It's the 40th anniversary so it was a great opportunity to see this classic on the Big Screen. While I was somewhat familiar with the concept, I had never seen it.
Arnie (Keith Gordon) and Dennis (John Stockwell) are California teenagers in 1979. Dennis has a cool car but Arnie has none. In fact, Arnie is kind of a schlub. But when he discovers a 1957 red Plymouth, which he names Christine, his life starts to change.
In short order Arnie, with the help of his new "friend" Christine, takes on a whole new assertive personality. He takes no guff from his parents or the local bullies, and starts to date Leigh, the pretty new girl (Alexandra Paul).
But Christine has a mine of her own, including jealously and rage, and the Machine comes alive, and terrorizes her enemies.
Based on an early Stephen King book, it follows the playbook well. We don't know how things are working but that helps keep our attention.
Directed by John Carpenter, and very similar to his earlier movie the original Halloween (1978) including the music for both which he also did.
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