Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Christine (1983)



She'll possess you. Then destroy you. She's death on wheels

What can I say about Christine?

I should start by asking: who can I name?

I can name four very special people:
-John Carpenter (Director of hell)
-Stephen King (Writer of death)
-Alan Howarth (Composer of evil)
-Christine, a 1958 Plymouth Fury (the name speaks for itself)
The most terrifying combination in movie history.

Christine SCARED the hell out of me as a child.

First of all,
John Carpenter did a great job. the whole direction is amazing, the story telling, the editing, the photography...everything is top-notch.
The only thing that handicaps how this movie will go down in history is the fact that it is considered as a scary movie.
It is a pity, because from a purely artistic point of view, given the movies that were coming out in that same period, Christine really stands out as a very unique piece of art.

The story is from Stephen King, when he was in his absolute prime as an autor.

The music gives you the wrong kind of goosebumps, Alan Howarth truly masters the frequencies that scare a person's soul.



I could watch this movie over and over and over.

The story of a nerd, whose life changes for the best after he restores to pristine condition an old piece of Junk.
What he didn't expect is that the car would return the passion...with a vengeance.

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