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Since the publication of "Carrie" in 1974, Stephen King has knocked out over 60 books (which have been turned into 59 movies). That's better than a book-per-year pace, which is doubly impressive considering that he's still, at the age of 77, the United States' most prominent author of fiction. Every book isn't necessarily a winner, but he delivers the spine-tingling goods frequently enough to keep his massive fanbase happy.

Though he's still regularly acquiring new fans thanks in large part to the timelessness of novels like "The Shining," "It," and "Pet Sematary," his longtime readers are, in some cases, more than just fans. They're collectors. And they guard their early purchases fiercely due to a combination of sentimental value and actual monetary value — because depending on how early you started buying King's books, you might have some immensely valuable volumes resting on your shelf or stashed away in storage. How valuable? A signed 1st...

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Stephen King is one of the most respected storytellers of his — or any — generation. The word prolific hardly covers the man's output, from his earliest works like "Salem's Lot" to more recent masterpieces such as "Revival." For decades now, King's works have inspired dozens of movies and TV shows of varying quality. In all of those years, King directed just one of those movies himself in the form of "Maximum Overdrive," a truly bonkers piece of cinema with a wild story behind it. At least one small part of that story involves none other than David Lynch.

King recently appeared as a guest on "The Kingcast" and discussed the film. Released in the summer of '86, the film was based on the short story "Trucks" from the short story collection "Night Shift." It picks up after a strange comet passes by Earth,...

From empty hotel lobbies to dreamscapes comprised of infinitely expanding pools, the rise of liminal horror continues to be one of the most fascinating genre trends in recent memory. However, there’s a specific kind of transitional space that I rarely see get the same attention as some other meme-heavy settings, and that would be the secluded roadside locations that you often see when travelling between one city and another.

Lonely roadside diners, gas stations and long stretches of empty road – it’s easy to understand why these frequently ominous sights can get the mind racing, and that’s precisely why I think they make ideal settings for a certain kind of scary story. And in honor of these chilling liminal tales, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six of the best roadside horror flicks for your viewing pleasure!

For the purposes of this list, we...

On Friday June 28 2024, Food Network broadcasts Guy’s All-American Road Trip!

Food Trucks, Friends and Carnival Fun Season 3 Episode 4 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Guy’s All-American Road Trip” titled “Food Trucks, Friends and Carnival Fun,” viewers are in for a treat! The show kicks off with a camp breakfast that turns into a friendly cooking battle. Contestants will compete to see who can whip up the most delicious sweet and savory dishes, adding an exciting twist to the traditional camping experience.

As the episode progresses, the focus shifts to a campground carnival that promises an array of flavors. Viewers can expect a culinary adventure as Lebanese and Mediterranean food take center stage at the carnival. Guy Fieri and his friends will explore the vibrant and diverse food offerings, showcasing the rich cultural influences that shape American cuisine.

With mouth-watering dishes and high-stakes cooking challenges, “Food Trucks, Friends and Carnival Fun...

Giancarlo Esposito praised Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive despite its critical failure. Esposito believes King could have had a successful directing career if he continued making horror movies. A potential Maximum Overdrive remake could redeem the concept with a more serious tone and global impact.

Giancarlo Esposito has offered a glowing review for horror author Stephen King's most infamous adaptation, Maximum Overdrive, while positively reflecting on his time working on the film. Maximum Overdrive was King's only director credit, a horror movie loosely based on his 1978 short story "Trucks" about a comet making all machines on Earth sentient. The film has been ridiculed as one of King's worst adaptations ever, with the horror author never directing another movie after its critical failure.

However, speaking with CinemaBlend, Esposito had nothing but good things to say about Maximum Overdrive, reflecting on both the movie itself and his role in the film. The...

Don’t miss the adrenaline-packed episode of “The Bassquatch Hunter: Fish Out of Water” airing this Saturday at 5:30 Am on Discovery. In Season 2 Episode 4 titled “Kayak Fishing vs. Monster Trucks,” viewers are in for an exhilarating adventure as Mike ventures to Indiana to meet up with Jerry Beck from Dct Powersports.

Jerry, a seasoned truck driver with a fleet of impressive vehicles, introduces Mike to the awe-inspiring Maximus monster truck. As Mike gears up for an unforgettable experience, he gets a firsthand look at the power and capability of these colossal machines.

