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Plus a fantastic Cast and not to forget the great Soundtrack that John Carpenter has created over and over again in Collaboration with Alan Howarth. John Carpenter is my favourite Director 😊
I don't know if you have figured it out by now or not but the way they filmed Christine fixing herself, is they rigged of hydraulics on the inside to pull in and then played it in reverse so it looked like it was pushing out and going back to normal
Christine fixing herself is definitely an iconic scene, and it's pretty interesting how they accomplished the effect, by creating a plastic double of the car, wiring up the panels of the car to hydraulic pumps on the inside, and basically sucking the car into itself.
That's the only thing that borders me a little about this movie. I love it but the bad guys didn't crush the whole body with a few hammers, it's way too much. 😂
@Jayskiallthewayski I don't know. You could do a ton of body damage with a sledge hammer. I had an Oldsmobile that the transmission went out on and I got out and kicked it a few times on the doors because I was an angry kid at the time. And it looked like it got hit by a truck. The doors were so demolishe they didn't want to open. And that's just a boot let alone a 12 pound sledge hammer
Years ago I was driving down the motorway in NZ, and saw a 1958 Plymouth Fury all restored beautifully, with a red paint finish, and the license plate read: "Christine"
The premise sounds weird, but Stephen King simply explains it by saying that it's a book/movie about a haunted car. If houses can be haunted and scary, why not a car? So yeah, it does work.
The actor playing the old guy who owned Christine is also the helpful old man in Home Alone. Your journey into Carpenter will not be complete without "They Live." The practice of five knocks followed by two knocks, in that exact rhythm, represents the old singsong catchphrase "Shave an' a haircut, two bits."
The friendship between Dennis and Arnie is one of my favourite things of the movie, it's really wholesome. I don't recall any other horror author getting as many adaptations as King has had. The movie was actually made shorly after the book was published. Also, the reason why the car is evil has an explanation in the novel, rather than it being alive "just because".
Christine being the first different color was of course for drama but it could also be part of the assembly line process. She was the first car of the new year model so that would be high vis clue to anyone working that from that point on the new line was started. Would also explain the guy in charge stopping the line to do an extra visual check on her, thus giving her a chance to claim her first blood. But, he didnt do anything to provoke her (except sort of get in her way), so maybe thats why he only got a mangled hand and didn't die. If you insult or try to hurt her, you die.
No doubt the actor playing Arnie nailed his role hear. The parent son conflict at the dinner table, pretty similar to Rebel without a Cause including Arnie's James Dean red jacket.
Buddy, the guy who looked 30, was played by William Ostrander. John Carpenter specifically casted him because he looked like John Travolta, especially the way Travolta looked in 1978. He had imagined a young Travolta for that part. Did you recognize... The old man who sold Christine to Arnie was played by the same actor who played Old Man Marley in Home Alone? The one "kid" in Buddy's gang was the kid Venkman was giving electric shocks to in Ghostbusters? I guess his hair always looked like he's been getting shocked...I'm wondering if his hair was what got him that part in Ghostbusters... The cop was played by Harry Dean Stanton, a character actor I've always liked and he's in many movies. He was in Alien as part of the Nostromo's crew. One of the last things he was in before he passed away was The Avengers...he was the guy who saw Hulk fall out of the sky and turn back into a naked Bruce Banner. I've always liked Christine...it was one of the first legitimate scary movies I saw, I felt it kind of eased me into the genre. An evil car was thrilling but to me it didn't have the scare power that zombies, werewolves, ghouls, vampires, Freddy Kruger, Jason Vorhees, etc. all had. Great reaction glad you liked the movie! Best Regards!
An interesting fact is that Carpenter was just coming off of The Thing where he was heavily criticized for overuse of gore so his response was to do very little in this film in comparison, however the studio wanted an R rating as most people saw a "horror" movie required an R rating to say how great it was. So, Carpenters added an over abundance of swearing to get the R rating. Although it did work, critics went the other direction and said it was a little on the tame side since it didn't cash in on the setups with more graphic depictions of the deaths.
Only in America could you get a 17+ rating just from a few words that hyper-religious and crotchety old people don't like. Gotta keep the stupid people happy.
@@christhornycroft3686 Crotchety semi-old and potentially stupid person here. Seems like a small thing, but when Standards and Practices fails completely, and basic morals vanish, the world fails.
Idiot critics, it's either too much or too little. And now both are classics. The Thing is another level but what I like about this one and ofcourse his masterpiece Halloween is just the build up of tension, no gore. I absolutely love Carpenters style of filmmaking, he made a few stinkers but he also made a few of fhe best ever.
When Christine re-forms back to normal shape - yes it's shown in reverse -- the tools that crush the car are off-camera - that's why it's a CLOSE-up. Then they just run the film BACKWARDS -- that's why it looks so cool. You can't see those jaws of death crushing the car at all.
I was washing my 1990 Chevy pick-up around '94. The keys were in my pocket and I was washing the grill, when my windshield wipers came on without anyone in it. It freaked me out. I called that truck Christine after that. It never happened again.
The old guy who sells Christine is the old man from Home Alone. Also, the tune is "Shave & a haircut... two bits". Two bits is a quarter which a haircut used to cost.
