That Time Stephen King Went Off the Rails

[@privateer2584]

Ok let's be honest this is only ONE of the times Stephen King went off the rails... This could really be the start of a series...

[@sourgreendolly7685]

I saw the title and thought “which time exactly?”

[@jasonsalisbury7965]

you have to rank them based on the amount of coke he was doing as well. Honestly, I still think the worst is "It". He totally lost focus and was messed up writing that and the strong start is turned to crap by the end.

[@artbk]

@@sourgreendolly7685 Yeah, I was hoping this was about the Langoliers one...

[@GerardPerry]

@@jasonsalisbury7965 , The Tommyknockers, Cujo, The Dark Half and The Cell round up the Top 5.

[@jasoncrews4249]

This one was specifically just him, he wrote and directed this with essentially no oversight

[@romansole3505]

My grandfather was a part of this film. He played the bridge operator in the opening scene. He was the one who screamed "CANT YOU SEE WE HAVE A SITUATION?!"

[@Revan058]

That's pretty cool! Did he enjoy the experience?

[@NastyWoman1979]

Very cool

[@Dtctr010]

he is an icon, he is a legend, and he is the moment now come on now

[@romansole3505]

@Revan085 according to my dad yes he did, he loved that stuff. He didn't talk about it much though because he didn't want people to see him cussing a lot

[@Revan058]

@@romansole3505 Radical! That's lovely, I'm genuinely happy it was a positive experience for him!

[@SecondOpinionMan]

I still love Kings line delivery of "THIS MACHINE JUST CALLED ME AN ASSHOLE"

[@TokyoXtreme]

“Honey, come on over here sugar-buns.”

[@tuesdaynext7370]

It sounds like he's trying to do a Southern accent and gave up

[@JaxFPrime81]

I was thinking his character was a relation to his Jordy Verrill character in Creepshow

[@stephenvelez9710]

Yep

[@SergeiMosin]

I want to believe that's exactly how he responds to reading the KZbin comment section.

[@catiseith]

The book makes you feel like you’re in the shoes of a technophobe living their worst nightmare. The movie… well… let’s just say it reminds you why people mocks technophobia.

[@piperian3962]

He clearly has no understanding of technology is the frustrating part. In Under the Dome the power was gone because the wires were broken but they still had internet because in King’s mind it’s all wireless. And before you ask he never clarified that everyone was using cell hotspots. Everyone’s laptop could still go online with no explanation whatsoever.

[@Scarshadow666]

Tbf, '80s/'90s was one of the times when techphobia was at it's peak, as this was when we have the Terminator series some of the X-Files episodes building on it, and some of the '80s/'90s giving nods to '50s sci-fi (which also had a techphobia peak as a lot of sci-fi was about science-gone-wrong to reflect people's fears and worries of nuclear missile mismanagement in the Cold War Era). Better understanding of technology isn't exactly something a lot of people had until it was easier and easier for people to own laptops/computers and smartphones.

[@ijroderick]

The young actor who plays Deke (Holter Graham) would later go on to do the audiobook reading for Stephen King's 'Christine'. As unengaged as he appears in Maximum Overdrive, he does a great job with the book.

[@andrewbloom7637]

He also appeared as I.Q. Jones in the original 1988 film version of "Hairspray", directed by John Waters.

[@dsolo8149]

I love this movie for so many reasons. Fun fact: the guy killed by the arcade machine was played by Giancarlo Esposito who went on to play villain Gus in Breaking Bad!

[@TayKVEVO]

Who knew!?!?!?!?

[@willlastnameguy8329]

Oh that's cool.

[@richstoehr3247]

I thought that was him! Humble beginnings...

[@ShinGallon]

I thought that was Moff Gideon!

[@b.parker1740]

@@richstoehr3247 Also, he's in a number of Spike Lee's earlier films. All of them drastically different from Gus (though, his character in School Daze is close). You can't unsee him in things.

[@tylociraptor8131]

The "weird vehicle-less island" is probably based on Mackinac Island in Michigan! It's a beautiful island that you literally cannot use motorized vehicles on!

[@NWolfsson]

I get the idea, but considering they took a somehow docile motorboat and that the kid was at some point chased by *planes* (without considering there may be emergency vehicles as in Mackinac), that ending truly lacked a "motors just stop a mile around the isle" explanation (And usually King LOVES his "the heroes discover an element that conditionally disempowers the aliens" reveals, so I'm going to put that on the cocaine.)

[@mathieuleader8601]

oh dear I use a powered chair I'm in deep trouble this island is a no go for me as a tourist

[@savedgirl309]

@@mathieuleader8601 they allow power chairs, my classmate had no problem with getting around the Island.

