Anyone remember a movie from 1971 called "Duel?" It starred Dennis Weaver as a traveling salesman, who while driving on a business trip, ends up being chased by a semi-truck which the driver of cannot be seen? The truck is always showing up behind him, trying to kill him, no matter what he does to try and lose it. It was Steven Spielberg's directorial debut.
Yes, that movie and this movie both masterpiece but "Duel" was more entertaining. Only one mistake in Duel and that was by showing a human arm indicating to overtake.
1974, I would love to go back if only for just a little while, I would hold my parents so tight. And just tell them over and over how much I love them.
This movie does the impossible and not only makes an evil bulldozer NOT stupid, but also makes it a rather intimidating threat. Its smart, its toying with you, and it knows you cant stop it. Its the big kid in the sandbox and you have nowhere to run. I friggin LOVE how well they did this film!
Yeah, the overall plot is dumb. It’s silly, but the way it’s handled here is quite serious. What the movie has going for it though, is everything else. All the dialogue feels real, this feels like an actual operation to build an base camp for oil drilling. It feels industrial. The slow soundtrack reflects such. The bulldozer is also frightening. Not what is does, in that case it’s a little pathetic, but the fact that it’s less of a The Car and more of a Christine-KITT hybrid. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, it has contingencies, it counter-attacks, it’s something that, if possessed the right thing, would be a real threat.
When I was a kid, I couldn't even come across a damn bulldozer without freaking out because of this movie. Now that I watch as an adult I find it quite hilarious.
My Dad drove a D8 Cat when I was a kid. So when this movie came on tv I was so excited. I remember he rolled his eyes and shook his head pretty much all the way through it. A real classic! LOL.
He shaking? Shaking his head? Ur dad was scared too! Scared as fu@k! I’m still scared of dozers! Terrified to be honest. Did you dad stop driving he D-8, after this movie? I was to panicked to even travel in a car again! Especially yellow ones then none at all!
I remember watching this on tv in the 80s and talking about it with a few pals at junior school the following Monday, we had all loved it. Yeah old Killdozer was slow, but sneaky too. It’s like one of those dreams where you’re trying to run away from danger but your legs are just numb.
Yeah, unlike The Car and such, it’s more of a hybrid of KITT and Christine. I say hybrid because Christine is vengeful, KITT isn’t even evil. The dozer isn’t either of those things. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, makes contingencies, you can almost tell what it’s thinking. If it were to possess something faster like one of the jeeps, it would be a real threat.
I had a dream recently I was trapped in a huge pile of broken mirror glass shards.. it was all in my skin packed together , so much my skin could not be seen, I was trying to crawl out and scream for help. I couldn't move ,couldn't breath , I remember becoming fucking furious because I could not get out or make enough noise to get help!!! I woke up , still unable to move or breathe and the transition to being awake was so damn slow it was as if I was still paralyzed. I think it was a case of sleep paralysis , it happens more and more often in different ways.
I remember watching this on TV in the 70's after coming in from playing outside in one of the biggest snow drifts I've experienced in my life, when I was about 10 years old. Never forget that time and never forgot that movie. Thank you very much for posting this, brings back a lot of memories.
I am originally from Cleveland and I remember the exact same thing. Playing in a huge snow drift until it was pitch dark and it was time to come inside. After warming up, this movie was on "The Movie of The Week". Great memories...
That Clint Walker sure was a good looking man, then and when he got older--aged like a fine wine. I don't remember seeing this when it came out, and for years I thought it was about the guy that got mad at his town council, and took it out on them using an old bulldozer that he welded steel plates to, turning it into a tank. LOL, boy was I wrong! Plus, not sure if this movie falls into the category of sci-fi or horror. Not Academy Award material, but a good enough movie to hold your attention. Thanks for posting it.
Yeah I remember dual I remember this killdozer when I was a kid in the seventies I had a nightmare that I was killed by a bulldozer how cool thanks for bringing this back2life awesome guys
This movie is awesome! I remember watching it back when we had only three channels, and TV went off air with the national anthem. I saw this as one of the late features on what they called, The Night Owl.
Gander Stein I often wondered why Clint Walker never became bigger than John Wayne in the 70s, but I guess fighting killer bullbozers, snowbeasts and werewolves doomed him.
Yeah....I remember those good old days too....In fact, I remember the good old days of radio only .... sigh The country was a better place to live in then ... today it is a psychotic and chaotic circus
better then to day where you see a film full of cheesey 2022 sound effects, endless boring idiotic talking and occasionally an action scene where people slowly get chased and die.