Some interesting differences between the book and the movie (from memory, so there are more differences) *Spoilers* (also described gore) - Roland Lebay (the previous owner of Christine) is actually the one selling the car in the book. He later dies when Buddy destroys Christine's headlight (IIRC his eye explodes) - Roland's brother George is visiting town after his brother dies, with Dennis learning about him and starting a conversation with him about the car, relaying the entire history of Christine - In the chase with Buddy, his car actually had a passenger in the backseat (I think Buddy was trying to get him to join his gang). At the end of the chase, Buddy's car gets spun and slams so hard into something (I think a wall) the car accordions, crushing the backseat passenger and causing Buddy's friend in the passenger seat to get crushed by the cars engine (the engine mounts broke and it slid through the firewall) - Darnell dies by Christine crashing through the front of his house, causing him to have a heart attack and fall on top of Christine from the second floor - Dennis rented a sewage disposal truck for him and Leigh to get the drop on Christine (instead of hot-wiring a bulldozer found at Darnell's) - All three of the Cunninghams died by the end, after Roland Lebay's ghost swerved the family car (with the mom and Arnie in it) into a semi-truck. The dad was killed by Christine via asphyxiation (presumably how Darnell dies in the movie), with Dennis and Leigh seeing his body in Christine during the fight when one of her doors gets forced open. - In the epilogue, the one member of Buddy's crew that didn't die (he ran off earlier in the book) was shown in a newspaper to have been killed by a car ramming through a wall and hitting him
If you notice sometimes, whenever Christine looks like she is driving at her own, the glasses are painted black so you won't see who is really driving to not destroy the illusion
I love this movie and i think it is very underrated. My favorite scene by far is the flaming car scene. I love the 1958 Plymouth Fury as well it is such a beautiful car.
Christine was getting faster at regenerating and stronger as the miles rolled back.. When she reached 000000 she would have been immortal.. --- i'd always hoped there was going to be a second film.
One of my favorite Stephen King movies after Misery and The Shining. I agree with Timothee that Buddy Ripperton looked at least 30 years old. Christine zooming down the road on fire was so cool.
When I was younger the scene with Christine on fire used to creep me out. I love the music choices they made. This was the first Stephen King book I ever read..ages ago 😆
Great reaction, Tim. Glad you watched this movie. I love it. I'm glad that John Carpenter cut out 3 other supernatural elements from the book and simplified it to having the car just be alive. The book did explain that Dennis and Leigh didn't like travelling in Christine because they always had a cold unwelcoming feeling and could occasionally smell a stench like rotting corpses that got stronger the more the story progressed.
If you liked this, check out "The Wraith" with a young Charlie Sheen. Also, the musical note is called "Shave and a Haircut". Find out it's origin on Wilipedia. Great reaction Tim. P.S. - if you react to horror flicks in the month of October (like many other reactors), try Graveyard Shift, Cat's Eye, the Child's Play series, Return of the Living Dead, the Evil Dead trilogy, and the UNCUT version of Dead Alive.
The Scene in which Christine repairs herself, was filmed backwards and with Hydraulics. John Stockwell (Dennis) was also in Top Gun and he is the Director of Into the Blue with Jessica Alba, Paul Walker, Scott Caan (Enemy of the State, Gone in 60 Seconds, Hawaii Five-0), Ashley Scott (Walking Tall with The Rock, 12 Rounds with John Cena) and Josh Brolin (Sin City 2). The Blond Girl (Rosanne) was played by Kelly Preston (RIP) (Twins, From Dusk till Dawn). She was John Travolta's Wife. Alexandra Paul (Leigh) was also in the TV Show Baywatch.
During the scene when she was on fire, there actually was someone driving. They were wearing a fire resistant suit and breathing through an oxygen mask. I originally assumed they had radio controlled the car somehow.
I always liked how they transitioned from 1957 to 1978 with both Buddy Holly and the Crickets’ and Tanya Tucker’s versions of Not Fade Away that were both released those exact years. Excellent idea.
I don't exactly remember when I first watched Christine but I remember it really scared me . I had always had been attracted to 50's and 60's style cars.... they just look very classy I thought. After I watched Christine.... I like jeeps.... lol . Yeah... but seriously I didn't like that style so much after watching this film. Stephen King is a favorite of mine and with John Carpenter.... together I feel they made a legendary movie . The special effects to me were incredible ; maybe not to everyone's liking but I was impressed . The actor Keith Gordon was Arnie did an excellent role in being believeable and his best friend Dennis.... I really liked their friendship very much before Arnie saw Christine . Since Halloween is not far I think this was a great start to be prepared . I enjoyed this a lot.... Thank you Tim.
Buddy Repperton was supposed to be older than the other kids at school. The book had more of his backstory. he had flunked several times so he was like 23 I think
7:16 That sequence of beats were "Shave and a Haircut" and the associated response "two bits" -- a 7-note musical call-and-response couplet, riff or fanfare popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comedic effect. It is used melodically or rhythmically, for example as a door knock. "Two bits" is a term in the United States and Canada for 25 cents; a quarter. "Six bits" is occasionally used. The final words may also be "get lost", "drop dead" (in Australia), or some other facetious expression. In the UK, it was often said as "five bob" (slang for five shillings), although words are now rarely used to accompany the rhythm or the tune. An early occurrence of the tune is from an 1899 Charles Hale song, "At a Darktown Cakewalk" ^Thank you, Wikipedia!
