Trucks (film)

Trucks is a 1997 Canadian and American television horror film directed by Chris Thomson. It is based on Stephen King's short story "Trucks", which also serves as the source material for the earlier film Maximum Overdrive, the only film directed by King.

Trucks movie hijack

Synopsis

In a small American town, the town residents live peacefully. But one day, trucks mysteriously start to come to life and develop their own minds. The trucks end up prompting violence, starting to destroy houses and kill people. The rest of the townspeople have to figure out a way to destroy them all, before they kill all the residents of the town.

Cast

Timothy Busfield as Ray Porter

Brenda Bakke as Hope Gladstone

Aidan Devine as Trucker Bob

Roman Podhora as Thad Timmy

Jay Brazeau as Jack

Brendan Fletcher as Logan Porter

Amy Stewart as Abby Timmy

Victor Cowie as George "Georgie"

Sharon Bajer as June Yeager

Jonathan Barrett as Brad Yeager

Rick Skene as Trucker Pete

Don Granberry as Sheriff

Kirk Harper as Lino

Harry Nelken as Phil

Production

Principal photography concluded on August 22, 1997. Shooting took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Reception

TV Guide rated it 2/4 stars and wrote, "The film is all premise and no plot, a problem made worse by the clumsy addition of extraneous gory sequences."

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Contents

Trucks movie hijack

Synopsis

Cast

Production

Reception

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