CHRISTINE (1983)

The trailer for 1983’s CHRISTINE. Directed by John Carpenter, written by Bill Phillips, from the novel by Stephen King. The film stars Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Kelly Preston, Christine Belford, Robert Darnell, Roberts Blossom, William Ostrander, David Spielberg, Malcolm Danare, Stuart Charno, and Steven Tash.

The plot summary is as follows:

In 1957, in Detroit, a red Plymouth Fury is built and is the cause of two accidents, one of them fatal, still in the assembly line. Twenty-one years later, the outcast and bullied nerd Arnold "Arnie" Cunningham is getting a ride with his best and only friend Dennis Guilder and he sees the wrecked car for sale in a garden. Arnie immediately falls in love with the car. The car was given the name Christine by its first owner. He brings the car to a repair shop of the despicable Will Darnell and works hard to restore the classic car. While he works in the restoration, he changes his personality to a cocky teenager and he dates the most beautiful girl in the high-school, Leigh Cabot. Soon Arnie becomes selfish and jealous of the supernatural Christine that kills everyone that is a threat to them.

CHRISTINE (1983) is currently streaming on AMC+ and is available for rent/purchase on most digital platforms.

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