Christine was a custom order! That's why she was the only red '58 Plymouth Fury off the assembly line while the rest were painted in the standard buckskin beige. BTW that little tune you heard when Dennis honked his horn to open the garage door is called Shave and a Haircut (two bits). It was used at the end of musical performances for comedic effect.
The car in the "Show me" scene wasn't a normal car :) This was a car chassis with the parts made of rubber and pumps inside. Pumps sucked out the air - "car" squished itself. Then they put it in reverse.
When you talked about Dennis and Leigh getting together and Arnie being mad about it, it's funny because there's actually a deleted scene like that in the movie! Leigh and Dennis kiss, Arnie just happens to see them and curses to them, then drives off.
7:20 that little jingle is called "Shave And A Haircut" and was coined by barbers sometime in the 1900's or 1910's. The earliest known recorded use of the 7-note melody came from a 1899 song called "At A Darktown Cakewalk" by Charles Hale.
When I go to Starbucks and they ask my name and I say "Christine" like the car .. but most don't get it lol. Wish I could say I was named after this story.. but sadly I was born a few years earlier. In the mouth if madness is another awesome carpenter film that needs more love!
Great reaction 👍 now you should definitely check out a sleeper classic from 1986 called THE HITCHER starring Rutger Hauer 👍 one of my favorite 80s movies 💯💯💯
for the scene "show me",some hydraulic actuators were installed in the car for pulling the body panels,then the shot was reversed also,for the gas station scene,Terry Leonard (the stunt coordinator) was driving,he explained that a flammable substance was sprayed all over the car.after the filming,a guy named Martin Sanchez bought one of the stunt cars,and reused all the body panels of the burnt christine,they were in perfect condition
The car communicated by playing old 50's songs. Before it killed the chubby guy, it was playing "Little Bitty Pretty One." Meaning it intended to smash him into little bitty pieces. When Darnell got into the burned car with his rifle, it started playing "Boney Marone" as it was squashing him between the seat and steering wheel. Notice the lyrics "Shes as skinny as a stick of macoroni." When Dennis tried to get in the car, it played "Keep on knocking but you can't come in." And when it was being demolished at the end, it was playing "Rock n Roll is here to stay." Meaning it refused to die.
Glad you enjoyed this and massive props for reacting to it! It's one of my personal fave Stephen King adaptations and, admittedly, one of the few films that genuinely creeped me out when I first saw it due largely in part to Keith Gordon's performance as Arnie. As you pointed out, that speeding down the highway scene especially totally low-key creeps me out too with the scene's eerie lighting and his wide eyed expressions. One of the better and more subtle "possession" pieces I've seen, personally. Eager to see your upcoming horror reactions! ✌
Actually have a lot killer car movies like The Car from 1977, The Wraith from 1987, Duel from 1971 etc! If you want see another great movie car I recommend the original Gone in 60 seconds from 1974 have one of the most amazing car chases from the cinema history!
There's nothing supernatural in Duel, though. There clearly is a driver, even if we never get to see him fully. Just his hands on the wheel or his boots kicking the tires. He's even in the credits.
@@Yngvarfo I know that, actually Duel is a thriller, the spillberg idea for this movie is use symbolism and treat the truck like a monster is the reason we don't see the driver because the truck is the vilan from the movie other movies make this idea like death car on the freeway From 1979, wheels of terror from 1990, road rage from 1999 and the gladiator from 1986!
@@Yngvarfo and killer car movies are always a supernatural vehicle or a normal car with a Psycho driver and like duel who are a big vehicle pursuing a normal person in a small vehicle is something normal in a lot TV's an home videos car movies!
To further add to the significance behind Christine, all 1958 Plymouth Furys came in the Beige and Gold seen at the beginning of the film. Christine was something specially ordered.
love this movie and the book. difference between the book and the movie (which there are many differences) . the movie she just fixes herself, in the book he has to push her around the junkyard till she fixes herself enough to drive, then he drivers her around till she's back to perfect. as she is being pushed and then driven, her odometer rolls backwards. they purposely blacked out the windows so the audience doesn't know if she's driving herself or if he is in there.
Yes, and in the book, that's how Arnie ends up in a back brace (just like Roland LeBay). He pushed her around the yard for hours, but later he didn't remember any of it.
And watch George C. Scott ham it perfectly playing the villain. Even the young Drew Barrymore (after ET: The Extra-Terrestrial), couldn't take away his performance.
this is my second favorite John carpenter film, Big trouble in little china being the first..hint hint lol But this is such a classic! And the actors did a great job, especially the actor for Arnie. And I'm not really a car guy but you do have to admit that the red '58 Plymouth fury is a beautiful car. That and the '67 Chevy Impala are my two dream cars..
Another one that I've been looking forward to this week. 😊 This was one of my favorite horror movies growing up in the 80s. I highly recommend the original 1989 "Pet Semetery" movie, and the 1990 mini-series "IT" both based on two great Stephen King books.
22:31 Hey, he was in Ghostbusters! "The effect? The EFFECT? The effect is, it's pi$$ing me off!" "You volunteered for this, didn't you? We're paying you aren't we?" "You can keep the five bucks! I've had it!"