[@mathieuleader8601]

@@savedgirl309 that's good news

[@PineappleLiar]

I will also throw in that this story is centered around coastal North Carolina, so the islands mentioned could potentially be any of the towns located across the Outer Banks. They’re remote enough that they still have a few people out there with High Tider accents, which is about as close to an old pirate accent as we’ll ever get to hear.

[@scrollcaps]

I love hearing kitty "scoldings" off screen. It's always "no, no, stop doing that, I mean it"...soft chuckle "oh you're so cute do whatever you want".

[@videodromeTVversion]

That cat looks like the one I used to have. (I hope we see more of cat so I can see it maybe doesn't look as much like my passed away cat.)

[@TamsinV]

That art you made "while sober and happy" is honestly gorgeous. Love to see you tackling King, too

[@rickc2102]

Brainstorm wasted, create sober.

[@FFKonoko]

People who think it is not typical for Stephen King should probably read the rest of Night Shift. Not every story he does has bullies in maine and that collection does an excellent job of showing it. There's some really interesting stuff in there.

[@jonnytheboy7338]

Night shift is brilliant

[@realityshotgun]

Skeleton Crew is good too, it has The Mist in it

[@valmarsiglia]

To this day I prefer to sleep with closet doors fully closed because of "The Boogeyman," lol.

[@TheYpurias]

He's got a lot of excellent short stories.

[@OptimusPhillip]

It's funny. I'm a Mainer. I'm a UMO graduate. And I've read exactly one Stephen King novel in its entirety. It was Christine. It took place in Pennsylvania.

[@itsmrripley]

"Did anyone get killed by the Bic truck?" "No, but it was a close shave."

[@williamcrowe2576]

😆

[@ctdaniels7049]

AYY

[@nahtesalinas1917]

*sigh* LOL

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Bic is better than shick and that's a "burn"

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Maybe they wanted a _lighter_ tone?

[@thepeternetwork]

Two things: 1) Stephen King may be a disturbed mind, but he's an entertaining disturbed mind. 2) Nice to have you on face cam. Hope you and kitty have an awesome day!

[@DreddLypso]

Wym disturbed mind.

[@Matrim42]

2:54 I wish this was the default Hollywood scream instead of the Wilhelm Scream

[@mokinokaro]

The Tarzan Scream

[@LightningSt0rm]

"I don't give a granola bar" made me literally laugh out loud. That's my favorite one.

[@devikwolf]

The soundtrack for this movie is brilliantly insane. I love the part when the kid is riding away from the baseball field on his bike and the sprinklers dance to AC/DC.

[@soylencer]

Thank you for having actual commercial lead-ins. Jarring cuts in the middle of sentences just frustrate me, particularly when I get a 15 minute Dr. Squatch ad, so getting me mentally prepared for it was a big help. I hope more creators do this.

[@pushinguproses]

I was inspired to do it because another creator did, so I hope so too!

[@inyrui]

"15 minute ad" any ad over 30 seconds is skippable within 5 seconds lol

[@soylencer]

@@inyrui I watch a lot of KZbin while I'm doing housework, cooking or eating, or whatever else I'm doing where I might not have my hands free. The bigger issue is that they allow ads that are more than 5-10% of the total length of the video. Heck, Even regular TV has about 8 minutes of ad and a half an hour, and that would be an improvement over these 45 minute "long-form" ads interrupting my 12 minute video.

[@soylencer]

@@inyrui I watch a lot of KZbin while I'm doing housework, cooking or eating, or whatever else I'm doing where I might not have my hands free. The bigger issue is that they allow ads that are more than 5-10% of the total length of the video. Heck, Even regular TV has about 8 minutes of ad and a half an hour, and that would be an improvement over these 45 minute "long-form" ads interrupting my 12 minute video.

[@inyrui]

@@soylencer I watch KZbin while doing the exact same things. I just stop for 5 seconds and walk over to my phone and skip the ad. Idk lol ads have never bothered me seems like a super first world problem. That's the price you pay for free content

[@jperez8194]

When I was a kid, my youngest sibling became obsessed with this movie and we ended up watching it over and over. We used to quote the lines and drove my mother absolutely insane. It was wildly inappropriate for us at the ages we were but hey! It was the 80s.

[@jend8759]

The 80s were great. I saw and heard so many things that I probably shouldn’t have, but I survived.

[@TokyoXtreme]

The first time I saw this movie, on VHS with a bunch of my friends, we all laughed so hard at the opening scene that I thought I was going to pass out. I was out of breath and gasping for air. The draw bridge opening for the speedboat is what set it off - I couldn’t get the image out of my mind. I’m actually laughing right now just typing this message. Actually there’s the scene later in the movie where the truck full of toilet paper explodes, and I got stuck laughing and thinking about the speedboat again. MO is severely underrated, and thoroughly enjoyable. I would happily watch it again any chance I had.

