Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. The remaining townsfolk must band together and come up with a way to murder the inanimate objects, a seemingly difficult task considering the abnormal circumstances.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Background watch
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 36GoodWatch 38
IMDb3.9
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings1.9/5
Audience score29%
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for horror movies
typical 9599Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 12 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
+2Released
1997
October 29, 1997
29 years ago
Genres
HorrorScience FictionThrillerActionTV MovieLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
16 of 16
Timothy BusfieldRay
Brenda BakkeHope
Aidan DevineTrucker Bob
Jay BrazeauJack
Brendan FletcherLogan
Amy StewartAbby
Roman PodhoraThad- VCVictor CowieGeorge
Sharon BajerJune- JBJonathan BarrettBrad
Rick SkeneTrucker Pete- DGDon GranberySheriff
- BEBarbara-Lee EdwardsTV Reporter
Gene PyrzRefrigerator Truck Driver- KHKirk HarperLino
- HNHarry NelkenPhil
Directing · 9
- Chris Thomson Director
- David Bradstreet First Assistant Director, Producer
- Ken Friss Script Supervisor
- Michael J.F. Scott Second Unit Director, Co-Producer
- Don Granbery First Assistant Director
- Claude Arnault Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Brian Taggert Screenplay
- Stephen King Short Story
Production · 19
- Mark Amin Executive Producer
- Derek Mazur Executive Producer
- Jerry Leider Executive Producer
- Richard Reisberg Executive Producer
- William Wesley Producer
- Ellen Meyer Casting
Camera · 14
- Robert Draper Director of Photography
- Keith Holland Director of Photography
- Charles Konowal Second Unit Director of Photography
- David Perkins First Assistant Camera
- Megan Schoenbachler Assistant Camera
- Colin Hudson Steadicam Operator
Editing · 4
- Dexter Adriano Editor
- Lara Mazur Editor, Post Production Supervisor
- Neila Benson Assistant Editor
- Elisabeth Pechlaner Assistant Editor
Sound · 12
- Michael Richard Plowman Original Music Composer
- Gael MacLean Sound Designer
- Chris Higgins Boom Operator
- John R.S. Taylor Dialogue Editor
- Gordon Durity Sound Effects Editor
- Philip Hunter Foley Mixer
Art · 10
- David Ferguson Production Design
- Nathan Ogilvie Production Design
- Regina Acuna Production Design
- Terry Davis Art Direction
- James Phillips Assistant Art Director
- Max Callahan Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 10
- Norman Cabrera Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Leslie Shriver Costume Assistant
- Warden Neil Costume Designer
- Maya Vaghan Costume Assistant
- Wanda Farian Costume Supervisor
- Rosemarie Diekmann Key Hair Stylist
Visual Effects · 1
- Rory Cutler Special Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 19
- Terence S. Kelley Stunt Coordinator
- Michael Kruzel Stunt Coordinator
- Shane Cardwell Stunt Driver, Stunts, Stunt Coordinator
- Wayne Downer Stunts
- David Lawrence Brown Stunt Driver
- Gary F. Bentley Special Effects
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