Maximum Overdrive

FULL THROTTLE: Don't Change That Channel!

KILLDOZER (1974) is a made-for-TV movie about an American construction crew building an airstrip on a remote island off the coast of Africa. When one of their bulldozers strikes a buried meteorite, a mysterious power transfers from the rock to the dozer's blade, and the hulking machine goes on a rampage of death and destruction. The most wonderful aspect of KILLDOZER is its tender homoeroticism, which is likely intentional given the author of the original 1944 novella and co-writer of the teleplay is Theodore Sturgeon, who was bisexual.

Stunt performer Carey Loftin previously worked on Steven Spielberg's DUEL (1971), a television film about a man who's stalked by a sinister semi-truck.

It's very possible KILLDOZER inspired the extraterrestrial premise of Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986).

Also check out TV movie DEATH CAR ON THE FREEWAY (1979) about a van-driving serial killer who's hunted down by a badass journalist (Shelley Hack of CHARLIE'S ANGELS).

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July 24 & 25, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! hits the gas on a particular make and model of horror—Stephen King and the killer car subgenre—in a pair of blood-and-chrome bangers co-presented by the Music Box Theatre and guest-programmed by Josh Sturdevant of The Shadowboxery! Get in, freaks—we’re going on the ultimate cinematic joyride!

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FULL THROTTLE

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Friday, July 24, 11:30pm
📽️ CHRISTINE (1983)

Saturday, July 25, 11:30pm
📽️ MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986)

http://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/super-horror-rama