[@Sschwieterman1]

WE MAAAADE YOUUUUU!

[@wareforcoin5780]

In the early 2000s, my older brother watched this movie, he was around 16. I distinctly remember one day I was playing video games in my room, (I was around 11) he bursts in and just goes "we're watching this movie now." No explanation, no forewarning about what I was about to witness. So we watch this movie, and we're both cracking up the entire time, it was great. It's one of my favorite memories of my brother as a kid.

[@KheldarLars]

@@wareforcoin5780 Your brother rocks! I love this movie, I was actually a little spooked, but it is more of an adventure story than a horror story

[@SolStJohn]

Awww, that kitty interruption was so wholesome.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Stephen King: "You know, I'm the most normal guy in the world." Also Stephen King:

[@rajamicitrenti1374]

OK, I've slept on this a few times, and had a bit of a "Wait a minute..." moment. What this alien force can do is really inconsistent. It can just control a non-motorized gun turret and can steer a truck, but it still needs gas to power the trucks and it can't just levitate the gas pump handles to fuel the trucks itself?

[@Hermititis]

It can control ANY electronics, but couldn't override the "weather satellite" that destroyed it?

[@Syurtpiutha]

One of the reasons I always appreciated King is his complete disregard for the expectation that kids are safe from harm. Even as a kid I picked up pretty quickly on the tendency of films and shows to never seriously threaten child characters. Which meant that whenever kids were in danger it'd usually be met with an eyeroll. So seeing that steamroller scene made me appreciate that film a lot more than it probably deserves. My favorite King novels are probably The Long Walk (which he wrote under his pseudonym), Gerald's Game and The Stand (the doorstopper version, despite the underwhelming ending).

[@emd1494]

Pet Sematray? Was the kid safe from harm? IT? With the pages and pages that go on with them doing inappropriate things with bev. IT took 88 children and 14 adults in the book. Carrie? The Mist? Honestly I could prob name more ....

[@Syurtpiutha]

@@emd1494 Those are all King novels in which children die. I was talking about how films not based on King novels generally had me unconvinced of any real danger for child characters, though I see how that may not be clear from how I phrased things.

[@emd1494]

@@Syurtpiutha In the movie (IT, Carrie, Pet Sematray, the mist) the kids do end up cactus. I kinda get what you mean ... that's why when the new IT came out and it showed Gorgies arm being bitten off I got excited ... lol like ohhh dammmm this not going to be like the original IT film

[@williamshaw9047]

I remember Tim Burton said something about that in the commentary for "Sleepy Hollow" when the Horseman kills a cute little boy; he said he hated how children were always spared in horror movies. And how many times have filmmakers thought they were being original and ironic by having the giant crazy killer refuse to kill children or animals?

[@bitofalice]

Haha, dang, the three "punch" sound effects for all the melons... AND then the truck, around 3 minutes in. Perfect!

[@pushinguproses]

Hahahaha, I AM GLAD TO HEAR IT. I was like “Is this too many sound effects? ….Nah.”

[@johnrechtoris9796]

And "I'm losing my rind"!

[@williamshaw9047]

If I directed the movie, I wouldn't have been able to resist dubbing in the Goofy holler (ahh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hweeey!) when that guy slides off the drawbridge into the river.

[@thewraithwriter22]

Considering the kind of rails King usually does, the title is very accurate.

[@LangstonDev]

It works on so many levels.

[@BlueGeen]

Lmaoooo

[@billyblackattacks]

I appreciate the intelligence on this joke

[@jasonblalock4429]

Except wouldn't that make this "That time Steven King was on all the rails"...?

[@oxymoron02]

She literally acknowledges that he was on cocaine at the time.

[@Polymathically]

"That Time Stephen King Went Off the Rails" Me: Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

[@danielnoto5090]

This is amazing and ridiculous lollll. Honestly I also really likes addressing the substance abuse aspect, especially the myth that it always improves art. That's always bothered me and this is a good explanation. I especially liked the visual aid with your own art.

[@joebykaeby]

I gotta be honest, if somebody walked up to me and just went "you're cute" I would also be unable to hold back my sarcastic snort of laughter.

[@Rnar_]

Some might argue that Stephen King was a stranger to the Rails for most of the 80s

[@austindolan7182]

remembering tommyknockers being about people digging up an alien spaceship, and the people turning into aliens, with one guy sacrificing himself by flying it back into space... yep, sounds about right.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Or conversely, that he was no stranger to rails.

