Acht dagen lang draait de aarde in de baan van een mysterieuze komeet. Tijdens die periode komen machines tot leven en terroriseren vervolgens hun menselijke makers. Een klein groepje mensen in een truckerscafe moet het opnemen tegen een lange rij van moordzuchtige vrachtwagens.
Nee, helaas is Maximum Overdrive nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Stephen King | Director |
| Writing | Stephen King | Screenplay |
| Production | Martha De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Production | Don Levin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mel Pearl | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Evan A. Lottman | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Barry Nolan | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marlana May | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Gordy Wein | Makeup Effects |
| Directing | Tony Lucibello | First Assistant Director |
| Art | David Brace | Sculptor |
| Art | Hilton Rosemarin | Set Designer |
| Crew | Thomas Michael Ryan | Propmaker |
| Art | Jeffrey Schlatter | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Mark S. Turner | Sculptor |
| Sound | Ron Bochar | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Neil L. Kaufman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Larry Porche | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Michael Steinfeld | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mel Zelniker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Glenn Randall Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| Lighting | Jock Brandis | Gaffer |
| Lighting | David W. Strong | Rigging Gaffer |
| Sound | Todd Kasow | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Roberto Croci | Translator |
| Production | Angela Heald | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Valerie E. Norman | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Mara Trovato | Translator |
| Production | Milton Subotsky | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mary Colquhoun | Casting |
| Art | Giorgio Postiglione | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clifford Capone | Costume Design |
| Sound | Angus Young | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Malcolm Young | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Phil Adams | Stunts |
| Crew | Christine Anne Baur | Stunts |
| Crew | Robin Grathwol | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Julius LeFlore | Stunts |
| Crew | Denver Mattson | Stunts |
| Crew | Bernie Pock | Stunts |
| Crew | Bruce Moriarty | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Crew | Edgard Mourino | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Langdon | Stunts |
| Production | Marilyn Stonehouse | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Elizabeth Scherberger | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Claudio Nannuzzi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jeffrey Moore | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Greg Sheldon | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ed White | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Rod Schumacher | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jayme Bednarczyk | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dean Gates | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tammy Kusian | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Steve Galich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Jeff Frink | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Joe Porter | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Joe D. Ramsey | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | David R. Wood | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | David Sandlin | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Melissa Edmonds | Special Effects Technician |
| Camera | Jürgen Vollmer | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Yvette Nabel | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Lee Fonvielle | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Darrell Hanzalik | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Steven Visscher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sara Bolder | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Robert Nichols | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael Berenbaum | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mike Goodman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stuart Stanley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | James Y. Kwei | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eliza Paley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Writing | Stephen King | Short Story |