Arnie is actually a protagonist, that term does not go to good or evil it means specifically the main character think of it like childs play, chucky is bad yet the main character
There's a video somewhere about a guy working on one of those cars a restored Christine car and he's by himself in the shop and he said the horn started honking he ran out of the shop didn't come back to the next morning is a frayed wire that was touching power but that whole situation freaked him out
Another great Stephen King collaboration classic is CREEPSHOW, (1982) which he made with the King of Zombie Movies, George Romero.. an anthology homage to the 1950s EC Horror Comics they both grew up with (Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, etc.). Has a lot of fun cameos. CREEPSHOW 2 is also good, though Romero didn't direct that one.
What was spooky for me wasn't the fact that Christine is sentient, but the fact that anybody who owns her comes out possessed. Arnie wasn't turning evil on purpose. He had been possessed by the spirit of the car, as if his body were possessed by a 1950's greaser ghost.
In the book the corpse/ghost of the previous owner drives her, it's him, not so much the car that does the killing and everytime he kills someone they get in the car with him so it's a full boat by the end of the book, lol. Reading this you might say "That sounds really stupid" but it works in the book. I am glad though they completely ignored it for the movie.
Great now watching this movie has made me feel nervous at the thought of getting in a car - fortunately the whole city's in lockdown (high from Sydney) so it's not like I'll be driving anywhere anyhow.
i highly recommend you the original book from stephen king. the former owner is still alive and he is the one to sells the car (a very disgusting man), it shows with all details how and why arnie started changing, his relationship with dennis is way more deep and the deaths are even more shocking
Great Stephen King movie. And you can't go wrong with John Carpenter. The old man who sold Christine is the next door neighbor on Home Alone. If you haven't seen it yet, would love your reaction to The Natural from 1984 with Robert Redford and Glen Close. It's a great movie.
Lexicon Reference: "The “shave and a haircut” and the resulting “two-bits” response are often referred to as a seven-note musical call-and-response composite and are often used at the end of a musical performance. People frequently used it in tune or rhythm, for example, as a person clapping." "In the United States, “two bits” is an archaism meaning 25 cents or a quarter (three months). Meanwhile, “6-bit” is a term sometimes used."
When a movie has two of the biggest names in horror (Carpenter & King) on it, you know you're in for something great. Also, a neat little fun fact: John Carpenter purposely made the movie light on blood and gore after The Thing was criticised for being too violent and gory. They upped the movie to an R rating (to avoid a PG) by adding swearing, which resulted in it being called the most profane movie at the time. (But then Scarface came not long after.)
Gotta love the USA. You can get an R rating because someone decided certain words were "bad." In Canada, this movie gets a 14A rating tops, if not PG. America is still very much a theocracy.
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Awesome movie
Plus a fantastic Cast and not to forget the great Soundtrack that John Carpenter has created over and over again in Collaboration with Alan Howarth. John Carpenter is my favourite Director 😊
My man...stay silent for at least a minute!!!! 🙄
I don't know if you have figured it out by now or not but the way they filmed Christine fixing herself, is they rigged of hydraulics on the inside to pull in and then played it in reverse so it looked like it was pushing out and going back to normal
Christine fixing herself is definitely an iconic scene, and it's pretty interesting how they accomplished the effect, by creating a plastic double of the car, wiring up the panels of the car to hydraulic pumps on the inside, and basically sucking the car into itself.
We also see the scenes backwards. John Carpenter a very innovativ in his earlier movies.
Thank you so much for explaining that as I was so curious how they did it. I just assumed it was a model.
It was done with rubber moulds that they sucked in with a vacuum. They used 24 Plymouths for the stunt work.
That's the only thing that borders me a little about this movie. I love it but the bad guys didn't crush the whole body with a few hammers, it's way too much. 😂
@Jayskiallthewayski I don't know. You could do a ton of body damage with a sledge hammer. I had an Oldsmobile that the transmission went out on and I got out and kicked it a few times on the doors because I was an angry kid at the time. And it looked like it got hit by a truck. The doors were so demolishe they didn't want to open. And that's just a boot let alone a 12 pound sledge hammer
Years ago I was driving down the motorway in NZ, and saw a 1958 Plymouth Fury all restored beautifully, with a red paint finish, and the license plate read: "Christine"
The premise sounds weird, but Stephen King simply explains it by saying that it's a book/movie about a haunted car. If houses can be haunted and scary, why not a car? So yeah, it does work.
I mean herbie exisists and we don't question that now do we?
@@angelinacamacho8575 Herbie is lovely, Christine is a psycho. This is the difference. As Lassie and Cujo.
@@AguedaG you didn't get the point of my comment did you?
@@angelinacamacho8575 It could be, I'm a Spanish and I make mistakes with English. My apologies.
Why? Someone died in it?
The actor playing the old guy who owned Christine is also the helpful old man in Home Alone.
Your journey into Carpenter will not be complete without "They Live."
The practice of five knocks followed by two knocks, in that exact rhythm, represents the old singsong catchphrase "Shave an' a haircut, two bits."
And Who Framed Roger Rabbit explains this perfectly.
Oh yeah! Good eye! 👍
“The boy’s got good hands.”
“Good hands, bad taste in cars….you can’t polish a turd.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Kills me every time.
The friendship between Dennis and Arnie is one of my favourite things of the movie, it's really wholesome.
I don't recall any other horror author getting as many adaptations as King has had. The movie was actually made shorly after the book was published. Also, the reason why the car is evil has an explanation in the novel, rather than it being alive "just because".
