10 Horror Movie Franchises Which Got Terribly Adapted TWICE

After Stephen King saw how poorly his work was being adapted, he decided to take matters into his own hands. And so, in 1986, the visionary author directed Maximum Overdrive, based on his own short story, Trucks. 

The film opens with space radiation blanketing the Earth, causing machines everywhere to develop murderous tendencies. It may be a nutty idea, but Stephen King just might be the only person who can pull it off. Ironically, the king of horror's directorial debut ended up as an unintentional comedy, thanks to the ridiculous tonal shifts, awful dialogue, and preposterous line deliveries.

But after watching the 1997 TV movie, Trucks, viewers might think they were too harsh on the first adaptation, as while Maximum Overdrive may be terrible, it's at least entertaining (although for all the wrong reasons). 

Trucks, on the other hand, is boring, unimaginative, and non-sensical. For example, why would anyone try to escape on a motorcycle or a helicopter when the vehicles are coming to life? And though there's a decent amount of gore, the blood looks like raspberry jam (especially during the scene where the mailman is murdered by a Tonka truck).

Even though the cast do their best with the material, there's no possible way to salvage this car crash.