[@nekolalia3389]

Most times King goes off the rails, you can still make out at least a general shape of the train tracks. This movie (from what I can tell via various reviews), the train reaches the speed of Thursday before falling hamburgerwards into your childhood crib because it’s you, except imbued with all the secrets of the universe for as long as you don’t blink.

[@NWolfsson]

Somehow, this is perfectly unintelligible yet makes perfect sense in context.

[@richstoehr3247]

That does about cover it, yeah.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

Blaine is a pain.

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

This was ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL ! Thanks so much for sharing these videos with us ! I'd love to hear you do one of these for The 5th Element and Better Off Dead. They're my two favorite movies to try and explain to people with a straight face.

[@StevieLudo]

I remember The Stand being my first King book, it really captured my mind and sucked me into it in a way no book had before and it really got me reading so much it was almost hard to find enough good books for a while. Found it in a local shop on sale for £2, best book deal I've ever had! I really love reading King books and seeing his films because I'm from the UK so seeing his flavour of America is a lot more interesting than the sterile version in a lot of media

[@pezgurl]

i don't know how young i was when i first saw this movie, but i'm pretty sure it was around 5 or 6 and my babysitter's older kids let me watch with them. it's the first horror movie i ever watched and it was so terrifying that even though i have long term memory issues, i still remembered bits and pieces - mostly the rabid knife, the can launcher, and a few other vignettes from the very beginning. Thanks for the nostalgia trip! Between this and discovering X-Files via some VHS tapes that were SUPPOSED to have Sesame Street on them... I gained a morbid curiosity with horror by the time I was 10. My mother encouraged it by getting me both a copy of the original Grimm's Fairy Tales as well as an anthology of short horror stories curated by Alfred Hitchcock that I used to read whenever we went camping. Ah, memories...

[@wareforcoin5780]

I watched it when I was maybe 10 with my brother. I just remember the goblin truck and the menu at a fast food place being a narc.

[@FearNLoathing0]

Between the commentary and the editing you had me in stitches, laughing so hard

[@pushinguproses]

That’s so nice to hear, thank you!

[@Krispsandwich]

when I was 16, my high school boyfriend lent me Night Shift because he knew I loved Stephen king and that was something we shared, when we broke up I kept the book thinking I’d give it back eventually, but when I was 20 and he 19, he was involved in a tram accident and passed away, I can’t ever give his book back, but it will always remind me of him.

[@Mario583a]

Stephan King: The Aurora Gorealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your truckstop? PushingUpRoses:Yes. Stephan King: May I see it? PushingUpRoses: No.

[@TheKenton]

You have to love how the trucks watch them in the side mirrors. I really have to know how that works. Cool to see Giancarlo Esposito in an early role even if it's one where he dies. The irony is how impossible this story was back then, but how possible it is now.

[@Scarshadow666]

Yeah, a lot of horror/sci-fi stories have often had a lot of themes warning people about what could happen as technology takes over, people just don't often think of it since AI is advanced but not Skynet-levels of advanced and it's getting partially socially-acceptable to be addicted to our devices. At least, not yet, until the day we advance it just because we can.

[@Hagunemnon]

No lie, this is easily one of my favourite movies. Its like Tremors, in a way. Completely off the rails to a psychotic degree, but I'll be damned if it isn't hilarious watching as it rolls around in the lunatic fringe.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Same here, and I love both of these movies because they are just so bonkers, and with Maximum Overdrive it does help that AC/DC did the soundtrack, as I'm a huge AC/DC fan!

[@HayTatsuko]

The camp factor in both of those movies is enormous, but having AC/DC as a major player in the soundtrack for this one gives it the edge for me!

[@MrBeardsley]

I unironically love this movie. The VHS box art and blurb on the back scared the crap out of me as a kid whenever I’d see it at stores, but when I finally saw it (I distinctly remember watching it on TBS after an episode of WCW Saturday Night when I was 10 or 11) I realized it was basically just a big dumb action movie. It still entertains me to no end, I probably watch it once every year or so. Also that clip of King’s house brings back a lot of memories, I lived around the corner from it for awhile when I was attending Husson College in the early ‘00s and walked by it regularly.

[@drskelebone]

I remember watching as far as the pumping gas scene, and that was the end for me. Just don't pump any gas for them? Or pump the wrong kind of gas? There are so many better solutions than "help the evil trucks."

[@claudialomeli4048]

Yeah, or compromise, be like "Okay, some of us will stay and give you fuel, but you have to let the rest go". Nope, everybody stays trapped, 'cause reasons.

[@merchantfan]

Seriously- put sugar or water in the fuel tank with the gas and kill the engine or something. At least one person should have tried it

[@sledzeppelin]

I think the waitress should have screamed "we made you!" at them a few more times.

