In 1983, two masters of horror converged to make a classic. John Carpenter, the director of Halloween (1978), added a tale from fellow horror master Stephen King to his impressive resume with Christine (1983). It is a film with the simplest of premises but introduces its insidious intentions right from the start. Carpenter establishes an eerie tone that carries throughout the film and jumps out at the audience with brute force when the occasion calls for it. He is a master at building suspense and made a simple story of a car into a nail-biting ride, earning its cult status as one of the greatest films of the killer car subgenre and one of the most memorable from the ’80s.
Stephen King’s Christine is getting another feature film. Here is what we know so far about the Blumhouse remake. Read More