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Christine (1983)  link to Christine on IMDb  

Number: 1949

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IMDb Rating:
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6.7/10 (56.1K votes)

Country: United States, 110 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Horror

Director(s): John Carpenter

Storyline:
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.

Cast:

Keith Gordon Arnie Cunningham
John Stockwell Dennis Guilder
Alexandra Paul Leigh Cabot
Robert Prosky Will Darnell
Harry Dean Stanton Detective Rudolph Junkins

Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 15 Slot 18

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1