Me too. I saw it day/night one. I was only 8 and a serous Horror movies fan. I remember yelling at the tv...."Use electricity to kill it!!!!"...,😂 Horror movies back then hardly ever let the good guy win.
I read the book that this movie is based on back when I was a kid. Maybe I was in the fifth grade. It's called "Killdozer!", and is included in a collection of stories called "The Golden Age of Science Fiction." This movie leaves a lot of the story out, like the foreword describing the ancient civilization that went to war with the very same entity that infested and took over the D7. Described it as some kind of electromagnetic entity that had the ability to control simple machinery. And how it, and other entities like it, were responsible for the destruction of the pre-flood civilization. One of the energy beings had been imprisoned inside of a structure made of an odd black stone, which happens to be on the island where these poor bastards are working. They accidentally dig it up and set the thing loose, and... well... things get ugly. I think the book is actually set in the time of World War II, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on some remote island. These guys are contractors that are building an Airfield for the Navy or something. Also, the crazy guy becomes a sycophantic little follower of the killdozer. And the Dozer actually had a name. Daisy Etta, as I recall. The author also described a couple other pieces of equipment. Something called a "dumptor," kind of a fast off road dump truck. The Ambush scene is almost like it is in the book. If my memory serves me correctly, the Dozer was parked up on the side of a steep hill and just allowed itself to roll forward in neutral. It wasn't even running. The portrayal of the D7 is kind of ridiculous. That Dozer is a whole hell of a lot faster than in this movie. Travel track speed one of those things is about 12 miles an hour, more than fast enough to catch a man on foot. Definitely another example of the book being far better than the movie. This is still a pretty cool movie though.
The invisable operator was in the box built behind the seat. Nothing on a Cat there but a fuel tank and they probably used a smaller tank and packed a small operator in there. What a deal.
This is a classic TV movie Remember watching this on ITV in the 1980s. With great suspense and tension. With the great CLINT WALKER who would also star in the Great TV movie SNOWBEAST. Lots of these TV movies from the 1970s tend to be more entertaining than the big budget films of that period.
thats what is werid about this movie he just wanted to go back to work, business as usual as if nothing happened. then of course the bulldozor is running around and they aer in their tents sleeping without anyone staying watch, another guy dies and it is business as usual. I would be like send the police at the first death, that way they can see the dozor in motion without a operator too. and hear the funny buzzing too. now how would you explain this after th ething is dead? something tells me if they had continued the movie they are trying ti explain this thing they would end up in eternal mental insitution for the rest of their life.
@@joespitler3929 off the coast of Africa with a supply boat their only hope or means of contact after the radio was squished. That was the whole point. The army could've been called in if it was anywhere near civilisation.
Fun fact, maximum overdrive was filmed not even 45 minutes away from my house, in Wilmington North Carolina. According to google maps Wilmington is 38 minutes away from my house.
omg...I LOVE these 70's films...and yes, the quality was damn good for the age of the film and the best part, NO annoying ads every 4 seconds popping up! Thanks so much for the upload!
Saw this movie when I was like 3 years old. Had a nightmare that I was chased by the thing and I could not escape. After I told my grandpa, he put me in the bucket of his tractor, and kept dumping me out on the wood shaving pile, then scooping me back up again. Freaked me the hell out, and still loving every minute of the memory. You can't buy that kind of upbringing nowadays. ^_^ Thanks Grandpa!
I always remembered this from being a kid. All I could recall was a blue light and possessed vehicles. No idea what it was called , I was only about 5 or 6 when I saw it. Thanks for uploading this vague childhood memory.
I remember around 1976, this movie was announced it was going to be shown on one of the 3 TV channels we got, and I begged my parents to let me watch it, and they did (Dad usually had control of the TV). But watching it now, well, my Dad is gone, so I can't apologize to him for putting him through this cinema hell, but I will see my Mother for Christmas. She must have been traumatized for all these years, and held it in. hehehehe
I think this was the starter movie for the Killer car ( come alive edition) then came Christine, maximum overdrive, wheels of terror, the car and more!
Remember watching this on its premiere night when I was 10 years old. What I didn't realize is that this was written by Theodore Sturgeon based on one of his novellas. Sturgeon was one of the greats of science fiction in those days and he wrote the key Star Trek episode which brought mysterious Vulcan culture to life: Amok Time.
When this came out, there was a guy in our neighborhood who started keeping a bulldozer like this one on the vacant lot. Whenever it got dark, us kids refused to take that street home. For kicks, we would psych each other out by saying we heard it hum or we heard it start up! Fun times !!
