There was one scene in the lawnmower man that was from the short story: he telepathically sends the lawnmower to murder the abusive father living next door. In the short story it wasn't telepathy, but there was a death-by- lawnmower.
I actually couldn't get through the book Dreamcatcher. The first ~150 pages are solid, but then it just really begins to suck (right after the part where Jonesy faces off with the alien). The movie tried hard...but it was a fucked up story that should have never been adapted.
And I think you and I share the same opinion of Maximum Overdrive. Best/worst "guilty pleasure" movie. Astonishingly bad on every level, and yet oddly re- watchable.
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