Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.
- man vs machine
- gas station
- roadhouse
- dark comedy
- siege
- lorry
- comet
- automation
- truck
- arcade
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- John Short — Curt
- Ellen McElduff — Wanda June
- J.C. Quinn — Duncan
- Christopher Murney — Camp Loman
- Holter Graham — Deke
- Frankie Faison — Handy
- Pat Miller — Joe
- Jack Canon — Max
- Barry Bell — Steve
- John Brasington — Frank
- J. Don Ferguson — Andy
- Directed
- Stephen King
- Written
- Stephen King
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 890 ratings
- Studio
- DEG
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