Has some funny parts.Nobody ever made a generator with an open knife switch or a diesel that would cold start instantly.And nobody could beat that genius suggestion at the end....Let's fake a landslide !! With everything destroyed and strewn across the island?? Not sure what they were getting ready to drill for but wouldn't they drill first and then build roads if they find something of value????
This movie haunted my dreams as a 13-year-old, but rewatching it now for a nostalgia, a realize that pretty much NOTHING HAPPENS! Just lots of close-ups of worried guys' faces.
Saw this when I was 12 years old and it scared the HELL out of me. I had nightmares for weeks about that poor slob being crushed in that culvert tube. It's laughable now, but back then...Thanks for the upload and the great memories.
YES!!! : D I looked for this movie FOREVER, but I couldn't find it anywhere! THANKS a million for posting this! : D It's an all time classic! *thumbs up*
This is a science fiction made for TV movie. The other incident was a real life incident involving someone who had gotten pushed to their breaking point. Outside of involving a bulldozer, neither situation is related. Sorry CZcams
There is something so unique about the way all these movies started during that era with the opening credits. It was so ambient, organic, silent and it had a certain darkness to it!!!!
I absolutely remember watching this on tv back in 1974. Was the ripe old age of 8 years old . I'd turn 9 that October. Weird how I remember this movie all these years later
Richard Hyde hey do you remember the Andy Griffith movie where be builds a homemade spaceship and goes to the moon? would have come out late seventies early eighties I'm guessing.
Being Clint was a personal friend of mine he was around 40 something he was born in 1927 rest. In being a close friend thanks for listening you rest in peace Norman I'll see you farther down the road Albert wood your brother in Christ
I can't believe this has been put on youtube! About 27 years ago I saw this and I had nightmares for weeks.. (I was 7).. Never forgot it and had an odd phobia of construction vehicles since. Was just telling my other half and googled it for ages to get the name and came here... Awesome upload.
I can tell you that I HATE the concept of self-driving automobiles, and anything that operates by itself for that matter. But THIS! THIS is something I want in my collection!
This movie was pretty good..The scenes where the driverless dozer shifts the gears by itself is good, but the scenes where the blade is raised and you can't see the guy operating it could have been better. Always wondered how it refueled itself. Better not to think about these things when you're watching a movie like this.
Saw this as a snot-nosed kid of sixteen on tv and I haven't seen it since. Loved the story and loved the movie then. What star power, famous tv faces here: Carl Betz, Clint Walker, Neville Brand, Robert Ulrich, and more.
I saw this show on Project Terror years ago. I forgot most of it, and I thought they were going to dig a big hole to make it fall in. Great movie. Thanks for sharing.
Anyone remember a movie from 1971 called "Duel?" It starred Dennis Weaver as a traveling salesman, who while driving on a business trip, ends up being chased by a semi-truck which the driver of cannot be seen? The truck is always showing up behind him, trying to kill him, no matter what he does to try and lose it. It was Steven Spielberg's directorial debut.
Another 70s classic
Yes, that movie and this movie both masterpiece but "Duel" was more entertaining. Only one mistake in Duel and that was by showing a human arm indicating to overtake.
Maximum Overdrive from 1987?was based on the same principle,and maybe it was Steven Spielberg as well.Maybe Steven King.
Duel was a classic...unlike this film😆
Spielberg’s ist film think it was really scary but it frustrated me after a while as I wanted to eventually SEE THE FACE OF THE DRIVER
Imagine the directors of this movie finding out they inspired a guy to create his own "killdozer"
this movie has nothing to do with the guy that created his killdozer
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1974, I would love to go back if only for just a little while, I would hold my parents so tight. And just tell them over and over how much I love them.
Ye big WUSS.
That sounds like a poster youd see on Facebook.
So would I.
Me too. I saw this movie when it first came out on the TV. I was only 8 then and probably shouldn't have been watching it...lol
I'd go back to 1974 and be your Dad...and pull out before I came.
I would n't my dad had very little time for me, plenty of time for my older brother!
This movie scared me as a kid, I went on to become a engineer, specializing in control systems, modelling hydraulic systems etc.
This movie does the impossible and not only makes an evil bulldozer NOT stupid, but also makes it a rather intimidating threat. Its smart, its toying with you, and it knows you cant stop it. Its the big kid in the sandbox and you have nowhere to run. I friggin LOVE how well they did this film!
Movie was stupid wasn't it lol 😆 😂
Yeah, the overall plot is dumb. It’s silly, but the way it’s handled here is quite serious.