But the excitement doesn’t end there! Viewers will be on the edge of their seats as Mike dives into a crash course in driving a real-life monster truck. With Jerry’s guidance, Mike navigates the rugged terrain and takes on thrilling challenges behind the wheel of this larger-than-life vehicle.

From heart-pounding action to jaw-dropping stunts, “The Bassquatch Hunter: Fish Out of Water...

Exclusive: Frank Whaley has signed with TalentWorks for theatrical representation. Since his acclaimed debut opposite Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in 1987’s Ironweed, Whaley has appeared in over 80 films including, Pulp Fiction, Field of Dreams, Swimming With Sharks, Swing Kids, Career Opportunities, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, Broken Arrow, J.F.K., Red Dragon, School of Rock, World Trade Center, The Freshman, Hoffa, Vacancy, among many others. Recent features are Hustlers opposite Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu and Cardi B and Monster Trucks for Paramount. On television, he has recurred on Ray Donovan, Interrogation and Luke Cage. He has also appeared on The Blacklist, Gotham, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Empire, Psyche, Sneaky Pete and recently recurred on the Netflix series The Good Cop and on Amazon’s Jack Ryan. Whaley was previously with A3 and continues to be managed by Karen Forman.

Exclusive: Tuc Watkins has signed with Greene Talent for theatrical representation.

Stephen King remakes have had varying levels of success, with some successfully updating storytelling techniques and visual effects. While there are solid remakes like "It" and "Pet Sematary," there are also ones that fail to capture the atmosphere of the original films. The best Stephen King remakes showcase strong performances, updated visuals, and stay true to the essence of his stories. "It Chapter One" is considered the best remake so far.

Most of the prolific adaptations of horror author Stephen King came out in the '80s and are considered classics, but several modern Stephen King movie and TV remakes have debuted in recent years. Hollywood rarely gets Stephen King right, and many of King's movies and series have been of varying quality over the decades, and recent adaptations have provided the opportunity for updated storytelling techniques and improved visual effects. While horror heavy-hitters like Universal and Blumhouse are making solid Stephen King remakes,...

Stephen King has written hundreds of short stories and more than sixty novels, but he has only directed one movie. The goofball 1986 film Maximum Overdrive (watch it Here), which came to Blu-ray as part of the Vestron Video Collector’s Series back in 2018. Now it has been announced that Vestron Video has put together a special steelbook release of Maximum Overdrive – and this steelbook will only be available at Walmart! The street date is May 30th, and pre-orders are already been accepted on Walmart.com.

Images of the steelbook case can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Based on King’s short story Trucks, Maximum Overdrive has the following synopsis: After a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth, machines come to life and turn against their makers. Holed up in a North Carolina truck stop, a group of survivors must fend for themselves against a mass of homicidal trucks.

It's undeniable that Stephen King has shaped the nightmares of generations across the globe with his truly terrifying works of fiction. King's works have been turned into over 60 films and television series, but the modern master of horror has but a single directorial venture to his name. Based on King's short story "Trucks," the Emilio Estevez-starring "Maximum Overdrive" is about a world caught in chaos after a radiation storm warps the machines on Earth, which gain a mind of their own and attack all of humanity. A group of survivors take refuge in a North Carolina truck stop diner, trying to survive the...

The post Stephen King Has Repeatedly Apologized For His Most Bonkers Movie appeared first on /Film.

Writer/director Johannes Roberts discusses his favorite Stephen King adaptations of the ’80s with host Josh Olson.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

47 Meters Down (2017)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Great White a.k.a. The Last Shark (1981)

The Exorcist III (1990) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City (2021)

The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018)

Carrie (1976) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

The Shining (1980) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary

Children of the Corn (1984)

The Night Flier (1997)

Christine (1983)

The Dead Zone (1983) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary

Cujo (1983) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary

Roar (1981) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary

The Thing (1982) – Jesus Trevino’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s’ Blu-ray review

Halloween (1978) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing, Alex Kirschenbaum’s timeline and movie power rankings

Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) – Neil Marshall’s trailer commentary

Pet Sematary (1989) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s review

Pet Sematary (2019)

Blade Runner...

