Christine

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Christine

R

1983

1h 50m

Horror

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Unpopular nerd Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which he names Christine. Arnie develops an unhealthy obsession with the car, to the alarm of his jock friend, Dennis Guilder (John Stockwell). After bully Buddy Repperton (William Ostrander) defaces Christine, the auto restores itself to perfect condition and begins killing off Buddy and his friends. Determined to stop the deaths, Dennis and Arnie's girlfriend, Leigh Cabot (Alexandra Paul), decide to destroy Christine.

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Critics Consensus

The cracks are starting to show in John Carpenter's directorial instincts, but Christine is nonetheless moody, macabre fun.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

10/19/2023

4/5

Christine is a perfectly enjoyable tale of the macabre, which can be read as a satirical parable of that particularly male kind of arrested development which manifests itself in car obsession.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

10/12/2023

Alas, Christine, as on its release — although meticulously shot and edited by the director, John Carpenter — is troubled by a single insuperable problem. The car just isn’t scary.

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Scott Cain

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

05/12/2023

Cinematically, the possibilities are enormous and Carpenter is equal to the occasion. Some of the visuals are eye-popping.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23

6/10

It really struck me how much of the sentiment of Carrie is in here. Arnie gets bullied relentlessly by bullies at school... Even the garage owner bullies [him]. In the end Arnie doesn’t find the power within himself, he imbues it into his work.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Jun 21

3.5/4

[Carpenter] embraces the terror of the unknown and the implication of evil, relying less on exposition than powerful images to tell his story.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

Apr 16

3/5

John Carpenter does a workmanlike job on this King adaptation, which suffers from thin characters (especially the female "lead"). Still the car has a ton of personality and the homoeroticism between the boys is welcome

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Casey B

Apr 24

So awesome seeing it on the big screen

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Hussein

10/09/2023

Its the classic Killer car movie done right. it is a must see if your a John Carpenter fan.

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Color

09/14/2023

Amazing!! A classic!!

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Doug L

09/14/2023

Perfect film. No notes.

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Rich

09/11/2023

Loved the old classic. Great to see it in the theater. Never had the chance when it first came out. To young.

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Aaron Bacchus

07/19/2022

A classic John Carpenter film. One of his absolute best !! Always a great experience at The Alamo !! Sold out show. I'll be back !

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Synopsis

Unpopular nerd Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which he names Christine. Arnie develops an unhealthy obsession with the car, to the alarm of his jock friend, Dennis Guilder (John Stockwell). After bully Buddy Repperton (William Ostrander) defaces Christine, the auto restores itself to perfect condition and begins killing off Buddy and his friends. Determined to stop the deaths, Dennis and Arnie's girlfriend, Leigh Cabot (Alexandra Paul), decide to destroy Christine.

Director: John Carpenter
Producer: Richard Kobritz
Screenwriter: Bill Phillips
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Polar Films
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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