Maximum Overdrive. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1987 book, Trucks
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Trucks
Stephen King, 1987
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Stephen King, 1986

As the Earth crosses the tail of a comet, previously inanimate machines suddenly spring to life; an ATM insults a customer and a bascule bridge rises during heavy traffic, causing all vehicles upon the bridge to fall into the river or collide. At the Dixie Boy Truck Stop just outside Wilmington, North Carolina, employee Duncan Keller is blinded after a gas dispenser sprays diesel in his eyes.


Offspring. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1991 book
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Offspring
Jack Ketchum, 1991
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Andrew van den Houten, 2009

Can an unsuspecting family and their innocent baby girl survive against a clan of cannibalistic savages, which have plagued the North-east Coast since 1858, amidst grisly murders and child abductions?