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Folks it is now one hour until the weekly monster movie watch party. That's a couple thousand toots comin' at you, so if you want to avoid it, now's a good time to set up a filter.

If you'd like to join in, this week we're watching MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986), Stephen King's one and only turn as a movie director and hoooo boy is there a reason for that. Should be a blast :D

The flick is free on Tubi over here: tubitv.com/movies/100010458/ma

Or you can download in advance from Archive.org over here: archive.org/details/maximum.-o

Just hit play at the top of the hour and toot along! See you there :D

tubitv.comTubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

Roughly ten minutes remain on the ol' countdown. Best get your snack lined up and your movie cued up if you're fixin' to join. Or get your filter up if you're not.

Either way, godspeed and good luck.

🚚 TURN DOWN YOUR BRIGHTS 🚚

(where applicable)

...Jesus Studio Canal, save some pomp and circumstance for the *movie*

A film by STEPHEN KING

...for whatever that's worth

Estimation by Data, thanks a bunch. No miliseconds?

Oh hey, Uneeda Medical Supply East.

"Do you know how to play this game?"

Too busy excavating the canal there >_>;

Music by AC/DC, whose instruments will strangle them at the climax of the film.

...Okay at that point why would you get back in the truck?

Yeah, I think the cars might have the right of this, these drivers are idiots.

Yeah that goblin head is *definitely* not road legal.

Aw you broke the yolk :/

...Yeah, how DOES Pong kill a man?

Oh yeah, look DIRECTLY DOWN THE BARREL there we go

Welp, gotta put the electric knife down now. Stand back. So long Ol' Yeller.

He died as he lived, twitchy.

Aaand the soda hits him in the dick causing a massive blood explosio- I WAS JOKING

Wait, so the bicycles aren't alive? How complex does a machine have to be before it comes to life?

HOLY SHIT jack chick tracts in the car D: D: D:

"I took you thirty feet, I expect some poon!"

C'MOOON Megaweapon! Flatten the evangelical!

Nice to see the actual protagonist has joined the film, I hope she kicks that guy's ass.

This film is just people arriving at the truck stop for an hour and a half.

My god, there's red corn syrup strewn all OVER this place!

That clock harbors deep hatred towards humanity.

Dude's about to get murdered by Mater.

"Are you dead?"

Yes honey, I'm dead.

Aaaaand then their car runs them both over.

...Does it see through the rear-view mirrors, then?

"You ever see that much nothing?"

We're watching this film, aren't we?

Sprinklers like AAAAAAAAAARGH I WILL *KILL YOU HUMAN CHILD* sprinkle sprinkle sprinkle

So the guy strangled by their walkman... Is the cord prehensile?

I do like the idea of a homicidal ice cream truck, though. The hunter has become the hunted :D

Oh someone's getting punched.

"Look out!"

Dude we just had a ten minute scene about why he CAN'T DO THAT.

So real quick, the appliance immediately to your left is the one that kills you. How do you die?

Me I get brained by a controller.

He ran over *the Bible!* The disrespect!

Capitalist boy over there trying to figure out how to charge the sentient trucks rent 9_9

"Where are they going, Curtis?"

Why the ancient Lost Trucker Burial Grounds, of course!

So we all agree the newlyweds' car hasn't turned on them because it's their third, right?

...And the truck spontaneously bursts into flame. Okay sure, why not.

"We can call the police-"

Chief it's gone a leeeeeettle beyond the boys in blue here.

WHO GAVE PAPA SMURF THE FUCKING ROCKET LAUNCHER???

He's fine, it's a head wound. Literally his least essential part.

AND WE HAVE A TITLE DROP

"If I put my arm around you, would you stick me with that thing?"

I mean, if that's what you're into, sure.

@CactuarJoe I'm the Sneklight, I go around around around

@CactuarJoe they got me the "something that oscillates" bingo square, though!!!

@CactuarJoe "He can't hear us! He has his AirPods in!"

@CactuarJoe the nicotine vape pen; it's playing the long game.

@CactuarJoe sucker punched ignominiously by a 1900W high excursion subwoofer

@CactuarJoe *looks to the left*

“Hydrant Pump? Well, I’m drowning.”

(Sitting outside at work on lunch break for context)

@CactuarJoe a portable Bluetooth speaker will be the end of me

@CactuarJoe stares wide-eyed at Hitachi Magic Wand

@nev The only honorable way to go 🫡

@CactuarJoe my PS3 gave ME the yellow light of death

@CactuarJoe hmmm

outside there's the ac compressor, i guess that's the best i got