MonsterVision Season 4, Episode 54: Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

A group of people tries to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

121 min

The Seventh Sign (1988)

Abby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams in which she miscarries. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she releases a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.

The Silencers (1996)

Special Agent Rafferty is thrown into a maelstrom of action and intrigue when he identifies a mysterious alien race who are on a mission to invade Earth.

117 min

Dolores Claiborne (1995)

A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.

152 min

The Kiss (1988)

After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.

123 min

Phantasm II (1988)

Mike, after his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with his old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does.

112 min

The Guyver (1991)

A young man discovers a mechanical device that merges with his own body, turning him into a cyborg superhero. When strange creatures start appearing, trying to take the device back, he begins to uncover a secret plot to genetically engineer terrifying monsters.

109 min

Poltergeist (1982)

A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

132 min

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

112 min

Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

Two scientists who are hopeless with the opposite sex experiment with a substance that makes them irresistible to anyone who hears them speak.

152 min

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

An anthropologist goes to Haiti to research a drug that makes someone appear dead by suspending all vital signs.

115 min

Look Who's Talking Too (1990)

This time, a new baby is on the way, and it's a girl. Wrapped together with the standard conflict between mother and father, Mikey engages in a bit of sibling rivalry with his new sister.

95 min

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised. Joe Bob's Summer School: Pop Culture 201

176 min

Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. Part of Joe Bob's Summer School: Pop Culture 201

111 min

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

A powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.

179 min

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.

120 min

Hot Shots! (1991)

A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.

105 min

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.

133 min

The Great Outdoors (1988)

A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in.

121 min

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

The Griswold's win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues. (Part of Joe Bob's Summer School: Geography 207)

126 min

Dragnet (1987)

The equally strait-laced and "by-the-book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.

The Devil's Rain (1975)

A satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.

Somewhere in Time (1980)

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.

The Fear (1995)

A group of college seniors spending a weekend at a cottage for a psychological experiment called "fear therapy" find a human-sized wooden figure called Morty, which triggers everyone's deepest and darkest secrets and emotions.

Child's Play 2 (1990)

While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.

95 min

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

112 min

The American President (1995)

A widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception," and sparks fly anyway.

123 min

Look Who's Talking Now (1993)

The dogs can talk at a family of 4, where mom loses her job the same day dad gets a job as pilot for a cute, single boss.

109 min

Twins (1988)

A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.

202 min

Rocky IV (1985)

Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.

108 min