Playing through Wednesday at the Clinton St. Theater is a doubleheader of historic proportions.

First up in the Maximum Car-Nage bill, at 7pm, is Maximum Overdrive, the one and only movie directed by Stephen King. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and I think it’s held up through the years, becoming more and more timely as technology progresses. It’s like Stephen King invented a time machine, traveled to 2007, wrote this film, and then traveled back to 1986 just to blow some motherfucking minds with his tale of machines come to life—with DEADLY results!

If you’re not frightened after that, you better check your pulse. Fun fact! On June 19, 1999, while out for a walk, King was struck by a speeding Freightliner with a giant green goblin on the front of it.

Next up, at 9pm, is Vanishing Point, about a guy who drives really fast in a supercharged Dodge Challenger. Don’t fuck with Kowalski.