Movies like Maximum Overdrive

This adaptation of another Stephen King novel also features a sentient, malevolent vehicle - this time a classic Plymouth Fury. Fans of Maximum Overdrive will appreciate the shared theme of inanimate machines coming to life with deadly intent.

Though not about inanimate objects coming to life, Joy Ride shares the terror on the road as a prank on a trucker turns into a nightmare for two brothers, making it a thrill for those who enjoy the highway horror aspect of Maximum Overdrive.

This intense psychological thriller involves a driver picking up a hitchhiker, who turns out to be a serial killer. While it differs in premise from Maximum Overdrive, the highway setting and the peril of being pursued by an unstoppable force will resonate with fans of road terror.

Horror-thriller enthusiasts who got a kick out of Maximum Overdrive's vehicular mayhem will find more to love in The Car, which features a mysterious black sedan terrorizing a small town with no one at the wheel.

Fans of inanimate objects turning evil will be drawn to The Mangler, in which a laundry-folding machine becomes possessed by a demon and starts to wreak havoc with a thirst for blood, echoing the possessed machines theme in Maximum Overdrive.