Original sentence: At the end of the movie, a perfunctory title card strongly implies extraterrestrials were behind the homicidal machines as part of a preliminary invasion.King himself described the film as a "moron movie" and stated his intention to never direct again soon after.Maximum Overdrive is Stephen King's first and only directorial effort, though over a hundred films have been based on King's novels.The film contained black humor elements and a general trashy and camp, which contrasts with King's predominantly sombre literature.The machines are stopped and the invasion ends with the destruction of a UFO by a Soviet "weather satellite" equipped with nuclear missiles.When the trucks begin demanding more than blood (they order the humans to pump diesel), the Dixie Boy survivors realize they will become enslaved by their own machines, and they must escape to Haven Island just off the coast of North Carolina, on which no vehicles or machines were permitted
Edited sentence: A large number of King's fanbase were disappointed with the black humor elements of Maximum Overdrive, and what some felt to be a general trashy and camp style unbefitting of King's intelligent and sombre literature.At the end of the movie, a perfunctory title card strongly implies extraterrestials were behind the homicidal machines as part of a preliminary invasion.King himself described the film as a "moron movie", and stated his intention to never direct again soon after.Maximum Overdrive is Stephen King's first and only directorial effort.Over a hundred films have been based on King's novels; however to date Maximum Overdrive remains the only film to have ever been directed by King himself.The machines are stopped and the invasion ends with the destruction of a UFO by a Soviet "weather satellite" equipped with nuclear missles.When the trucks begin demanding more than blood (they order the humans to pump diesel), the Dixie Boy survivors realise they will become enslaved by their own machines, and they must escape to Haven Island just off the coast of North Carolina, on which no vehicles or machines were permitted