In Maximum Overdrive, a comet’s glowing green tail lights up the night sky, and motor vehicles come alive to attack the human race and honk commands in Morse code. A few survivors hole up in a rest stop diner while a Happy Toyz delivery truck (with a jumbo Green Goblin mask sneering from the front grille) leads a convoy of big rigs in a reign of terror.

After a long streak of hit Stephen King adaptations by the likes of Brian De Palma (Carrie), Stanley Kubrick (The Shining), John Carpenter (Christine), and David Cronenberg (The Dead Zone), the author himself took the wheel for Maximum Overdrive, a comedic spin on his short story “Trucks,” and, even sweeter, he brought on board his favorite band AC/DC to write the film’s bone-grinding score and a custom hard rock battle cry—“Who Made Who”!

We’re also screening Christine (1983) on Friday, July 24 at 11:30pm!