What the movie has going for it though, is everything else.
All the dialogue feels real, this feels like an actual operation to build an base camp for oil drilling. It feels industrial. The slow soundtrack reflects such.
The bulldozer is also frightening. Not what is does, in that case it’s a little pathetic, but the fact that it’s less of a The Car and more of a Christine-KITT hybrid. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, it has contingencies, it counter-attacks, it’s something that, if possessed the right thing, would be a real threat.
You should definitely read the story it's based on. The film does a decent job but Daisy Etta is much more terrifying in the written version.
Just go to the ocean what him will do build a road lol
@@davidboozer6361 Horribly cheeeeeeezy, but still good stuff.
When I was a kid, I couldn't even come across a damn bulldozer without freaking out because of this movie. Now that I watch as an adult I find it quite hilarious.
Heize Hii 🌹🌹
Judging by your picture, your parents weren't even born when this movie came out
Cuz u got no cojones.
@@harrisn3693 what "cojones" can a 5 year old girl have? fucking weirdo
Because your mind has narrowed with the passage of time.
With a name like Killdozer you know it's got to be good.
Yes!
Good and also pretty cheezy
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mst3k must've lambasted this one by now..
until then, i'm gonna riff on this trax!
and i like Body!
it's just not fair..
oh man 15 minutes into this trax and it's so easy to riff on!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My Dad drove a D8 Cat when I was a kid. So when this movie came on tv I was so excited. I remember he rolled his eyes and shook his head pretty much all the way through it. A real classic! LOL.
Comet about killer trucks lawnmowers Stephen King movie music from ACDC Emilio Estevez played in it.
Hahaha!
He shaking? Shaking his head? Ur dad was scared too! Scared as fu@k! I’m still scared of dozers! Terrified to be honest. Did you dad stop driving he D-8, after this movie? I was to panicked to even travel in a car again! Especially yellow ones then none at all!
I'm not sure what's worse. A killer bulldozer, or an idiot thats too stupid to move when a bulldozer is charging him at a total of 5 mph
***** As Luther said" I can't control the birds who fly over my head but I can control the ones who nest in my hair" I would think its the drunk.
The forklifts at my job are possessed
Wild n the young
What do they do ?
Ha Ha Hardy hard hard
Or a clown pretending not to like it to look mysterious.
Christine and Killdozer are a match made in mechanical heaven.
Bah if you remember christine had hard times with a bulldozer in the end.
Nah, Chistine is going steady with Herbie.
mark aaron Yeah some could say both had a spiritual character some might say.
Henry Ly But The Dozer From Maximum Overdrive Should Be This One's Twin.
Destructive, And Killers.
throw the CAR in there too
I was 11 years when this came out. Never seen it until I was in my 50s, this is my 2nd time. Really like the movie. Thank you for sharing.
I remember watching this on tv in the 80s and talking about it with a few pals at junior school the following Monday, we had all loved it. Yeah old Killdozer was slow, but sneaky too. It’s like one of those dreams where you’re trying to run away from danger but your legs are just numb.
Yeah, unlike The Car and such, it’s more of a hybrid of KITT and Christine. I say hybrid because Christine is vengeful, KITT isn’t even evil. The dozer isn’t either of those things. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, makes contingencies, you can almost tell what it’s thinking.
If it were to possess something faster like one of the jeeps, it would be a real threat.
I had a dream recently I was trapped in a huge pile of broken mirror glass shards.. it was all in my skin packed together , so much my skin could not be seen, I was trying to crawl out and scream for help. I couldn't move ,couldn't breath , I remember becoming fucking furious because I could not get out or make enough noise to get help!!! I woke up , still unable to move or breathe and the transition to being awake was so damn slow it was as if I was still paralyzed. I think it was a case of sleep paralysis , it happens more and more often in different ways.
I remember watching this on TV in the 70's after coming in from playing outside in one of the biggest snow drifts I've experienced in my life, when I was about 10 years old. Never forget that time and never forgot that movie. Thank you very much for posting this, brings back a lot of memories.
I am originally from Cleveland and I remember the exact same thing. Playing in a huge snow drift until it was pitch dark and it was time to come inside. After warming up, this movie was on "The Movie of The Week". Great memories...
I'm guessing The Blizzard of '78?
@@eventsotherthingswithchris9019 Your probably right, I was born in 68.
Crazy wasn't it
I was in Dien Bien Phu in 54.
(Oh wait.! sorry, my mistake. Different movie)
Awesome movie....after about 50 years since this movie was made....now we have a self driving car.....Thanks for sharing
Finally found it..watched around 1981 & try to find it..