In the summer of 1997, a season characterized by gargantuan spectacles like The Lost World, Con Air, The Fifth Element, and Batman and Robin, a modest thriller by an unknown young director surprised audiences, critics and probably even its own financiers by becoming a sleeper hit thanks to its classical virtues and relentless determination to put the viewer in the palm of its hand and squeeze. The film, Breakdown, began when Dino de Laurentiis hired low-budget filmmaker Jonathan Mostow to write and direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s short story “Trucks,” which King had already directed himself as Maximum […]

The post “Once It Exists Conceptually, It’s Just Problem Solving”: Writer-Director Jonathan Mostow on Breakdown first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

It’s hard to pin point where it came from but I have a strange obsession with monster trucks… I often put it down to watching weird late-night monster truck racing shows on Yorkshire TV as a kid; or maybe its because I grew up in the era of Bigfoot – the king of the monster trucks that appeared in mainstream media and TV and not just racing around stadiums? Whatever the reason I’ve always had a soft spot for all things monster trucks, including video games. From the likes of Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Super Off Road Racing, with the ability to slide/drift round corners on race course tracks. That’s an ability in Both games, however Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 seems to make more of its use, whilst – I feel – you can get away without using rear wheel steering at all in Monster Truck Championship.

But wouldn’t you know it,...

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By Todd Garbarini

If the title Killdozer is familiar to you, you may have seen it before. Originally a novella by Theodore Sturgeon published in the November 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, a Marvel Comics book in April 1974, and later appearing in The Mammoth Book of Golden Age: Ten Classic Stories from the Birth of Modern Science Fiction Writing (1989), Killdozer was adapted into a made-for-tv movie which aired on Saturday, February 2, 1974. Sporting the tagline “Six men…playing a deadly game of cat and mouse…With a machine that wants to kill them,” and billed as A World Premiere ABC Saturday Suspense Movie, there is little suspense in this overly silly tale of a Caterpillar D9 that is enlisted by a team of construction workers who have been assigned to build a landing strip for an oil drilling company on an island near Africa.

It’s fair to say that Stephen King‘s Maximum Overdrive isn’t one of the highlights of the author’s career. The 1986 film is his only directorial effort, and is notable for its bizarre living machines and mix of comedy and horror. Despite the experience working on the movie pretty much putting King off from getting behind the camera ever again, though, his son Joe Hill has now thought up a way of making Maximum Overdrive relevant for 2020.

The original was based on King’s short story Trucks, wherein machines come to life due to what’s shown to be a passing comet in the 1980s picture. Another effort was then made to adapt the material via a 1997 television production, also called Trucks, which similarly left audiences and critics unimpressed. However, Hill thinks that the subject matter could be updated, and had this to say in an interview on...

John Saavedra Apr 4, 2019

The Pet Sematary remake has a few nods to the book, original movie, and the larger Stephen King universe that you might have missed!

This Pet Sematary article contains major spoilers.

With its debut in April, Pet Sematary becomes one of the few works by Stephen King to receive multiple adaptations. Paramount, which first adapted the brutal book in 1989, brings a new vision of terror to Maine with a remake we quite enjoyed for the most part (especially the terrifying cat). 

As Constant Readers already know, Pet Sematary is just one in a web of interconnected stories that make King's version of Maine one of the most horrible places to live. The movie pays tribute to that legacy by including many easter eggs and references to not only the original book but the 1989 movie and the larger King universe. It also features a few nods to real-life...

Rebecca Lea Nov 13, 2016

Stephen King described Maximum Overdrive as a "moron movie". But was he right?

The film: The Earth is passing through the tail of a comet and it causes the technology across the world to become sentient and automatically evil. Humans swiftly become the targets and a motley crew of survivors take refuge in the Dixie Boy Truckstop, including ex-con Bill (Emilio Estevez), his grumpy, power-mad boss Bubba (Pat Hingle), and hitchhiker Brett (Laura Harrington). As the trucks around them start to pick them off, or more accurately, flatten them like pancakes, they have to work together and figure out a way to defeat the sentient vehicles surrounding them.

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One of the frequent responses I’ve had since I started revisiting Stephen King films is that people can’t wait...

