Maximum Overdrive | Behind The Scenes

Maximum Overdrive: Behind The Scenes (Rare Footage)

[@cobysanderson8148]

Thank you guys so much for getting this video over 1k views!

[@formalguy01]

I LOVE that shot of the goblin truck driving by, just raw engine, that's amazing. This movie is definitely one of my all time favorites.

[@thattruckerwes8072]

That Detroit was SCREAMING

[@knjigeistripovi]

Me too I'AM love Mahimum overdrive film, first I see is 2015, and I'AM make Mahimum overdrive remastered!!!

[@MewMewLuckyNote243]

This is 100% in my top #1 to must watch. I fell in love with this movie probably way too young, considering the truck gave me nightmares at 5. I don't care how Steven King feels about directing this movie, or how Emilio Estevezs feels about staring in it. This movie has gold.

[@terrifield3103]

totally totally agree! I just rewatched (again) and will continue to rewatch again and again....

[@KENMARS1]

The Green Goblin truck really sounded like it did in the film💯👍

[@LordCornholio31]

Wow this is all I've ever seen on behind the scenes with Maximum Overdrive

[@cobysanderson8148]

What?

[@Chris_Troxler]

I'm just happy to see some behind-the-scene footage.

[@chosenone101]

You can hear the spring ride on those old trucks...lol.

[@joshuamcculloch8210]

Oldies but Goldies

[@crazyman1650]

This is really the only footage we have of the behind the scenes to maximum overdrive

[@Juml872]

it is impressive that it is of good quality to be a footage of 1986

[@Itss_Samsquanch]

Damn too bad Stephen King didn’t do a whole behind the scenes video I’m genuinely curious how they got the trucks to drive by themselves I used to think they were photoshopped out but even in this behind the scene you can clearly see the goblin truck has no driver it’s creepingly awesome how they were able to accomplish this in the 80s

[@theillgerm8296]

i just watched something a bit before seeing this about the Mule (the gun cart thing that beeps in Morse code) where a guy who worked on the movie explained that they had extended controls that allowed them to sit behind a curtain and drive the trucks without being seen and in the case of the mule they lifted it up a few inches from what it came as and had someone laying inside of it.

[@dillianwillamor5906]

Alot of truck windows were extra tinted as well, you can see the drivers on rare occasions like arms and such

[@LA-SAR]

Same as they did with K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider.

[@Btrains84]

It's also interesting to note,that one of the two Stunt drivers who drove the Green Goblin truck was Carey Loftin...He was also the guy who drove the semi truck in the movie "Duel"

[@braysfinds7479]

@@Btrains84 That's just a rumor from what I heard. He wasn't credited in the end of the film like the other drivers.

[@RID01S]

I love the sound of those old diesel trucks, they’re so loud

[@mattjohnson6916]

The beginning parts looks like a scene where Bill and Brett investigate the school bus with the airplane crashed into it you briefly glimpse later when Happy Toyz drives by. I've long heard it was filmed but later cut both to speed up the ending and ensure it didn't get an X rating (I think there were supposed to be dead kids inside the bus).

[@Blacktooth-yr7ck]

It was supposed to show the dead driver in the front seat.

[@therush420]

Sucks they cut the scene of them looking inside the bus. Supposedly you see the dead bus driver inside.

[@PlanetMars2030]

@therush420 yeah he was rotting in his seat. Bill also comes across dead children lying in their seats as he checks the eisel.

[@luxvv]

Really great, always been a huge fan of this movie and this is my first time seeing this footage. Thanks for uploading!

[@libertyprime9163]

That old Western Star with that Detroit Diesel. Those old steel body Western stars are almost non existent now. What a shame the two Western Stars used for the happy toys truck were scrapped.

[@TeamPaidToDrive]

How do you know for sure they were scrapped?

[@mintyman1968]

@@TeamPaidToDrive it’s been said by a few people. The guy who restored one of the heads said that when he bought it, he saw something resembling the truck being hauled off to the scrapyard.

[@TeamPaidToDrive]

@@mintyman1968 The truck should have been restored instead of scrapped

[@mintyman1968]

@@TeamPaidToDrive wasn’t in the minds of the producers in 1986 or 85 🤷‍♂️ scrapped right after filming. If I recall the red Autocar and the blue and black transtars were scrapped as well. The IBC and two Thurston trucks were returned to the companies and were still working in the late 90’s. Who knows what happened to those trucks afterwards.

[@TeamPaidToDrive]

@@mintyman1968 Such a shame right? Always loved the red Autocar

[@cutlasssupreme6984]

This is pretty cool. Love this movie.

[@shawncurtis26]

I love the red Mack truck

[@warthhoh]

Thanks for the upload I have the DVD if the flim would be great if they put had this video in extras😎

[@lucapreziuso2182]

😢rip real green goblin truck

[@schlaznger8049]

Stephen King admitted he was so coked out he didn't remember making this movie.

[@markusantonio4866]

Hahahaha😂 the trailer with him is hilarious. His eyes are bugged out

[@Human1136]

so high.. yet so fly.. bruh 💀

[@jackyflowers3493]

Thanks, from Thurston Co. 🚚 02-02-2022.