[@XH1927]

Ever seen what happens if you pump gasoline into a diesel truck then try to run it? My Dad's boss at work did that once with a diesel pickup truck and when he started it one of the cylinder heads ended up on the roof of the station. Insurance claims galore that day!

[@wareforcoin5780]

Good luck to all those trucks trying to run off of E85.

[@lopiklop]

This movie actually genuinely terrified me as a kid. I would never look at vending machines the same again.

[@kykylikeitlikeit144]

This NEEDS to be a series. I would totally watch that.

[@TokyoXtreme]

The premise is much more interesting than a zombie drama, and has unlimited potential for unique storytelling.

[@sirjedisentinel]

"King seems to like threatening lawnmowers" Remembers what happens in the book version of Misery. "Yeah, that tracks."

[@Legather]

Had to double check but he wrote The Lawnmower Man which as it turns out is very little like its film adaptation. But yeah, dude digs mowers.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

@@Legather I think that's the movie he actually demanded his name be taken off of because it was SO different from what he wrote it basically wasn't an adaption of his work anymore.

[@richstoehr3247]

@NoctuamSapientia I didn't really get a movie. It just got its title ripped off.

[@annabeinglazy5580]

Well the hedge animals in the shining could have used a threatening lawnmower ...

[@ashh4929]

Well it's between the murderous machinery and bullied/assulted as a child in almost every story... Yeah, cocaine is a hell of a drug. 🤪

[@suedove2416]

19:19 This art piece here is just mesmerizingly beautiful!!! And I agree with what you said too, when I was in more severe stages of my depression I stopped drawing at all, because i didn't have energy for it and couldn't see the point. In the rare moments I did manage to sketch something it were just incoherent scribbles

[@thekameru6058]

Agree. I'd totally have that on my wall.

[@producerevan88]

I'm busy right now, but saw the title and needed to say this: Wasn't Stephen King kind of always off the rails? If not on his own track completely, this whole entire time? 😅 I can't wait to watch this later, your videos are freakin awesome!!!

[@gozerthegozarian9500]

That's what I thought, too! I was like: "Huh? That man was never *on* the darned rails!" Which isn't a knock, mind you...

[@brandonlyon730]

Well these rails in particular were fueled by Cocaine.

[@awnaur0no919]

not rly, until he started usin shoeboxes of coke & drinkin mouthwash in tha early 80s, his novels was essentially modernized/americanized remakes of classic horror concepts & styles- "carrie" is a boomer edgar allen poe gothic revenge story, "salems lot" a boomer "dracula", "tha shining" a boomer haunted inn story in tha vein of shirley jackson, "tha stand" is a boomer LOTR combined wit jack londons "tha scarlet plague" & similar doomsday fiction, etc

[@KomradZX1989]

Your videos are just the best and your channel is CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED. Your quality is always great and as a kid born in 1989 I love looking back at everything you love looking back on. Keep up your hard work, you’re the best!!!

[@jend8759]

This is THE BEST video you’ve done to date. I’m eating while I watch. I should really stop before I choke.

[@quinnlarder8396]

Hi, really love your vids they help a lot actually. When I get depressed or extremely anxious, I find myself always watching your review of Goosebump or Are you Afraid of The Dark episodes. And without fail, they always manage to bring a smile to my face and make the world less overwhelming. Just wanted to thank you for being downright awesome! Also totally would love to see a review of your favorite episode of the X-Files. It was a show used to watch all the time when I was a kid, and I'd love to hear what your fav case from the X-Files is!

[@AlainSTO]

I remember seeing this movie when I was channel surfing with the cable box. It just weirdly pulled me in and I had no idea it was a Stephen King movie.

[@ConvincingPeople]

Y'know, the funny thing is, when it comes to supernatural horror, I actually think it works best when things are explained as little as possible. To use only King's own work as an example, the short story "1408" is probably the most horrifying thing he's ever written, as well as one of his most enigmatic. The problem here, I think, is that the way the story is set up, the threat is too clearly defined to *not* require an explanation. It's also one of his broader, sillier plots, which while entertaining, lacks the gravitas of something like "1408" or The Shining-or even Cujo, which was written at the nadir of his drug addiction and ends on a downer note of Ligottian proportions.

[@kohakuaiko]

'Gray Matter' still gives me nightmares

[@daniellewillis2767]

Loved the ending of Cujo. Only good part of an awful book..

[@peterios325]

At 1:07, the four running give a vague nod to "Stand By Me". Emilio Estevez is wearing a similar outfit to River Phoenix and the lady wearing the red shirt is similar to Wil Wheaton wearing red.