John Saavedra Dec 19, 2017

Fancy some terrific Stephen King horror short stories to read? Here are some recommendations...

Stephen King is a master of the short story, able to dish out horror tales to make your skin crawl, astounding sci-fi, and even literary reflections aimed at more "sophisticated" readers. He's done it all, with no sign of stopping.

Although I've had the tough task of picking 15 of my favorite King horror tales for this list, you should absolutely pick up All of his collections and give them a read through. You'll always find something to give you the chills.

Make a note: this is a list of short stories, not novellas. And on top of that, stories that are genuinely scary. I didn't forget "The Mist" or "N." or "Secret Window, Secret Garden" or any of those other goodies. Those deserve their own article, don't they?

So below: a list of...

Let me start off by saying this: I am keenly aware that Maximum Overdrive is not a very good movie at all. In fact, it's a downright terrible movie if you take into consideration its various plot holes and nonsensical conditions established in the film coupled with some very awkward performances and characters that couldn’t be more stereotypical if they tried.

But, for me, what ultimately saves Maximum Overdrive from itself is the fact that at the end of the day, the story as a concept is ridiculous fun, the action is over-the-top crazy with tons of destruction and explosions, and it just seems like director Stephen King had a helluva lot of fun making it (he has since admitted to being under the influence of drugs throughout production, which explains a lot). Despite its imperfections, I still adore this deeply flawed film and you have to admit, there...

Trucks + Sentience – Compelling Narrative = How Did This Get Made?!?! Nobody sets out to make a bad movie. But the truth is, it happens all the time. Every time it does, there’s a fun misadventure and cautionary tale lurking somewhere behind the scenes. This is that story for Stephen King’s directorial debut-turned-conclusion: Maximum […]

The post How Did This Get Made? Maximum Overdrive (An Oral History) appeared first on /Film.

Reviewed by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Written by: Stephen King

Directed by: Stephen King

Cast: Emilio Estevez (Bill), Pat Hingle (Bubba), Laura Harrington (Brett), Yeardley Smith (Connie), John Short (Curtis), J.C. Quinn (Duncan Keller), Holter Graham (Deke Keller), Frankie Faison (Handy)

Alright, I know that I probably can’t tell you anything new about this one, but sometimes I feel like I need to defend it as a wonderful and random anomaly that will probably never happen again. Stephen King as a director? AC/DC doing the complete score? Man, that sounds like horror/rock and roll heaven! In a way, it was. Once again, I do have some nostalgia for this film. It was the humble beginnings of one of my favorite cities, Wilmington, Nc becoming a prolific film town. This film was made by Deg films along with a couple of other King adaptations like “Cat...

It’s another 13th of the month. Here’s our top 13 list of unconventional murder weapons. All contributions are by the staff and listed as such.

Deadly Friend Death by Basketball

by Mike Hassler

Deadly Friend is not a good movie. At all. Wes Craven’s really hit or miss, in case you didn’t already realize this — for every Last House on the Left there’s a Vampire in Brooklyn, and for a Nightmare on Elm Street there’s a Shocker. His 1986 cheese-tastic gem Deadly Friend is quite a fun watch just for it’s terrible nature. The preposterous plot is of a young man implanting a computer chip into the girl next door’s brain which then gives her superpowers and causes her to go homicidal. The best moment? When our cybernetically altered hottie Samantha (Kristy Swanson) chucks a basketball at Anne “Mama” Ramsey’s head, which literally...

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Whether it is Alfred Hitchcock walking his Sealyham terriers in The Birds, or Peter Jackson as a knife wielding Santa Claus in Hot Fuzz, the cameo is an enticing bit of fun for eagle-eyed fans.

Cameos can be found in everything from film to books to video games. They can be employed as a nod of appreciation to an earlier work, an attempt to establish a shared universe, or simply an amusing sight gag for those in the know.

The realm of horror films certainly has its share of cameos, ranging from original cast members appearing in remakes such as 2004′s Dawn of the Dead, to fellow directors popping up in their colleague’s films like George Romero in Silence of the Lambs.

There are other cameos lurking in the shadows of your favourite horror films, waiting patiently for you to utter those four little words, “I’ll be right back…...

