As the Earth crosses the tail of a comet, previously inanimate machines suddenly spring to life. Chaos sets in as machines of all kinds begin attacking humans. At the Dixie Boy Truck Stop in Wilmington, North Carolina, a small group of people hold up inside and do their best to plan their survival as the rabid machines swarm outside. This is the gist of 1986’s horror comedy, Maximum Overdrive, which was set in and around the Dixie Boy Truck Stop and based on Stephen King’s 1973 short story, Trucks.