Maximum overdrive

The Premise: Earth Passes Through Rhea-MThe Rogue Comet: Earth spends eight days passing through the tail of a mysterious comet named Rhea-M.The Machine Awakening: The comet radiation causes every inanimate electrical and mechanical object on Earth to come alive with a desire to kill humans.The Director's State: Stephen King later admitted he was high on cocaine during the entire chaotic shoot, which resulted in an over-the-top, aggressive tone.Early Signs of the UprisingMinor Inconveniences Turn Deadly: At first, machines act out in confusing ways, such as an ATM calling a man an asshole and an electric knife cutting a cook's hand.Infrastructure Failure: Drawbridges open on their own to dump cars into rivers, arcade games shock players, and lawnmowers chase people across yards.The Soda Machine Attack: Violence escalates when a Coca-Cola soda machine at a little league game starts firing heavy aluminum cans like bullets.