Maximum Overdrive 1986  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Stephen King
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, J.C. Quinn, Ellen McElduff, Christopher Murney, Holter Graham, Frankie Faison, Pat Miller, Jack Canon, Barry Bell, John Brasington, J. Don Ferguson
This film is Stephen King's first directorial effort and concerns a comet that passes near Earth, which turns some machines into killers. Large trucks besiege the Dixie Boy truck stop and threaten the humans who are inside. King was also the screenwriter, with the story coming from the anthology "Night Shift."
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You Better Watch Out 1980 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Christmas Evil
Terror in Toyland
Director: Lewis Jackson
Cast: Brandon Maggart, Dianne Hull, Scott McKay, Joe Jamrog, Peter Friedman, Raymond J. Barry, Robert Lesser, Sam Gray, Ellen McElduff, Patricia Richardson, Jeffrey DeMunn, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville, Peter Neuman, Gus Salud
Toy factory worker Harry Standling (Brandon Maggart) is obsessed with putting out a quality product. He is also about to go off the deep end due to trauma he suffered as a child when he found out about Santa–in a shocking manner. Matters get worse when he snaps and starts rewarding the good children and killing the bad.
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| 1. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
2. You Better Watch Out (1980)
aka: Christmas Evil
aka: Terror in Toyland
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