However, there has also been one in particular that was a total catastrophe.

While scraping by to turn a slight profit,Firestarterwas immediately admonished as a critical failure.

The darkly comical sci-fi horror follows a band of battling survivors as everyday machines become homicidal.

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The film was universally admonished by critics and became a box office flop even with its measly budget.

Perhaps because of this,Maximum Overdrivehas become something of a so-bad-its-good cult classic over the years.

However, unbeknownst to the youth, the car is possessed by a murderous entity.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards in The Running Man

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A man screams at a demon.

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Charlie standing in a flaming house in ‘Firestarter’ (1984)

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Arnie tends to Christine in John Carpenter’s ‘Christine’

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