[@TRUCKOCD]

I’ve always wanted to find behind the scene pictures of the trucks and how they where fitted. I know you can’t rig a RC unit up to a semi with a manual transmission. I did see one picture of inside the 67 White 9000 series tow truck where they removed the passenger seat and fitted a steering wheels and pedals in the floor. I always noticed the Triple T mudflaps on multiple trucks used. I m guess that was a used truck dealer they probably bought a bunch of wholesale worn out trucks for cheap. Those truck could easily have 500,000 plus miles on them.

[@loridavidow2014]

One of my all time favorite movies

[@joekugelman4196]

Hopefully someone re does this movie, I did hear something was in the works tho!

[@Lsutton04_]

Did you really?! Because real or fake a modern day version of this movie would be awesome

[@joekugelman4196]

@@Lsutton04_ The last I heard, Stephen Kings son was going to do a remake but not sure when!

[@Lsutton04_]

@@joekugelman4196 thanks for the quick reply, that would be amazing I hope so! I didn’t grow up with this movie, I’m only 16 but my dad showed it to me and I loved it and I love Stephen kings stories and stuff and I love the Detroit’s especially this 8 valve that the goblin truck is and I love the whole movie, still like watching it every once in a while, I’m probably one of the only kids my age who actually knows what this movie is lol

[@joekugelman4196]

@@Lsutton04_ no problem, it’s a good movie and I watch it often... I probably know most of the lines!🤣🤣 and I am a HUGE AC/DC FAN also!

[@TeamPaidToDrive]

@@Lsutton04_ You were raised right! Props to your Dad!

[@wincubs1]

This movie scared me as a kid and to this day serves as the best laxative when I'm plugged up!

[@MrMonsterJamFan]

The green goblin *happy toyz" truck is the most iconic truck ever I always wonder if the trucks are all remote controlled or not

[@Btrains84]

Nope,not remote controlled...They were driven by stunt drivers hidden inside the vehicles..

[@MrMonsterJamFan]

@@Btrains84 That explains a lot I always wondered how they did it and my first thought was always remote controlled but that answers everything

[@Btrains84]

@@MrMonsterJamFan Don't just take my word for it lol..I always thought the same thing til I saw this...kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6fHfmVtgcyUf68

[@tankerthewarengineer3018]

How do they make the trucks move without the driver?

[@Highgear145]

So the Goblin truck is an actual 8v92 Detroit the sound wasn't dubbed

[@kevinrichards3288]

I don't see many of those cabovers around here in the USA anymore like I use to back in those days.

[@cobysanderson8148]

Kevin Richards I see a few around where I live

[@joshuamcculloch8210]

There's a good bit in Georgia

[@kevinrichards3288]

@@joshuamcculloch8210 wow

[@snakeandnape9252]

They aren't very fuel efficient. That flat front is a natural wind resistant. They are also not very safe in a head on. They are a pain in the ass to repair and not very comfortable sitting on top of the engine. My very first truck was an International cabover. It was the same model was the one driving the BIC truck in the movie. A few years ago I saw a guy with a cabover at a truck stop. To do any maintenance you have to lift the cab and tilt it to get to the engine. Well that's what he did and his laptop shot through his windshield.

[@MonsterTrucker5748]

Lots of towns in Wyoming still heavily use the cabovers and 1980s macs I see them everywhere here even though its 2024 lol

[@RyanDutchak]

great video did like

[@joshteshek1155]

3:46 I think that’s the shot they did before the Dixie boy blows up in the movie

[@joshteshek1155]

I was wrong. I haven’t seen maximum overdrive since the disc I had broke

[@formalguy01]

@@joshteshek1155 No it actually looks like that scene when the truck drives by and then drives out of there, but in the movie everything is destroyed behind the truck, in this shot nothing has been hit yet. I know they can edit a lot of stuff after filming, but I thought the same thing, that it was that shot too.

[@DC322]

I like to see how they rigged an ATV with the M60 to make an effective kill scene.

[@Blinx7139]

So of the trucks a driver in it and used a green screen

[@PlanetMars2030]

I wish that bus sequence was in the movie😔

[@kevinrichards3288]

😈🚛Happy Toyz

[@barryj3748]

Here come another load of Joy!

[@TheDinsberg]

6:05 - Why the hell they turned the camera of the scene of Dixie Boy explosion?

[@johnboggs9120]

To bad their isn't any on the biblesalesman in the ditch and I always wondered how they did the sence where goblin truck kills the biblesalesman

[@orlowski2018]

Me too since you can clearly tell the truck is not moving when Emilio Estevez Runs Out then turns back while the camera is shaking lol No hate though I love the movie 😂

[@Yankee_rose12]

Where did you find that video

[@cobysanderson8148]

(Sorry for the late reply) I actually found it off of an old forum that’s long gone some years back! I forgot I had the footage, found it (again) and decided to upload it.

[@jozsefszabo2798]

3:43

[@rockymountainrailfan8796]

When was the behind the scenes filmed

[@cobysanderson8148]

The ROBLOXGamer when the movie was filmed

[@rockymountainrailfan8796]

@@cobysanderson8148 oh ok

[@rockymountainrailfan8796]

@@cobysanderson8148 do you knkw what they did to the happy toyz truck after filming

[@cobysanderson8148]

The ROBLOXGamer it was blown up and is in a junk yard but the goblin was rebuilt

[@rockymountainrailfan8796]

@@cobysanderson8148 oh

[@Janet71990]

0:50 does the school bus doing like trucks too?

[@jayhvac2435]

❤

[@leatherman88ch]

Wow