Not satisfied with the anything-goes urban battlefield that fans of the Grand Theft Auto game franchise love so much, one intrepid modder decided to launch a vehicular apocalypse that looks like something out of Stephen King's machines-run-amok tale Trucks (or its rather cheesy screen adaptations). Yes, this cat hacked into Grand Theft Auto V and turned the streets of San Andreas into “Carmageddon” – a metal massacre in which the player must try to dodge an onslaught of murderous vehicles that would give even Michael Bay nightmares, flinging themselves at the player with murder on their minds. Some (but not all) of the cars do have drivers, so the city's human population may also have fallen victim to some kind of vehicular rage virus. The result was posted to a YouTube channel dedicated to GTA5 videos, and here's what it looks like... it ain't pretty.

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“”If you don’t get your hand off my leg, you’re going to be wiping your ass with a hook the next time you take a dump!”

Maximum Overdrive is screening at 7pm this Thursday, August 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks – 7260 Southwest Ave St Louis, Mo 63143. Doors open at 6:30pm. It’s a fundraiser for Helping Kids Together

It’s great to see when a famous author steps into a director’s chair, especially when it is critically-acclaimed author Stephen King. So what do you get when you take someone who writes a lot of horror stories and give him a cast, script, and budget? Maximum Overdrive, a cult hit from 1986 starring Emilio Estevez. Saying this is a Stephen King movie, you would probably be expecting a macabre movie, but nope, instead you get a lot of trucks (after all it’s loosely based on his short story Trucks!

There are times when Stephen King novels work on both big and small screens. The author admitted that "Shawshank Redemption," "Misery," "Stand By Me," "The Mist," "Cujo" and "Storm of the Century" are his favourite adaptations, but cringed to reporters he met with in Wilmington, N.C., when "Maximum Overdrive" was mentioned (he even covered his face in not-so-pretend shame when the 1986 movie -- based on his '73 short story "Trucks" -- is applauded by some of the lucky residents of the coastal town who attended the red-carpet premiere).

That's because "Maximum Overdrive" (somewhere, King is shuddering) was filmed in Wilmington, as is his latest offering, "Under the Dome." But King "is comfortable" with what's being done to it because it works well as both a miniseries and a long-running drama, even calling the cast the best he's ever worked with. A bold statement coming from the writing legend, but the CBS and Global show,...

Nothing puts you in the mood for your favorite movie or television show better than a great theme song. And nobody, and we mean nobody, does theme songs like the horror genre does. We've got 11 of the best here to prove that point.

"The Sopranos" had a great intro with "Woke Up This Morning" by Alabama 3, and there have been some pretty great cartoon theme songs like "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons". Hell, even the old "Batman" theme song was a damn catchy tune, but honestly, horror dominates memorable theme songs. Just take a look at the list below, and we didn't even include some great ones like "Pet Sematary" by The Ramones, Dokken's "Dream Warriors" (written for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors) or "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" by Alice Cooper, written for Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives. (Consider those the honorable mentions!

Evil Dead. The remake we've all heard so much about. We've seen the impressive trailers, we've read the glowing reviews. We're all waiting with bated breath for the April 5 release of Evil Dead. In celebration of the film, we've got a new list for you to chew on.

Sure, chainsaws and axes are scary implements of murder, but there are plenty of items of death, doom and destruction that can be found right in the home. Just look around your kitchen and you'll see plenty of things that can separate a man from his breath in a big hurry. Read on for our Top Five Heinous Household Horrors!

Microwave Oven-Gremlins

Joe Dante's holiday-themed romp was memorable for so many reasons: the cute and cuddly Mogwai, Gizmo; the sinister and scaly Stripe, who was as devious as he was ugly; and the humor and F/X that are laced throughout this horror-comedy film.

This tale of a stereotypical nerd who buys a possessed car plays into the hands of those detractors who label Stephen King's work formulaic. I suspect it was the first time his fans felt cheated

The easiest period of Stephen King's writing to talk about is his early years. Back then, he was carving his own niche. He wasn't universally loved, but he was universally sold, and that was probably enough for him. He had his vices at this point, of course. They were well-hidden – and I'll talk more about that come Tommyknockers time – but they were there. Still, the books came, mainly because he had them squirrelled away. Different Seasons was published between Cujo and Christine, but it was written much earlier, back when King was perhaps more in control of what he was actually doing. Christine was the truth poking out from the lie of Rita Hayworth and The Body.

