10 Horrifyingly Underrated Stephen King Adaptations

10. Maximum Overdrive

What The Critics Said:

The New York Times called this ‘one long car-crunch movie and, come Razzie nomination time, both King and Emilio Estevez received nominations in Worst Director and Actor categories, respectively.

Why It’s Worth A Watch:

King has since advised that he has no recollections of making Maximum Overdrive, so hectic was his cocaine habit at the time the shoot whizzed by in a blur and the finished result was a genre flick deemed a car crash by critics.

But where the plot may be lacking in horsepower – it’s very, very loosely based on Night Shift’s ‘Trucks’ – you’ve got a cracking cameo from King and his wife to kick off proceedings, a creepy ice cream van and lots of vehicle on vehicle smash-ups to break up the plot.

Credit where credit’s due, it’s a near miracle a single reel of film was shot for this movie so for every breakneck turn in plot or iffy performance try and forget the flaws and revel in the carnage.