Spelling error:
*made shortly after
Stephen Kings name is fitting because he is like the king of horror. He has so many great ones under his belt
Christine being the first different color was of course for drama but it could also be part of the assembly line process. She was the first car of the new year model so that would be high vis clue to anyone working that from that point on the new line was started. Would also explain the guy in charge stopping the line to do an extra visual check on her, thus giving her a chance to claim her first blood. But, he didnt do anything to provoke her (except sort of get in her way), so maybe thats why he only got a mangled hand and didn't die. If you insult or try to hurt her, you die.
No doubt the actor playing Arnie nailed his role hear. The parent son conflict at the dinner table, pretty similar to Rebel without a Cause including Arnie's James Dean red jacket.
Buddy, the guy who looked 30, was played by William Ostrander. John Carpenter specifically casted him because he looked like John Travolta, especially the way Travolta looked in 1978. He had imagined a young Travolta for that part.
Did you recognize...
The old man who sold Christine to Arnie was played by the same actor who played Old Man Marley in Home Alone?
The one "kid" in Buddy's gang was the kid Venkman was giving electric shocks to in Ghostbusters? I guess his hair always looked like he's been getting shocked...I'm wondering if his hair was what got him that part in Ghostbusters...
The cop was played by Harry Dean Stanton, a character actor I've always liked and he's in many movies. He was in Alien as part of the Nostromo's crew. One of the last things he was in before he passed away was The Avengers...he was the guy who saw Hulk fall out of the sky and turn back into a naked Bruce Banner.
I've always liked Christine...it was one of the first legitimate scary movies I saw, I felt it kind of eased me into the genre. An evil car was thrilling but to me it didn't have the scare power that zombies, werewolves, ghouls, vampires, Freddy Kruger, Jason Vorhees, etc. all had.
Great reaction glad you liked the movie!
Best Regards!
After I watched this in the cinema, I walked out to my car and started the engine. The radio came on really loud and I nearly s**t my pants. 😮😀
An interesting fact is that Carpenter was just coming off of The Thing where he was heavily criticized for overuse of gore so his response was to do very little in this film in comparison, however the studio wanted an R rating as most people saw a "horror" movie required an R rating to say how great it was. So, Carpenters added an over abundance of swearing to get the R rating. Although it did work, critics went the other direction and said it was a little on the tame side since it didn't cash in on the setups with more graphic depictions of the deaths.
Only in America could you get a 17+ rating just from a few words that hyper-religious and crotchety old people don't like. Gotta keep the stupid people happy.
@@christhornycroft3686 Crotchety semi-old and potentially stupid person here. Seems like a small thing, but when Standards and Practices fails completely, and basic morals vanish, the world fails.
@@christhornycroft3686 it wasn"t a hyper-religious MPAA that set that standard. it was the early 80s version of hollywood political correctness.
I really like the bloodless nature of this film
Idiot critics, it's either too much or too little. And now both are classics. The Thing is another level but what I like about this one and ofcourse his masterpiece Halloween is just the build up of tension, no gore. I absolutely love Carpenters style of filmmaking, he made a few stinkers but he also made a few of fhe best ever.
When Christine re-forms back to normal shape - yes it's shown in reverse -- the tools that crush the car are off-camera - that's why it's a CLOSE-up. Then they just run the film BACKWARDS -- that's why it looks so cool. You can't see those jaws of death crushing the car at all.
I was washing my 1990 Chevy pick-up around '94. The keys were in my pocket and I was washing the grill, when my windshield wipers came on without anyone in it. It freaked me out. I called that truck Christine after that. It never happened again.
The old guy who sells Christine is the old man from Home Alone. Also, the tune is "Shave & a haircut... two bits". Two bits is a quarter which a haircut used to cost.
Some interesting differences between the book and the movie (from memory, so there are more differences)
*Spoilers* (also described gore)
- Roland Lebay (the previous owner of Christine) is actually the one selling the car in the book. He later dies when Buddy destroys Christine's headlight (IIRC his eye explodes)
- Roland's brother George is visiting town after his brother dies, with Dennis learning about him and starting a conversation with him about the car, relaying the entire history of Christine
- In the chase with Buddy, his car actually had a passenger in the backseat (I think Buddy was trying to get him to join his gang). At the end of the chase, Buddy's car gets spun and slams so hard into something (I think a wall) the car accordions, crushing the backseat passenger and causing Buddy's friend in the passenger seat to get crushed by the cars engine (the engine mounts broke and it slid through the firewall)
- Darnell dies by Christine crashing through the front of his house, causing him to have a heart attack and fall on top of Christine from the second floor
- Dennis rented a sewage disposal truck for him and Leigh to get the drop on Christine (instead of hot-wiring a bulldozer found at Darnell's)
- All three of the Cunninghams died by the end, after Roland Lebay's ghost swerved the family car (with the mom and Arnie in it) into a semi-truck. The dad was killed by Christine via asphyxiation (presumably how Darnell dies in the movie), with Dennis and Leigh seeing his body in Christine during the fight when one of her doors gets forced open.
- In the epilogue, the one member of Buddy's crew that didn't die (he ran off earlier in the book) was shown in a newspaper to have been killed by a car ramming through a wall and hitting him
If you notice sometimes, whenever Christine looks like she is driving at her own, the glasses are painted black so you won't see who is really driving to not destroy the illusion
I love this movie and i think it is very underrated. My favorite scene by far is the flaming car scene. I love the 1958 Plymouth Fury as well it is such a beautiful car.
