cover of episode 46 - Trucks (1997)

46 - Trucks (1997)

2017/2/7
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King Me: The Stephen King Movie Podcast, Officially

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They say that horror films reflect the anxiety of the time, and if that's true, people in 1997 must have hated poisonous gas.

TRUCKS is the second adaptation of the Stephen King short story that also served as the foundation of the surprisingly uneventful MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. We'll do a bit of comparison, while also giving TRUCKS its due for being totally unwatchable in its own right. The saving grace? A precocious young hazmat suit.

Also in this episode: MASH spoilers