[@carolinemarie4654]

Haven has to be inspired by Bald head island, NC. It’s just south of Wilmington and everyone gets around on golf carts or bikes.

[@wolfstar1253]

“That Time Stephen King Went Off the Rails” Which time?

[@TalliePB]

"I'm losing my rind!" might be my favorite bit you've ever done. I had to pause the video because I laughed so hard.

[@NWolfsson]

"We need to go to this no-motors-allowed island!" *Proceed to go to the island with a motorized boat with the kid that was at some point chased by planes and may have told them that they're also airborne. But sure, you'll be fiiiine!*

[@willlastnameguy8329]

Also, why do guns work?

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

@@willlastnameguy8329 Gun don't have an engine or electricity?

[@willlastnameguy8329]

@@moralityisnotsubjective5 Why did the turret gun on the truck work? That requires a human to pull the trigger. And move the turret.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

@@willlastnameguy8329 Don't expect logic or consistency from a King coked to the gills.

[@devilmikey00]

@@willlastnameguy8329 How did the electric knife "attack" that lady? OK, it's possessed but it's only function is on/off. How did it physically move itself to cut her lol The plot makes more sense if it was aliens and they are invisible and just fucking with people.

[@daniellelearnsstuff]

You've done it again Rose. Glad I spent my Friday night watching this hilarious review!

[@saimorgestern831]

You know, I really adore your King's Quest videos and I'm soooo glad you are applying your wit and talent to movie reviews! You're seriously GREAT at it! Thank you!

[@TheAggroCraig]

I’m only 6 minutes in and I love this review already. You capture the insanity of this movie well. I’m especially laughed hard when you reveal that the man screaming was NOT an edit! 🤣

[@kevinrichards3288]

That motorcyclist sounded like Tarzan when he screamed falling down into the river.

[@VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

I watched the film as a kid and I remember it being very nuts, but a lot of fun in places. The line "this machine called me an asshole!" still cracks me up.

[@spacedinosaur8733]

I've being enjoying Columbo recently, thanks for the great suggestions! Love seeing Leslie Nielson; Patrick McGoohan; and of course our beloved Robert Vaughn (Gelt from the 1980's classic Battle Beyond the Stars). I first saw Maximum Overdrive at a friend's house who was 1. blessed with cable & 2. a stepfather that didn't care what we watched. Though I was not so pleased when the later movie 'Invaders from Mars' was finished.

[@Darxide23]

No matter what anyone says, this will always be one of the greatest movies ever. Like Roses, I was also exposed to a lot of things that I shouldn't have been exposed to at a young age. I have an uncle who's only about 12 years older than I am, so between the ages of 5 and 10 I saw all kinds of crazy stuff. Killer Klowns from Outer Space is probably why I hate clowns 30+ years later, I saw every Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street before I was 12 (the ones that existed before I was 12, anyhow), Critters, Tremors, Piranha. Tons of other slasher, gore, and horror movies from the 80s that I don't know the names of. And lots of nudity. Was it healthy? Who can say. But I love horror and weird stuff like this to this day probably because of it all.

[@sandrafaith]

This. Was. AMAZING. I support you doing more of these. :)

[@PeterPan54167]

I live in Coastal North Carolina and go to Wilmington all the time , I love this movie and ride by a lot of these places ! The bridge is still as it was , so is the area around the gas station . I’m pretty sure I’ve ridden by the baseball fields on my way to Charleston an couple of times , also the roads where the kid was being chased are pretty much the same .

[@thEannoyingE]

The making of this film is kind of amazing. If you watch the trailer, you can see all the coke on screen, just look at his face. I kind of wish the lost gore scenes were discovered. Also, Lisa Simpson screams, a lot. Trivia note, the truck stop set was so realistic, that actual truckers tried to stop there more than once for fuel.

[@VCheesey]

Ok but the scariest part was the "in Wilmington, North Carolina." Had me SHOOK. The stinky stinky place of eastern NC being in a high-profile movie is just unfathomable, and I say that as someone who lives there. Also 2:57 is just normal Wilmington driving tbh

[@CommodoreFan64]

growing up I had some cousins who lived in Wilmington, and we would go up, and see them from time to time, and so when this movie came out on VHS I was like Holly Shit they filmed there in that nothing place?!?!?! Edit: Maximum OverDrive is still one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies of all time, and the AC/DC soundtrack is a big factor in that lol!

[@williamlydon2554]

I did trivia in H.S, so when asked how I knew AC/DC was King’s favorite band, I had to expose others to this film’s existence.