That Clint Walker sure was a good looking man, then and when he got older--aged like a fine wine. I don't remember seeing this when it came out, and for years I thought it was about the guy that got mad at his town council, and took it out on them using an old bulldozer that he welded steel plates to, turning it into a tank. LOL, boy was I wrong! Plus, not sure if this movie falls into the category of sci-fi or horror. Not Academy Award material, but a good enough movie to hold your attention. Thanks for posting it.
R.I.P Clint Walker...loved this movie as a kid.
Carl Betz, guy from VEGA$...classsic
How do you convince actors to play in a movie like this?.
@@johnbockelie3899 lots of money i guess or they are actors getting to the end of their carrier and glad to get anything
@@johnbockelie3899 MONEY? That would work for me!
holy cow I can't believe someone got this movie on here a real classic
Yeah I remember dual I remember this killdozer when I was a kid in the seventies I had a nightmare that I was killed by a bulldozer how cool thanks for bringing this back2life awesome guys
I remember this, i didn't go see it when it originally came out but heard people talk about.
This movie is awesome! I remember watching it back when we had only three channels, and TV went off air with the national anthem. I saw this as one of the late features on what they called, The Night Owl.
Gander Stein I often wondered why Clint Walker never became bigger than John Wayne in the 70s, but I guess fighting killer bullbozers, snowbeasts and werewolves doomed him.
Yeah, that's an interesting thought. I'd never considered it.
Nothing will do your career in faster than snowbeasts and killer bulldozers. LOL.
+Gander Stein Look at Steve McQueen , The Blob , but he did good.
"Beck in mah dey we head too channels: on and off!"
Yeah....I remember those good old days too....In fact, I remember the good old days of radio only .... sigh The country was a better place to live in then ... today it is a psychotic and chaotic circus
A film full of cheesey 70s sound effects, endless boring talking and occasionally an action scene where people slowly get chased and die. I love it.
better then to day where you see a film full of cheesey 2022 sound effects, endless boring idiotic talking and occasionally an action scene where people slowly get chased and die.
@@josephjperkins973 anything made in the 30s to 90s is better than today
I see they also had some sound affects from the C64 game Wizball.
@@ChumpyChicken2 That was a decade in the future. Maybe Wizball got it from Killdozer.
Saw this movie in '74' when I was 7 years old. I got the creeps every time I saw a bulldozer for a few years.
I remember when this originally aired on the movie of the week.
Yeah, I'm old.
I remember it too. I must be old as well lol
Yep, back when networks had good programs with movies. I was 10 when this was on TV.
Me too. I saw it day/night one. I was only 8 and a serous Horror movies fan.
I remember yelling at the tv...."Use electricity to kill it!!!!"...,😂
Horror movies back then hardly ever let the good guy win.
Sure did hell I was 14. Love the bell bottoms
Yup, me too. I was 10. 😉
Good movie. It's like a giant yellow Christine!
This story was written in the 40's. Christine came in the 80"s. Got to give a nod to the great SF writer, Theodore Sturgeon.
Wished they bring back Christine
@@aohm5887 :
Christine lives in us all.
A new one is coming to Theaters soon @@aohm5887
Is that Robert Urich !? Dan Tana of Vegas
This was a made for TV movie. I remember watching it, then playing with my Tonka bulldozer as....the Killdozer to my sisters Barbies. LOL
Ha ha!
I did the same thing.... XD
oh so true
@@propanepusher101 How old are you guys?
I will be 56 in December 2018
Metal Tonka toys were the best!
I wonder if the late Marv Heemeyer ever watched this? RIP to a true Patriot!
YES !!!!
This movie scared the crap out of me as a little kid.
this is, by far, the BEST cheesy movie ever made! I remember watching it on TV back in '74
Me, too. I even enjoy cheesy sci-fi!
@@1956gaba the intro for the abc MOVIE OF THE WEEK ..........................czcams.com/video/bgOny8HV3tE/video.html
It is NOWHERE near as cheesy as "Plan 9 From Outer Space"!
@@TheOzthewizi am going to check it out. Thanks.
I love that they are 200 miles off the coast of Africa and Dutch gets a Country & Western station on the radio.
It wasn't a radio. It was a cassette player
ecorder.
Great Download of the 1974 classic Chiller
I can't help it, this is one of my all-time favorite movies!!!