Ahhh, the good ol' "killer car" sub-genre. How we (kinda) love it. But for every example like Steven Spielberg's Duel or John Carpenter's Christine, we eventually get something really dumb like Maximum Overdrive or Trucks, both of which are based on a Stephen King short story. Of course you'll always find some fans of The Car (1977) or The Wraith (1986), and of course there are dozens of similar titles floating around -- but let's face it: this is a silly concept. "A driverless car that kills people" isn't much of a plot, and while a few filmmakers have found a way to make the concept, well, less stupid, in most cases we're just stuck waiting for stupid movie characters to walk out on the...

Though I can't claim to be Stephen King's number one fan - that distinction goes to a certain Annie Wilkes - I've been a constant reader for the last thirty years-odd, and so I think I'm entitled to suggest that when it comes to Maine's favourite son, I have a fair idea what I'm talking about.

My association with the world's favourite bogeyman began way back in 1979 when my best friend lent me a slim novel called Carrie, which I read and loved (even if I didn't completely understand the mysteries of the, ahem, female condition of the opening chapter until my mother explained a few biological facts to her somewhat confused nine year-old son), and which was quickly followed by The Shining, Salem's Lot (still my favourite vampire novel) and the Night Shift short story collection - which spawned several lacklustre films including Children Of The Corn, Sometimes They Come Back...

Now we really are scraping the bottom of the remake barrel with news that Universal and the Dino De Laurentiis Co. are looking to kickstart a new franchise based on one of Stephen King’s lesser works Firestarter. You may remember the original film, released in 1984, starred a cherubic Drew Barrymore as the pyrokinetic poppet whom a government agency were hunting to harness her powers.

It was previously brought back to the small screen in 2002 with Firestarter 2: Rekindled. De Laurentiis Co. Chairman Martha De Laurentiis told Variety;

“We see this as a unique, character-driven thriller with a supernatural edge, based on a timeless concept and enhanced by recent visual effects advances.”

So translate this as ‘people with superpowers are cool and we can blow stuff up real good these days.’

Writer Mark L Smith (Vacancy, The Hole) is working on the script with the apparent intention of making it edgier this time around.

Stephen King may be a legendary horror writer, but sadly his directorial efforts never reached that kind of apex. His one and only ever directing gig was 'Maximum Overdrive', his own adaption of his short story 'Trucks', back in 1986. The now cult horror starred Emilio Estevez dodging the hellish advances of technology as a barrage of electrical appliances attacked - including a bunch of trucks, lawnmowers and even a vending machine. Pat Hingle ('Batman'), Laura Harrington and Lisa Simpson herself Yeardley Smith starred also. News is that the production company Dino De Laurentiis is prepping a remake which doesn't actually make me shudder. Technologies a huge part of our lives and has been effectly covered in horror in the past few years with features such as 'Pulse' so it could be interesting. Or could stink up the place!...

From "Watchmen" to "Cloverfield" to "Dr. Strangelove," the Independent Film Channel counts down the 50 greatest movie trailers of all time. Watch, discuss and let us know if there's a trailer you've always loved.

IFC's 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time50. "Night of the Iguana" (1964)

Richard Burton plays a troubled Episcopal clergyman who escorts a busload of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast, while coming to terms with his past. Also stars Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner.

It takes courage to stand up and bravely declare your love for a film that almost every living, breathing person declares to be an absolute atomic bomb. You run the risk of spinning yourself into the roll of cinematic social outcast, shunned by your peers and ridiculed by your pals. But I've never been one to give a gear what anyone else thinks about me so what the hell, here goes: I f**king love Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive. Yes, Maximum Overdrive, the hubcap headed, gas spitting 1986 sci-fi action trash classic; the first and - if you believe his publicly uttered promise – only film to be directed by master dark fantasy/horror fiction legend King. The film was one of the worst reviewed studio pictures of it's time and it has since been either ignored, reviled or smarmily embraced by pretentious college kids as a pot enhancing, blissfully bad 80's moron movie experience,...