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