[@theironsheik6322]

Normal Stephen King = Creepy horror with common themes Stephen King on Cocaine = Classic 80's action

[@Firefairy1212]

In 2020, Joe Hill did an interview with Mick Garris where he stated he wanted to direct a remake of Maximum Overdrive where it’s artificial intelligence, as opposed to *hand wave-y comets + aliens*, that causes the machines to turn against humanity. So...basically SKYNET as imagined by a King scion. I’d watch that in a minute lol.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Honestly, with the "Internet-of-Things" that's a borderline plausible scenario. There are already factories running with (dumb/scripted) AI oversight of practically every valve and gasket in the entire workflow. Every vehicle on the road has multiple computers in it. People can play Doom on their refrigerators. You could tell the same story with zero supernatural element at all. Maybe it's evil AI. Or hackers. Or a virus. Or a software bug causing a cascade failure. There's plenty of options.

[@richstoehr3247]

I had genuinely forgotten about all the bonkers stuff that happens in the back half of 'Maximum OD' - I remember the first half or so vividly, but the rest...it's just a fog. As a lifelong King fan, I've only watched this twice and never really feel the need to again - but thanks for bringing it ALL BACK, Roses!

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that there was an interview where King was asked why he doesn't direct his own movie material and his response was "just watch Maximum Overdrive", which is a pretty fair and self-aware reason when you think about it. Also, "turns out Green Goblin is a perv" is accurate when you consider the existence of the Sins Past storyline *shivers*.

[@dentonfilms8446]

Not Sins Past. I can never escape no matter how far I run

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

@@dentonfilms8446 The horror is real, my friend!

[@thestepfordlife2015]

I haven't even watched this yet and you made my day! Thanks Rose!

[@PermaNoob-ol5bl]

ROSES! I’m so glad to see another vid from you 🥰 great content!!

[@Guadalajara1937]

You should definetly do more videos about King! Maybe even talk about his most hated work, that being "Rage".

[@SamanthaBoooooooo]

I like the part in the beginning where the best friend flings herself out the window. It bothered me emotionally but also looked cool- great for setting the tone iirc

[@Guadalajara1937]

​@@SamanthaBoooooooo when was that? I recently read the book and I don't remember it

[@SamanthaBoooooooo]

@@Guadalajara1937 I just realized I confused Rage with Carrie 2: The Rage

[@Talewhipforge]

I would love to see your treatment on Troll 2. It's so bonkers and I'm convinced the more times I watch it it's actually secretly brilliant.

[@michellelee6029]

My favourite Stephen King tv mini series is Rose Red. Part 1 is great but by Part 2 just goes right off the rails, especially the ending 😂

[@inyrui]

I used to watch this on DVD religiously as a kid haha

[@zakurolettuce]

Glad to see you still making vids! More point and click adventure game reviews pls!

[@LQVaughn]

I really liked the editing of this video. Super funny and shots of you talking to the camera were great 👍🏻

[@dylanadams9745]

Characters suffering from the weather elements is also a typical Stephen King trope. It's weird he either makes the threats very realistic or he goes full on fantastical insanity there is no middle ground.

[@bootsthecat6718]

"I'm Stephen king, and I'm going to scare the hell out of you". Not with this movie steven, not with this movie

[@willmistretta]

I've seen less sweaty and bug-eyed WWF promos from the period.

[@nekolalia3389]

I’m not afraid, I’m CONCERNED.

[@jatoarkanen4435]

That accidentaly sounded like David S. Pumpkins.

[@kristinaland]

My husband saw this movie as a kid and loved it so we tried watching it a few months ago and it was just too awful for me to finish and he didn’t even want to finish it 😂 So as a movie that is completely off the rails, I suggest Hudson Hawk. It’s not the usually genre you cover but it is probably the tonally strangest movie I’ve ever seen with performances being total camp. My husband also saw this as a kid but it was so bonkers we finished it as I just had to see how it ended! I’d never heard of it before but I guess it’s infamous.

[@6inTruder]

Hudson Hawk is such beautiful nonsense! Nonsense I have love since I snuck in to see it back in seventh grade. I really need to get a copy on BluRay.

[@willlastnameguy8329]

Omg Hudson Hawk! I forgot about that movie. Awesome suggestion.

[@novelezra]

I saw Hudson Hawk as a kid and forever I will remember the scene where the guy eats spaghetti from a thermos. I cannot tell you why, but that scene lives rent free in my mind. Its all I remember from it.

[@Thkaal]

I cast my vote for Hudson hawk

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, Hudson Hawk has something of a cult following.

[@saishou]

Brilliant presentation throughout the entire video. All the comedic timing is perfect too, got me smiling/chuckling multiple times.

[@Nightco413]

Another azing episode, PushingUpRoses!! Your videos always lift my mood, thank you

[@Legather]

I was half expecting "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" or even "The Mangler", that man has some oddball stories under his belt.

