JasonBrant BTW, Congratulations on the 50th episode. Hope to see a Lot of wtf movies this october, like Halloween 3 or Killer Workout.
Halloween 3 is a great movie. Gonna pretend I didn't just read that, haha. We have some really fun horror movies coming over the next two weeks.
@@JasonBrant You'll deliver, I know it XD
So I found the channel last night cause of that Segal video but y'all were so funny in that one I've been binge watching the back catalog
Thanks! Enjoy that terrible ride.
This is such a cool “drive in” type movie.
Love it. An underrated classic.
A great drive-in movie!
@@JasonBrant have you guys seen the ridiculously underrated Night Flier?
That is a great but barely known King adaptation.
@@cantsay8894 I saw it when it came out. I remember liking it, particularly the ending.
My new favorite channel. The Seagal stuff alone is awesome.
I watched this movie 100 times growing up. Still laugh at all the ridiculous stuff.
Congratulations guys on your 50th video.
Thanks so much!
"Cocaine King"
How true. King was actually high/coked af when he made the movie.
Oh, and bonus fun fact: It was also cut down by the MPAA (case in point, the kid getting crushed by the steamroller), and King has the (only) original uncut print, with zero plans to release it, from what I can tell.
I wonder why he hasn't released it, assuming he has it. Would be a fun watch, just like this was.
@@JasonBrant He has preeeeetty much disowned it. (Remember, it was the 80's: Coked as all hell!)
@@miraculousismyguiltypleasu9372 #ReleaseTheCocaineKingCut
This movie was definitely a guilty pleasure movie. I still have a fondness for it. It’s not a masterpiece blockbuster but rather just a simple, fun, quirky and entertaining movie.
I like this movie, it's 80s cheesy and stars Emelioooooooo, killer soundtrack too. I would say it's easily the best movie Stephen King ever directed.
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Emilio!!!
How did i not see this channel before today, this is great.
Oh trust me, if someone is enough of a Stephen King adaptation fan, they've seen Maximum Overdrive. They might not admit to it, but in their shameful little hearts they know they've seen it.
I'd rather admit to this one than Pet Sematary.
Congrats on 50! Here's to 50 more!
Thanks so much! Hopefully, the next 50 will release a lot faster.
Brian has some of the best movie reaction faces EVER.....
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@@JasonBrant I took one of the best screen caps of his face in another video but since you can't add a pic to a comment .... @#%@%^@
Two additional things about this movie:
1) Make sure you watch the original trailer for this movie. King’s Ego is off the scale! th-cam.com/video/BpXRKIUWnqw/w-d-xo.html
2) Legend has it that the steam roller scene was cut slightly short because the boys head actually exploded when the roller went over it!
That trailer... wow. Just wow.
I was waiting for your reaction to the kid getting squashed by the steamroller and it didn't dissapoint
That was so insane.
@@JasonBrant the original version of that scene well the dummy had a blood bag that was suppose to smear the roller but it burst. the story goes George Romero was invited on set to watch and almost threw up at that scene and it almost got the movie an X-rating.
That would have been amazing!
If you freeze frame it just right there’s a single frame of his head popping still in the movie.
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"If he had cut back on the blow, we wouldn't have had MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE." -- Jay Bauman, Red Letter Media
I saw this in the theater and had a blast!
Don't stop making these 😢
You got it.
When asked if King would direct a film again, he said "just watch Maximum Overdrive." 😅 I did enjoy it and have it on DVD, as one of those, silly Sunday afternoon type films.
I remember seeing this as a kid around the late 2000s, I still don't know I managed to be able to watch this in france, when I was 8 or so
I was absolutely terrified of trucks because of that, and tbh I'm still are in a way lol
Those pesky sentient trucks driving around are scary.
I happen to like this movie. And I still think of the scene where the bridge opens up when the cars are going over it whenever I go over a bridge.
What he writes and what they make it in a movie are two different things you'll find out alot of things were altered from the books..But he's still the master and be real it's the 80s what do you expect 😂
Well, it's Stephen King, so I expected the writing not to be moronic, haha. I'm glad it was though, because it made the movie so much fun!
His novel Christine is much more violent involved and complicated then what John Carpenter did with it for his lukewarm movie adaptation. I understand he had to do some slimming to make it fit into a 90-minute runtime but he gutted so many important things out of the novel.
He made this movie, it wasn't anybody else lol
Seen it both sober, not sober and we'd have to say that the later is the preferred way to view this one. Great vid.
Jason: Erin's never said that to me.
Brian: yeah, me neither
I like at the beginning the facial expressions of “Jesus, do you know how to relax and have fun” from the guy on the left…lol
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Bless the algorithm for bringing me to this channel. This is top tier stuff!
Welcome aboard!
Guys that was awesome thank you for that. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Will do!
The promo on TV back when it came out had a bearded King madly looking at the camera saying, "Im gonna scare the Hell out of you!"
That trailer is so insane.
Have you guys done "Killdozer" (1974) yet? From a movie page: "A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage." Might need a good IPA for tis one.
It's still absolutely mind boggling to me that you don't have at least 100,000 more subscribers... Rarified air, man. Rarified air.
This is my Son's favorite Movie. He's 13, and he's loved it since he was like 6. Of course he saw me watching it, and that's how he began to love it.
Raising him right!
@@JasonBrant I'm trying
I have a real fond memory of this movie and looking to buy it again.
Something about certain movies that find their ways into your hearts.
This movie is a lot of fun!
In the end credits, they thank Pablo Escobar.
Also, this short story was made as "Trucks" starring Timothy Busfield. It's lower budget but much, much better. The ending makes me wish it got a sequel.
Really? Escobar?
@@JasonBrant No, there is no mention of Pablo Escobar in the credits
I'm really late to this party, but watching you watch this was hilarious to me. I probably saw this close to 10x back in the early days of pay movie channels. This was a great episode, got-dammit!
I saw this at a drive in when it came out. I was six so I didn't really understand what was going on, but I guess it had cool visuals because I remer 36 years later.
I thought everyone had seen this movie that is over 35 years old. Its one of those movies that was on TV all the time when I was a youngster.
Just started watching the channel and I'm addicted, love you guys, please keep making content, you guys make my day.❤️
Thanks so much! Merry Christmas!
@@JasonBrant Merry Christmas to you my friend, thanks for all the awesome content man, I'm now a huge Steven segal fan because of you! ❤️
When I was younger and I saw this movie, I genuinely avoided semi trucks that were idling when I was crossing the street for like a month.
This was a good one. I think I have read all of his books, and I’d say honestly that he is about 50/50.
Like how the toilet rolls all fly out of the truck like they were stacked in singles.
PS - you should do Night of the Comet.
Is that the one with the radio station?
@@JasonBrant Yes, radio station and zombies
That vending machine hitting that guy in the nuts with a flying pop can automatically makes this movie good
You can stop watching after the steamroller scene and get just about everything you need from it. I saw this as a kid and that's all I remember.
You should see the movie trailer. King actually talks to the camera and says that he directed this because no filmmaker can get his vision right.
That trailer is pure coke.
@ 12:30, I have a feeling King was responsible for the crappy acting. I am sure they did several takes because the actress wasn't able to get what King was wanting, so she said screw it and went way overthetop bad.
This was a kick ass movie when you were 12 years old and getting into metal in the 80’s. I can see where you guys are coming from though, haha!
I remember another film you guys viewed fairly recently that also had a text paragraph at the end randomly attributing the strange occurences to aliens/UFOs and something about the weather. Could be coincidence or more likely some plot idea theft going on.
To each their own. I personally love this film. I have the Anchor Bay version and I think it's great.