Didn't King direct his own movie once? It doesn't get mentioned very often. I never saw it (too young at the time) but I don't think it was popular.
Yep, it was called Maximum Overdrive and it was terrible. King was also in the movie and his acting was on par with his directing skills. King blamed it all on his cocaine usage at the time. It felt like a cop-out. He seems to have a hard time with criticism and has a bit of a cocky ego.