Monday, September 11, 2006

Movie Review - Christine

Christine (1983)
directed by John Carpenter
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix

A demonic car isn't inherently the scariest idea in the world to me - sort of on par with an evil toaster or haunted Segway - and if Carpenter never convinces me that my truck is something I could find myself afraid of, he sells the idea of possession pretty well. Leigh's fear - trapped at a drive-in, hiding behind a tree - makes Arnie's obsession frightful. And it's to Carpenter's credit that Arnie is inevitably and irredeemably doomed. That plus a few solid effects and Harry Dean Stanton in the stoic, knowledgeable role of Donald Pleasance makes four.