One day, in a small town in Nevada, trucks become sentient beings wishing to kill or enslave all the squishy meatbags. Somehow, the trucks are able to control every part of themselves, and rampage around a small truckstop. After killing several members of the cast, the trucks make it obvious what they want. To be fed by the gas station owner.
"
Trucks" is a
Stephen King short story from the anthology
Night Shift that was later adapted into a made-for-tv movie by the same name. The story had previously been made into a much more loosely adapted movie, ironically directed by King himself, called
Maximum Overdrive.
This story/movie contains examples of:
- Adaptation Expansion: A decent amount is added to the short story, while staying most faithful to it.
- Attack of the Killer Whatever:Trucks
- Big Blackout
- Truck Fu
- Truck Meets House: Eventually all the buildings on the main set are destroyed.
- Drives Like Crazy: Everyone assumes this until they finally figure out no one's driving.
- Downer Ending: In the book, not only do the trucks emerge victorious, but the story goes out of it's way to crush every single possibility of a happy ending for the humans.
- Homicide Machines
- Instant A.I., Just Add Water: Maybe with a bit more magic than most.
- Killer Rabbit: The toy dumptruck. Tonka Tough indeed.
- Magic Meteor: A possible cause.
- Missing Mom: The main character moved to where the movie takes place to protect his son after his wife dies. Whoops.
- Machine Monotone
- No Name Given: Most of the characters in the book, though some versions give the narrator's name as David Murray.
- Not My Driver
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog: After spending the whole story trying to survive and figure out a resistance strategy, it ends with the humans giving in to the trucks' demands, imagining a future dystopia where the earth is completely covered in pavement and humans exist as slaves to maintain and fuel the trucks.
- Slap-Slap-Kiss: The Yeagers. The wife complains non-stop about the cheapness of their vacation up until it becomes clear they're in a horror movie, but she seems happy to jump in bed with her husband while still complaining.
- Too Dumb to Live: Trucker Bob is fanatically obsessed with "getting his truck back" despite it being obvious that it doesn't want to be driven.
- Vehicular Assault
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