Christine was getting faster at regenerating and stronger as the miles rolled back.. When she reached 000000 she would have been immortal.. --- i'd always hoped there was going to be a second film.
One of my favorite Stephen King movies after Misery and The Shining. I agree with Timothee that Buddy Ripperton looked at least 30 years old. Christine zooming down the road on fire was so cool.
Fun fact: Both the main leads became excellent directors
When I was younger the scene with Christine on fire used to creep me out. I love the music choices they made. This was the first Stephen King book I ever read..ages ago 😆
19:15 It's a reverse shot of a hydraulic press pulling the car in from the inside.
Great reaction, Tim. Glad you watched this movie. I love it.
I'm glad that John Carpenter cut out 3 other supernatural elements from the book and simplified it to having the car just be alive. The book did explain that Dennis and Leigh didn't like travelling in Christine because they always had a cold unwelcoming feeling and could occasionally smell a stench like rotting corpses that got stronger the more the story progressed.
If you liked this, check out "The Wraith" with a young Charlie Sheen. Also, the musical note is called "Shave and a Haircut". Find out it's origin on Wilipedia. Great reaction Tim. P.S. - if you react to horror flicks in the month of October (like many other reactors), try Graveyard Shift, Cat's Eye, the Child's Play series, Return of the Living Dead, the Evil Dead trilogy, and the UNCUT version of Dead Alive.
Great call! Young Charlie Sheen. Young Sherilyn Fenn too. God she was beautiful.
The tune you were asking about @ 7:20 is called “Shave and a Haircut.”
The Scene in which Christine repairs herself, was filmed backwards and with Hydraulics.
John Stockwell (Dennis) was also in Top Gun and he is the Director of Into the Blue with Jessica Alba, Paul Walker, Scott Caan (Enemy of the State, Gone in 60 Seconds, Hawaii Five-0), Ashley Scott (Walking Tall with The Rock, 12 Rounds with John Cena) and Josh Brolin (Sin City 2). The Blond Girl (Rosanne) was played by Kelly Preston (RIP) (Twins, From Dusk till Dawn). She was John Travolta's Wife. Alexandra Paul (Leigh) was also in the TV Show Baywatch.
During the scene when she was on fire, there actually was someone driving. They were wearing a fire resistant suit and breathing through an oxygen mask. I originally assumed they had radio controlled the car somehow.
Underrated King/Carpenter horror classic.
Dennis breaking the fourth wall when he looks at the camera and says "I know about your brother," hehe!!
I always liked how they transitioned from 1957 to 1978 with both Buddy Holly and the Crickets’ and Tanya Tucker’s versions of Not Fade Away that were both released those exact years. Excellent idea.
I don't exactly remember when I first watched Christine but I remember it really scared me . I had always had been attracted to 50's and 60's style cars.... they just look very classy I thought. After I watched Christine.... I like jeeps.... lol . Yeah... but seriously I didn't like that style so much after watching this film. Stephen King is a favorite of mine and with John Carpenter.... together I feel they made a legendary movie .
The special effects to me were incredible ; maybe not to everyone's liking but I was impressed . The actor Keith Gordon was Arnie did an excellent role in being believeable and his best friend Dennis.... I really liked their friendship very much before Arnie saw Christine .
Since Halloween is not far I think this was a great start to be prepared . I enjoyed this a lot.... Thank you Tim.
I just rewatched this the other day and just was in awe of how great the effects were for almost 30 years old.
Almost 30? Math says almost 40 years.
@@fnaffoxy1987 I swear I typed 40...
Buddy Repperton was supposed to be older than the other kids at school. The book had more of his backstory. he had flunked several times so he was like 23 I think
Everytime I see his character, I always get a John Travolta vibe. Am I the only one?
@@centuryrox
I thought Jim Morrison
7:16 That sequence of beats were "Shave and a Haircut" and the associated response "two bits" -- a 7-note musical call-and-response couplet, riff or fanfare popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comedic effect. It is used melodically or rhythmically, for example as a door knock.
"Two bits" is a term in the United States and Canada for 25 cents; a quarter. "Six bits" is occasionally used. The final words may also be "get lost", "drop dead" (in Australia), or some other facetious expression. In the UK, it was often said as "five bob" (slang for five shillings), although words are now rarely used to accompany the rhythm or the tune.
An early occurrence of the tune is from an 1899 Charles Hale song, "At a Darktown Cakewalk"
^Thank you, Wikipedia!
Fewer people each year recognize the "Shave and a Haircut" beat since it's popularity is of a certain era. Time marches on.
Christine was a custom order! That's why she was the only red '58 Plymouth Fury off the assembly line while the rest were painted in the standard buckskin beige. BTW that little tune you heard when Dennis honked his horn to open the garage door is called Shave and a Haircut (two bits). It was used at the end of musical performances for comedic effect.
My grandpa had an old Plymouth like Christine when I was young. This movie and book has always been special for me.
The car in the "Show me" scene wasn't a normal car :) This was a car chassis with the parts made of rubber and pumps inside. Pumps sucked out the air - "car" squished itself. Then they put it in reverse.
The car fixing itself was shot in backwards.
was shot normal, but put into the movie backward. They destroyed several cars of that make/model for the movie.
