Few cinematic ideas are as immediately thrilling—and slightly absurd—as a vehicle gone rogue. From the quiet terror of a seemingly ordinary car to the roaring menace of a full-blown mechanized monster, killer car movies occupy a unique corner of horror and suspense. They tap into a deeply rooted human anxiety: the machines we rely on…
Tag: Stephen King
Trucks (1997) – Review
When Stephen King first took a crack at bringing his killer truck story to the screen, he already proved this idea could crash and burn in spectacular fashion. Apparently, that wasn’t warning enough. Because 1997’s Trucks rolls in anyway, stretching, mangling, and flattening the premise into a wheezing made-for-TV relic that somehow makes one wonder…
Maximum Overdrive (1986) – Review
Stephen King on cocaine, a Hollywood budget, and the unshakable belief that everything is scarier when it explodes, that’s Maximum Overdrive in a nutshell. Based on his own short story, this is less a faithful adaptation and more a caffeinated fever dream on wheels, where trucks, vending machines, and even homicidal hair-dryer cords decide humanity’s…
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996) – Review
First of all, one has to admit that the original Lawnmower Man was no cinematic masterpiece – not to mention a terrible adaptation of the source material – but the dodgy CGI and an even dodgier grasp of science that plagued that film is nothing compared to the cinematic disaster that is Lawnmower Man 2….
The Lawnmower Man (1992) – Review
When it comes to movie adaptations straying from the source material no author has suffered more than Stephen King – even Kubrick’s amazing adaptation of The Shining earned the ire of the author – but in the annals of adaptations none are as far off the mark as the 1992 adaptation “The Lawnmower Man” which…