Acht dagen lang draait de aarde in de baan van een mysterieuze komeet. Tijdens die periode komen machines tot leven en terroriseren vervolgens hun menselijke makers. Een klein groepje mensen in een truckerscafe moet het opnemen tegen een lange rij van moordzuchtige vrachtwagens.
Nee, helaas is Maximum Overdrive nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Stephen King | Screenplay |
| Production | Martha De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Production | Mel Pearl | Executive Producer |
| Production | Don Levin | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Stephen King | Director |
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Evan A. Lottman | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clifford Capone | Costume Design |
| Production | Mary Colquhoun | Casting |
| Art | Giorgio Postiglione | Production Design |
| Production | Milton Subotsky | Co-Producer |
| Art | David Brace | Sculptor |
| Directing | Valerie E. Norman | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Tony Lucibello | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Larry Porche | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Mel Zelniker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Lighting | Jock Brandis | Gaffer |
| Sound | Ron Bochar | Foley Editor |
| Crew | Roberto Croci | Translator |
| Crew | Mara Trovato | Translator |
| Art | Mark S. Turner | Sculptor |
| Art | Hilton Rosemarin | Set Designer |
| Sound | Todd Kasow | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Gordy Wein | Makeup Effects |
| Sound | Michael Steinfeld | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Glenn Randall Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Lighting | David W. Strong | Rigging Gaffer |
| Production | Angela Heald | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Jeffrey Schlatter | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marlana May | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Thomas Michael Ryan | Propmaker |
| Sound | Neil L. Kaufman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Angus Young | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Malcolm Young | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Stephen King | Short Story |
| Visual Effects | Barry Nolan | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Phil Adams | Stunts |
| Crew | Christine Anne Baur | Stunts |
| Crew | Robin Grathwol | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Julius LeFlore | Stunts |
| Crew | Denver Mattson | Stunts |
| Crew | Bernie Pock | Stunts |
| Crew | Bruce Moriarty | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Crew | Edgard Mourino | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Langdon | Stunts |
| Production | Marilyn Stonehouse | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Elizabeth Scherberger | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Claudio Nannuzzi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jeffrey Moore | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Greg Sheldon | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ed White | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Rod Schumacher | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jayme Bednarczyk | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dean Gates | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tammy Kusian | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Steve Galich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Jeff Frink | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Joe Porter | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Joe D. Ramsey | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | David R. Wood | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | David Sandlin | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Melissa Edmonds | Special Effects Technician |
| Camera | Jürgen Vollmer | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Yvette Nabel | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Lee Fonvielle | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Darrell Hanzalik | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Steven Visscher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sara Bolder | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Robert Nichols | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael Berenbaum | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mike Goodman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stuart Stanley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | James Y. Kwei | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eliza Paley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Crew | Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
