A New Look On a Classic: Christine

I remember when I first saw this movie. I was probably about 11 or so. I really scared me when the bully is being chased by flaming Christine, but other than that I honestly could not have told much more about it that the face it was written by Steiphen King.

Now, I have truly seen the amazing movie that is Christine. John Carpenter directed it, and I don't really need to emphasize what everyone already knows: he is a fucking genius. Without his stlyish view of this otherworldly, fucked up looking car, the movie would in no way work. Even with Stephen Kings sick mind, another director would have overdone or underdone the scariness of the car itself, but Carpenter manages to creep the pants off you with subtlety.

I would also like to say that for an 80's horror film, the acting is pretty damn good. Good enough to invest you into the characters and make you care about them and what happens to them. Knowing the ending kind of ruined the whole "is he in the car or isn't he" dillemma but I admire the way it was done, and if I had seen it when it first came out, I probably would not have known.

My one problem; it kills me to see all those beautiful cars smashed to pieces and burnt. I think they only used one or two real ones and the others were just made to look like Christine, but it still made me cringe. Anyone could honestly love that car the way the protagonist did, and that is part of Christine's charm.

The old music adds a whole other creep effect to the mix. I have always been pretty fond of oldies, but this movie added the word "haunting" to the list of reasons why those songs are so great. And then ofcourse there is Goerge Thourogood and The Destroyers, adding the outline to the movie and making it a hell of a soundtrack.

In my opinion, this movie also represents the insane relationship between a man(and woman) and his/her car. There are alot of times while watching Christine that I thought the old bitch was going to get fucked. There is definitely caressing, like at the end when protogonist dies and in his last breath touches Christines grill and sort of puts his fingers inside of her. I don't need to explain the meaning of that scene because it is so odvious.

I strongly suggest taking another look at this movie. You may go into it thinking it will be "old" and corny, but I assure the suspense is still there and the sfx hold up very well.