I read the book that this movie is based on back when I was a kid. Maybe I was in the fifth grade. It's called "Killdozer!", and is included in a collection of stories called "The Golden Age of Science Fiction." This movie leaves a lot of the story out, like the foreword describing the ancient civilization that went to war with the very same entity that infested and took over the D7. Described it as some kind of electromagnetic entity that had the ability to control simple machinery. And how it, and other entities like it, were responsible for the destruction of the pre-flood civilization. One of the energy beings had been imprisoned inside of a structure made of an odd black stone, which happens to be on the island where these poor bastards are working. They accidentally dig it up and set the thing loose, and... well... things get ugly. I think the book is actually set in the time of World War II, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on some remote island. These guys are contractors that are building an Airfield for the Navy or something. Also, the crazy guy becomes a sycophantic little follower of the killdozer. And the Dozer actually had a name. Daisy Etta, as I recall. The author also described a couple other pieces of equipment. Something called a "dumptor," kind of a fast off road dump truck. The Ambush scene is almost like it is in the book. If my memory serves me correctly, the Dozer was parked up on the side of a steep hill and just allowed itself to roll forward in neutral. It wasn't even running. The portrayal of the D7 is kind of ridiculous. That Dozer is a whole hell of a lot faster than in this movie. Travel track speed one of those things is about 12 miles an hour, more than fast enough to catch a man on foot. Definitely another example of the book being far better than the movie. This is still a pretty cool movie though.
Decisieta meaning 17 in spanish!
Sturgeon was a great writer! One of the best of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
@@hughhallett558 Yeah, I'm gonna have to go find that collection again. I have an empty spot on my bookshelf for it.
@@brucedavis3816 I never made the connection before. "De Siete" is Spanish for "D7," right? Daisy Etta, De Siete...
@@flynnt77 correct!!! I remember it from the comic book you got it right however de sieta!!!
How did I get here, I was watching Christopher lee one minute .and now killer bulldozers !
It's just one of the wonders of modern technology !!!
Spin the wheel again and get back to Christopher Lee :)
Delisle4 Christopher Lee was a great actor. The Hammer films he did with Peter Cushing are simply wonderful.
MrKayaker69 I've always liked Hound of the Baskervilles.
l do like 😶
loved this movie back in 1979 when i watched it on televsion its a classic
All good actors, no longer with us.🌹
The invisable operator was in the box built behind the seat. Nothing on a Cat there but a fuel tank and they probably used a smaller tank and packed a small operator in there. What a deal.
You sure about that??
Good catch. True, there is no enclosure like that on any D9.
@@buzzcrushtrendkill Never ran a 9 but about everything up to an 8H. Nothing back there but rippers and winches.
Hell yeah nothin scarier than 70’s futuristic beep bopping over an extremely slow moving piece of heavy machinery
This is a classic TV movie
Remember watching this on ITV in the 1980s.
With great suspense and tension.
With the great CLINT WALKER who would also star in the Great TV movie
SNOWBEAST.
Lots of these TV movies from the 1970s tend to be more entertaining than the big budget films of that period.
Loved the movie "Snowbeast!"
No graphics, no million dollars, no ladies even! But movie will make your day.
10 years old when this came out. My friends and I were nuts for this movie.
"a bloke died, but its no ones fault so we'll just carry on then"....how times have changed
thats what is werid about this movie he just wanted to go back to work, business as usual as if nothing happened. then of course the bulldozor is running around and they aer in their tents sleeping without anyone staying watch, another guy dies and it is business as usual. I would be like send the police at the first death, that way they can see the dozor in motion without a operator too. and hear the funny buzzing too. now how would you explain this after th ething is dead? something tells me if they had continued the movie they are trying ti explain this thing they would end up in eternal mental insitution for the rest of their life.
I'm pretty sure they're on an island
@@joespitler3929 off the coast of Africa with a supply boat their only hope or means of contact after the radio was squished. That was the whole point.
The army could've been called in if it was anywhere near civilisation.
Fun fact, maximum overdrive was filmed not even 45 minutes away from my house, in Wilmington North Carolina. According to google maps Wilmington is 38 minutes away from my house.
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(Wifey here) love these old movies. Just to dark.
one of the few movies I could watch again and again... : )
omg...I LOVE these 70's films...and yes, the quality was damn good for the age of the film and the best part, NO annoying ads every 4 seconds popping up! Thanks so much for the upload!
I saw this movie on TV in 1974. Marvel Comics had a comic book version of this movie. I still have the comic book!
That was a great year for ABC Movie of the Week. I think Duel came out a couple of weeks later.
COMPANY RULES: Hard hats must be worn at all times!
And they have to worn crooked...
Don't forget ear plugs.
