Stephen King may be the Master of Horror, but his first foray into directing may have made him the Master of Disaster.

Maximum Overdrive is considered “bad” by most standards, but it has a lot to love. It’s a messy experiment that should’ve ended in disaster time and time again, but it comes through.

How To Watch Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive. Maximum Overdrive is sadly not presently streaming on any subscription service, but the nice follow-up to that inconvenient circumstance is the ...

Maximum Overdrive only lasted a couple weeks in theaters and made $7.4 million on a $10 million budget. King gave himself the first speaking role, ... “In terms of the making of the movie, ...

Maximum Overdrive is not a great movie, but it's a masterpiece compared to the 1997 remake. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

King himself describes Maximum Overdrive as a “moron movie” but I refused to let that put me off any initial optimism. The core idea of it is the potential for some strong thematic work; ...