The read
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. Most of the 569 1980s horror movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic24/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
892 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen KingScreenplay
- Stephen KingDirector
Cast
- Emilio EstevezBill Robinson
- Pat HingleHendershot
- Laura HarringtonBrett
- Yeardley SmithConnie
- John ShortCurt
- Ellen McElduffWanda June
- J.C. QuinnDuncan
- Christopher MurneyCamp Loman
- Holter GrahamDeke
- Frankie FaisonHandy
- Pat MillerJoe
- Jack CanonMax
Stills
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Themes
man vs machinegas stationroadhousedark comedysiegelorrycometautomationtruckarcadeexploding truckexploding gasoline station