Safety first!
😂
There were two things that terrified me during this time. One was Old Mack Tankers (thanks to 'Duel') and Cat D-9s (thanks to this movie!)
baldguy42 Thank god you haven't seen "Trucks" or "Christine", otherwise you would probably terrified of all vehicles!
Wasn't "Trucks" just a remake of "Maximum Overdrive" ?
I didn't think that "Trucks" was a good a movie as "Maximum Overdrive."
A great trip down memory lane .I remember watching it when it first aired on tv😜👍
This was one hell of movie. A great horror with a great cast I love this movie it's been years seeing this once again.
Not one piece of machinery was harmed in the making of this film
Sponsored in part(FULLY) by Caterpillar Inc. lol
@@theblacksheep1000 sponsored by C.A.T.
cr33pvilla which is the same.
@@hermask815 same what?
cr33pvilla I mean 'C.A.T' and 'caterpillar' are the same company.
Happy anniversary Marvin. You're a real American Hero!
Saw this movie when I was like 3 years old. Had a nightmare that I was chased by the thing and I could not escape. After I told my grandpa, he put me in the bucket of his tractor, and kept dumping me out on the wood shaving pile, then scooping me back up again. Freaked me the hell out, and still loving every minute of the memory. You can't buy that kind of upbringing nowadays. ^_^ Thanks Grandpa!
Very good movie...loved it
I always remembered this from being a kid. All I could recall was a blue light and possessed vehicles. No idea what it was called , I was only about 5 or 6 when I saw it. Thanks for uploading this vague childhood memory.
I love this movie, I have seen it 5, 6 times,. I love this movie, I love it, I love it .
I remember watching this movie when I was a kid back in the 70's. Good stuff!
Did it terrify you?
@@ConnerTheEsquire - lol...no. Loved it!
this was a ABC MOVIE of the WEEK from 830 to 10 pm tues nights duhhh
I wonder if the real killdozer guy in Colorado was a fan of this movie when he was a kid LOL
I remember around 1976, this movie was announced it was going to be shown on one of the 3 TV channels we got, and I begged my parents to let me watch it, and they did (Dad usually had control of the TV).
But watching it now, well, my Dad is gone, so I can't apologize to him for putting him through this cinema hell, but I will see my Mother for Christmas. She must have been traumatized for all these years, and held it in.
hehehehe
How does this movie not have an Oscar?
Because the fish would be offindid uh I think?
It was made for TV.
Brecause the story is lame and the acting rubbish.
Clint Walker, I remember his western (tv) movies. Killdozer brings me back to ny childhood.
I'm 8 years old again. Thanks for the nice memory sir or madam.
This is worth watching mainly to see Clint Walker, my boyhood hero
Right on👍
Seen this when I was youngster, GREAT movie.😁
Back to 1970's. Loves to watching the movies in this years. Good movie script. Nice ⭐⭐⭐
I remember seeing this on a otherwise boring Sunday afternoon, nice to be able to relive such moments oncemore
Future inspiration for MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE.
+peter krug
and actually...i believe it was
I think this was the starter movie for the Killer car ( come alive edition) then came Christine, maximum overdrive, wheels of terror, the car and more!
Nope...the one in Maximum Overdrive was a D7
I'm pretty sure this movie was inspired by young Steven Spielberg's TV movie, Duel, which was an automatic classic.
Drew Hughes D7G to be exact
WOW Saw this movie on TV back in 1974 and thought it was pretty cool, of course I was 14 years old at the time.
Mavin Hemeyer liked this Movie -RIP Marv👍😉
Remember watching this on its premiere night when I was 10 years old. What I didn't realize is that this was written by Theodore Sturgeon based on one of his novellas. Sturgeon was one of the greats of science fiction in those days and he wrote the key Star Trek episode which brought mysterious Vulcan culture to life: Amok Time.
Classic killer vehicle film. Wish I had the DVD. Thanks
This movie scared the hell out of me when I was a kid........boy was I naive.
Yes we were! thanks 😊 but wasn't it fun !
Loved this movie when I was 12.
I remember watching this as a kid and loved it straight away, not seen it for a while, glad i found it again.
Nice one 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
When this came out, there was a guy in our neighborhood who started keeping a bulldozer like this one on the vacant lot. Whenever it got dark, us kids refused to take that street home. For kicks, we would psych each other out by saying we heard it hum or we heard it start up! Fun times !!
Memories of my childhood. This movie is still hilarious over 40 years later.
Terrible movie ever!