[@incredibleflameboy]

Survivor type is probably the grizzliest but the breathing methodis by far the strangest. I really want to read rage but it's been out of print since before I was born.

[@robertdochter277]

I remember reading an interview with King in Fangoria magazine that they actually had a blood bag attached to the child mannequin that gets run over by the steamroller. Apparently it burst at the right second, splattering the roller with fake blood and chunks. King loved it, but the studio fearing backlash made him use the take we got instead.

[@TheTheninjagummybear]

Of course he loved it 🤢

[@manospondylus]

*reads video title* Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

[@littlemisspsych1218]

I had forgotten this film existed. I don’t know how because I watched it thousands of times while I was at uni! Thanks for reminding me about it!

[@MJubecki1984]

I totally love this Roses. I'd keep watching. You are the best.

[@archerinspace]

This came on tv one day on a saturday, so me, my boyfriend and mom watched it together. The entire time we were laughing at how weird and awful it was, how nothing made sense. I thought it was something like how laserblast tried to follow in the steps of a stephen king-esque plot and failed horribly doing so. I had no idea this was his own doing. I suppose we have to make a few mistakes to learn though.

[@EviltheNub]

I've seen this movie a few times over the years and something just dawned on me. Why weren't the cars affected? They're still driving around like normal, but EVERY other machine is trying to kill them?

[@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro7221]

“There is something wrong with the pacing”. You just described my experience with every single one of King’s books.

[@chadreese9501]

I really appreciate your channel! My journey through has helped me a lot through a tough time!

[@chadreese9501]

The voice of Lisa!? And I’m learning? I really do appreciate the content!

[@mysticindigo]

Maximum Overdrive has a similar weird haphazard feel as Night of the Comet which came out two years earlier. It seems as though the mid eighties was obsessed with comets, zombies or aliens, computers/technology, and being over thrown/replaced/killed. You’ve got They Live, War Games, Christine, Lifeforce, Scanners, The Thing... There were also countless miniseries and movies of the week (remember when they used to do those?) Stephen King wasn’t the only coked up man making ridiculous movies.

[@ScottyCaster]

"I'm losing my rind" had me in stitches

[@broceollomon]

I'd love to see you breakdown Wake in Fright. It's an Australian semi-thriller about a school teacher that becomes tangled in the ridiculous lives of the people in an outback town during Christmas break and does not have a good time. It's wild and goes places. It's a commentary on how we have to fight against our animalistic nature for the betterment of society. Definitely worth watching once.

[@ChrisLeeW00]

I always found this movie to be hilarious. It's meant to be funny, right? Edit: it could be that I view it as a satire movie, it really changes the perspective.

[@danielhodges297]

I’m glad we finally get to see you during your videos

[@tommyg8146]

This video made me laugh out loud so much, omg! Thanks Pushing Up Roses, your videos are like a nice hug from a friend or reading a cozy murder mystery on a snowy day, love it! :)

[@FVanth]

I only ever saw the pop machine scene to this and I kept on wondering what movie it was I wanted to go back and finally figure out what was going on; I always had assumed it was supposed to be a overdramatic take on what might happen when Hailey's Comet returned. Thank you for solving that mystery for me.

[@dylanmahaffey8920]

The only time I've ever seen this movie was at 3am. The perfect time to watch it.

[@gustavohernandeza.890]

17:13 That was... awesome acting right there.

[@cheezdoodle96]

Just wanted to say that I'm absolutely loving all these television and film vids you're doing, Roses! They've become a staple every time I build a LEGO set (though all your vids make for good LEGO-listening). Whenever I get a new set I'll sit down late in the evening, light some candles, put on one of your vids and then build a bag. Truly wonderful stuff, and the atmosphere you manage to create, no matter the mood of the video, is truly superb! The editing in this was especially on point! Loved the reaction at 7:17 and the Animal Crossing bits, Bubba! P.S. What's the name of the music used at 8:11? You've used it a lot in your videos, and I always love the atmosphere it creates. There's something about it I'm not sure I'm quite able describe. Something nostalgic, like it reminds me of being a kid and watching Goosebumps at my friend's ('cause we only had three channels) then having to walk through the bushes and our common neighbour's lawn in the dark to get home, or sitting outside in the summer and telling ghost stories. It reminds me of childhood horror, I suppose. Whatever it is, I truly love the atmosphere of it all. I've looked at Kevin McLeod's site, but have been unable to find it. Figured I should finally just ask, after wondering for so long. P.P.S. Basket both looks and sound completely adorable!

[@andregarcia2134]

Holy cow I love the second painting you shared. I paused for a while just to absorb the patterns.