“Christine” is a great movie about an evil car that slowly
possesses its owner. Just like in “Halloween”, director John Carpenter doesn’t
try to explain why the car is evil, it just is. I have never read the book
written by Stephen King but I’m told that this movie is only inspired by it and
is not a true adaptation. And that’s ok because the film feels like a Stephen
King story and contains many of the stock characters that he tends to use in
his books.
In the movie, Christine is bought by a nerdy senior high
school student named Arnie. Against the advice of his best friend Dennis to do
so and then when his parents disapprove of the purchase, Arnie is forced to
keep Christine at a junkyard. These early events, along with his trouble with
bullies, help isolate Arnie from everything except his car. Soon his car is in
pristine condition, Arnie has a girlfriend and everything is great until Dennis
suffers a major injury during a football game. Did the accident happen just
because Dennis saw Christine? Soon the bullies from school find where Christine
is kept and they have a grand time tearing the car about. But Christine is
EVIL, and as Arnie watches, Christine fixes itself and begins a thrilling hunt
for revenge. The film’s climax takes place at the junkyard garage where Arnie
is fatally wounded and Dennis is able to destroy Christine with a C.A.T.
I also want to say that I adore the Furturama episode that
is combines elements from “Christine” and “The Wolf Man”, having Bender turn
into a Were-Car after being attacked by one.
Favorite moment – When Christine traps the bully Moochie in
a thin, enclosed truck loading dock. With the boy trapped, Christine forces
itself into the small space and crushes him to death.
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