@@anthonycooper9530 Absolutely. Lol. As kids, we loved it. Horrible, cheesy and made so cheap. Still makes 1970s kids laugh.
Was it meant to be a "cheesy" movie? I'm sure they didn't want it to turn out that way
Has some funny parts.Nobody ever made a generator with an open knife switch or a diesel that would cold start instantly.And nobody could beat that genius suggestion at the end....Let's fake a landslide !! With everything destroyed and strewn across the island?? Not sure what they were getting ready to drill for but wouldn't they drill first and then build roads if they find something of value????
If you've watched this movie while drinking alone give a thumbs up.
This movie haunted my dreams as a 13-year-old, but rewatching it now for a nostalgia, a realize that pretty much NOTHING HAPPENS! Just lots of close-ups of worried guys' faces.
The picture quality is excellent! I wish everybody could upload this well.
Saw this when I was 12 years old and it scared the HELL out of me. I had nightmares for weeks about that poor slob being crushed in that culvert tube. It's laughable now, but back then...Thanks for the upload and the great memories.
Add the car to the mix,priceless
loved it best movie seen it 8 times still love it i believe it coud happen great acting i highly recamend it 5 stars must see
I remember when movie came out, Great
YES!!! : D I looked for this movie FOREVER, but I couldn't find it anywhere! THANKS a million for posting this! : D It's an all time classic! *thumbs up*
Funny how they make a killdozer film, then 30 years later, the real thing happens
This is a science fiction made for TV movie. The other incident was a real life incident involving someone who had gotten pushed to their breaking point. Outside of involving a bulldozer, neither situation is related. Sorry CZcams
Clint Walker and Robert Urich, yeah baby great actors. Love them.
There is something so unique about the way all these movies started during that era with the opening credits. It was so ambient, organic, silent and it had a certain darkness to it!!!!
The early to mid 70’s were a trip.
I absolutely remember watching this on tv back in 1974. Was the ripe old age of 8 years old . I'd turn 9 that October. Weird how I remember this movie all these years later
hey rich me too did was everyone in your second grade class talking about it too like 8n my class the main topic was when the black guy got crushed
probably. forty years have gone by since I was 8 years old LOL
Richard, I was 8 years old as well and remember this vividly.
Richard Hyde hey do you remember the Andy Griffith movie where be builds a homemade spaceship and goes to the moon? would have come out late seventies early eighties I'm guessing.
richard courchene"Salvage-1"
Loved this movie when i was a kid!
We are the luckiest generation got to watch this back in the 70s and play with our Action Traction Bulldozer the next morning!
Being Clint was a personal friend of mine he was around 40 something he was born in 1927 rest. In being a close friend thanks for listening you rest in peace Norman I'll see you farther down the road Albert wood your brother in Christ
I remember watching this as a kid, then taking my ertyl bulldozer and wiring it to my mom's bug zapper...good times....
your moms got bugs? eww
dave1135 hell ya i was always rigging something and the mistif was on🤣🤣🤣
Gadam kevin McAllister should have done that when harry and marv were roaming about
I can't believe this has been put on youtube! About 27 years ago I saw this and I had nightmares for weeks.. (I was 7).. Never forgot it and had an odd phobia of construction vehicles since. Was just telling my other half and googled it for ages to get the name and came here... Awesome upload.
I can tell you that I HATE the concept of self-driving automobiles, and anything that operates by itself for that matter. But THIS! THIS is something I want in my collection!
This movie was pretty good..The scenes where the driverless dozer shifts the gears by itself is good, but the scenes where the blade is raised and you can't see the guy operating it could have been better. Always wondered how it refueled itself. Better not to think about these things when you're watching a movie like this.
Saw this as a snot-nosed kid of sixteen on tv and I haven't seen it since. Loved the story and loved the movie then. What star power, famous tv faces here: Carl Betz, Clint Walker, Neville Brand, Robert Ulrich, and more.
I saw this show on Project Terror years ago. I forgot most of it, and I thought they were going to dig a big hole to make it fall in. Great movie. Thanks for sharing.
Another classic with a great cast of actors Carl betz Clint walker Neville brand and James Wainwright.
I already knew of killdozer but I didn’t realize there was also a movie
Because of Marvin Heemeyer, whose own heavily-modified bulldozer was given the name in 2004, 30 years after this movie hit the big screens!
Excellent quality picture!
@@MrRAGE-md5rj Or little screens, since this was made for TV .
@@MrRAGE-md5rj that’s about 60 years since the short story ‘Killdozer’ was released. The TV movie was based on a 1944 Novella by Theodore Sturgeon