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 murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.
Emilio Estevez
Bill Robinson
Pat Hingle
Hendershot
Laura Harrington
Brett
Yeardley Smith
Connie
John Short
Curt
Ellen McElduff
Wanda June
J.C. Quinn
Duncan
Christopher Murney
Camp Loman
Holter Graham
Deke
Frankie Faison
Handy
Pat Miller
Joe
Jack Canon
Max
Barry Bell
Steve
John Brasington
Frank
J. Don Ferguson
Andy
Leon Rippy
Brad
Robert Gooden
Barry
R. Pickett Bugg
Rolf
Giancarlo Esposito
Videoplayer
Martin Tucker
2nd Man
Director
Stephen King
Writers
Stephen King, Stephen King
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Evan A. Lottman
Editor
Giorgio Postiglione
Production Design
Clifford Capone
Costume Design
atticbuzz
1/31/2026
I really don’t get the hate on this movie. It’s brilliant. Sure, the director (Stephen King) was coked up, and some of the acting is over-the-top (“we made you!”), but this is a brilliant premise with great execution. It’s totally 80s, but that’s a strength, not a weakness. It also has a killer soundtrack by AC/DC.