Buddy Repperton was kept back in school....a BUNCH of times! Lol
When you talked about Dennis and Leigh getting together and Arnie being mad about it, it's funny because there's actually a deleted scene like that in the movie! Leigh and Dennis kiss, Arnie just happens to see them and curses to them, then drives off.
The self fix was done by making a car with plastic panels imploding them with hydraulic rams and reversing the film.
7:20 that little jingle is called "Shave And A Haircut" and was coined by barbers sometime in the 1900's or 1910's. The earliest known recorded use of the 7-note melody came from a 1899 song called "At A Darktown Cakewalk" by Charles Hale.
Harry Dean Stanton plays the detective in this film, but he also played the inmate trustee in the execution rehearsal scene in "The Green Mile".
That beat came
From
Vaudeville. The song was “A shave and a haircut, two bits”.
The car being haunted makes more sense in the book.
Voting for Carrie or The Dark Tower.
Carrie. Easily. Cujo or Salem’s Lot.
When I go to Starbucks and they ask my name and I say "Christine" like the car .. but most don't get it lol. Wish I could say I was named after this story.. but sadly I was born a few years earlier. In the mouth if madness is another awesome carpenter film that needs more love!
Great reaction 👍 now you should definitely check out a sleeper classic from 1986 called THE HITCHER starring Rutger Hauer 👍 one of my favorite 80s movies 💯💯💯
for the scene "show me",some hydraulic actuators were installed in the car for pulling the body panels,then the shot was reversed
also,for the gas station scene,Terry Leonard (the stunt coordinator) was driving,he explained that a flammable substance was sprayed all over the car.after the filming,a guy named Martin Sanchez bought one of the stunt cars,and reused all the body panels of the burnt christine,they were in perfect condition
The car communicated by playing old 50's songs. Before it killed the chubby guy, it was playing "Little Bitty Pretty One." Meaning it intended to smash him into little bitty pieces. When Darnell got into the burned car with his rifle, it started playing "Boney Marone" as it was squashing him between the seat and steering wheel. Notice the lyrics "Shes as skinny as a stick of macoroni." When Dennis tried to get in the car, it played "Keep on knocking but you can't come in." And when it was being demolished at the end, it was playing "Rock n Roll is here to stay." Meaning it refused to die.
Fun fact: Christine can be seen in the background of Carrie near the end and can be seen in a few episodes of stranger things.
Its funny that this is the movie that got me so into older cars like this…
A nice classic movie from the master of horror^^ I love this movie and the beautiful car. Very good joice, go on^^ 😁
Timothee I've got to say you definitely have the best reactions to these types of movies my gosh u are the greatest ever !!!💓
Glad you enjoyed this and massive props for reacting to it! It's one of my personal fave Stephen King adaptations and, admittedly, one of the few films that genuinely creeped me out when I first saw it due largely in part to Keith Gordon's performance as Arnie. As you pointed out, that speeding down the highway scene especially totally low-key creeps me out too with the scene's eerie lighting and his wide eyed expressions. One of the better and more subtle "possession" pieces I've seen, personally. Eager to see your upcoming horror reactions! ✌
Actually have a lot killer car movies like The Car from 1977, The Wraith from 1987, Duel from 1971 etc!
If you want see another great movie car I recommend the original Gone in 60 seconds from 1974 have one of the most amazing car chases from the cinema history!
There's nothing supernatural in Duel, though. There clearly is a driver, even if we never get to see him fully. Just his hands on the wheel or his boots kicking the tires. He's even in the credits.
@@Yngvarfo I know that, actually Duel is a thriller, the spillberg idea for this movie is use symbolism and treat the truck like a monster is the reason we don't see the driver because the truck is the vilan from the movie other movies make this idea like death car on the freeway From 1979, wheels of terror from 1990, road rage from 1999 and the gladiator from 1986!
@@Yngvarfo and killer car movies are always a supernatural vehicle or a normal car with a Psycho driver and like duel who are a big vehicle pursuing a normal person in a small vehicle is something normal in a lot TV's an home videos car movies!
To further add to the significance behind Christine, all 1958 Plymouth Furys came in the Beige and Gold seen at the beginning of the film. Christine was something specially ordered.
The Knock EVERYONE knows comes from when people knocked that tune on peoples doors for 'shave and a haircut, two bits'
7:27 that beat that we all know is called the shave, and a haircut
Question: the old man that sold Christine to Arnie.....is that the old man neighbor from Home Alone?
LOVE THE MOVIE AND THE MUSIC SCORE!!!
Her unending fury...
love this movie and the book. difference between the book and the movie (which there are many differences) . the movie she just fixes herself, in the book he has to push her around the junkyard till she fixes herself enough to drive, then he drivers her around till she's back to perfect. as she is being pushed and then driven, her odometer rolls backwards.
they purposely blacked out the windows so the audience doesn't know if she's driving herself or if he is in there.
Yes, and in the book, that's how Arnie ends up in a back brace (just like Roland LeBay). He pushed her around the yard for hours, but later he didn't remember any of it.
Great book too, Tim. You should read King. Clive Barker too.
I wholeheartedly suggest viewing another King adaptation, "Firestarter."
And watch George C. Scott ham it perfectly playing the villain. Even the young Drew Barrymore (after ET: The Extra-Terrestrial), couldn't take away his performance.
