Trucks
A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. The remaining townsfolk must band together and come up with a way to murder the inanimate objects, a seemingly difficult task considering the abnormal circumstances.
Why it matters
Trucks (1997) delivers a quirky, practical-effect-fueled riff on vehicle horror that leans into the absurdity of killer machines coming to life.
- A rare late-’90s TV horror that embraces practical effects and physical stunts over CGI shortcuts.
- Fans of mechanical menace and eco-horror vibes will find a cult curiosity lurking beneath the B-movie surface.
- The small-town standoff setup taps into that classic 1970s paranoia about technology turning hostile (think Duel meets The Wicker Man’s isolation).
- It’s rough around the edges, with some pacing issues, but its sincere commitment to vehicular carnage rewards patient viewers who dig offbeat creature features.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
57
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
14
Supernatural
0
Creature
36
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
67
Cerebral
14
Survival
66