Hey Tim! Stephen here! GREAT video man! Also, love your shirt! 🙂👍
this is my second favorite John carpenter film, Big trouble in little china being the first..hint hint lol
But this is such a classic! And the actors did a great job, especially the actor for Arnie.
And I'm not really a car guy but you do have to admit that the red '58 Plymouth fury is a beautiful car. That and the '67 Chevy Impala are my two dream cars..
Another one that I've been looking forward to this week. 😊
This was one of my favorite horror movies growing up in the 80s.
I highly recommend the original 1989 "Pet Semetery" movie, and the 1990 mini-series "IT" both based on two great Stephen King books.
A movie that came out in the 70’s that is similar is The Car.
22:31 Hey, he was in Ghostbusters! "The effect? The EFFECT? The effect is, it's pi$$ing me off!"
"You volunteered for this, didn't you? We're paying you aren't we?"
"You can keep the five bucks! I've had it!"
Christine is in my top 5 horror movies!! Love the soundtrack just as much as the entire movie!!
I remember watching this movie it was actually good and happy your reacted too it 🙂👍
The effect used to fix the car is very similar to the one used in Return From Witch Mountain.
the car repaired herself with hydraulics tubes from inside out too look as realistic as possible! no CGI there!
Great selection. Great reaction. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks scott!
I think “Cujo” was one of the best movie adaptations of kings movie. It is scary and tender at times and absolutely believable. Super good movie.
Arnie is actually a protagonist, that term does not go to good or evil it means specifically the main character think of it like childs play, chucky is bad yet the main character
Indeed, the "show me" scene was played backward. They crushed one car from the inside with hydraulic cylinders
I can just imagine how fun it was to wreck a car for the bully actors!
Try "The Duel", the first movie of Spielverg and It's really good!
Could not agree with you more :)
It's just *Duel* (1971)
i love your reaction when arnie jumped up as he was dying....lol. my daughter had the same reaction when i first showed christine to her.
There's a video somewhere about a guy working on one of those cars a restored Christine car and he's by himself in the shop and he said the horn started honking he ran out of the shop didn't come back to the next morning is a frayed wire that was touching power but that whole situation freaked him out
Another great Stephen King collaboration classic is CREEPSHOW, (1982) which he made with the King of Zombie Movies, George Romero.. an anthology homage to the 1950s EC Horror Comics they both grew up with (Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, etc.). Has a lot of fun cameos. CREEPSHOW 2 is also good, though Romero didn't direct that one.
My first car was an antique, also a Plymouth, also a Belvedere, 55 model.
Hi Timothee! Excellent reaction to Christine! For Horror films, may I suggest:
Sinister (2012)
The Babadook (2014)
What was spooky for me wasn't the fact that Christine is sentient, but the fact that anybody who owns her comes out possessed. Arnie wasn't turning evil on purpose. He had been possessed by the spirit of the car, as if his body were possessed by a 1950's greaser ghost.
In the book the corpse/ghost of the previous owner drives her, it's him, not so much the car that does the killing and everytime he kills someone they get in the car with him so it's a full boat by the end of the book, lol. Reading this you might say "That sounds really stupid" but it works in the book. I am glad though they completely ignored it for the movie.
My dad taught us the secret knock and he was born in 1950 not sure where it originated.
"Shave and a hair cut , two bits."
The guy who played Buddy was 25 or 24 at the time. He got held back in H.S. a couple of times.
19:55 the way, Christine repaired herself is they just reversed the process
Great now watching this movie has made me feel nervous at the thought of getting in a car - fortunately the whole city's in lockdown (high from Sydney) so it's not like I'll be driving anywhere anyhow.
The score of this film is absolute 🔥.
For the scene where christine fixes herself. They used hydrolics and filmed that scene in reverse.
i highly recommend you the original book from stephen king. the former owner is still alive and he is the one to sells the car (a very disgusting man), it shows with all details how and why arnie started changing, his relationship with dennis is way more deep and the deaths are even more shocking
Nice video Tim
If you listen to the lyrics on the radio, it’s as if Christine is talking to him in any given situation… hella creepy!!!
Great Stephen King movie. And you can't go wrong with John Carpenter. The old man who sold Christine is the next door neighbor on Home Alone. If you haven't seen it yet, would love your reaction to The Natural from 1984 with Robert Redford and Glen Close. It's a great movie.
Woooooooo....un súper clásico!!!...😲... saludos Tim 👌😁
Lexicon Reference:
"The “shave and a haircut” and the resulting “two-bits” response are often referred to as a seven-note musical call-and-response composite and are often used at the end of a musical performance. People frequently used it in tune or rhythm, for example, as a person clapping."
"In the United States, “two bits” is an archaism meaning 25 cents or a quarter (three months). Meanwhile, “6-bit” is a term sometimes used."
Keith Gordon was perfect as Arnie..
When a movie has two of the biggest names in horror (Carpenter & King) on it, you know you're in for something great.
Also, a neat little fun fact: John Carpenter purposely made the movie light on blood and gore after The Thing was criticised for being too violent and gory. They upped the movie to an R rating (to avoid a PG) by adding swearing, which resulted in it being called the most profane movie at the time. (But then Scarface came not long after.)
Gotta love the USA. You can get an R rating because someone decided certain words were "bad." In Canada, this movie gets a 14A rating tops, if not PG. America is still very much a theocracy.
Recommend duel and cujo