Review of Christine (1983) by Ben D — 06 Feb 2014

Lacking in scares and full of one dimensional characters.

This review of Christine (1983) was written by Ben D on 06 Feb 2014.

Christine has generally received positive reviews.

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By Santiago C (54) on 21 Feb 2017

Decent killer car movie. Not Carpenter or King's best stuff, but it's still fairly entertaining…

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By Kim Newman (791) for Empire (3,446) on 08 Jun 2017

Adapted from the Stephen King killer car novel, this John Carpenter film is more like an assembly line vehicle than a customised job, but is…

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By Jaime L (538) on 06 Apr 2017

A car that kills people. But it also transforms a geek into a ladies man. The ending wasn't as good as I'd wished, but still its a good movie…

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Christine just boils down to another average adaptation of one of the increasingly weak Stephen King novels that hit Hollywood like a bad rash…

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By Brad S (2,657) on 12 Aug 2016

I hadn't seen this John Carpenter film since I was a teen so it was nice to revisit it. Based on Stephen King's book about a killer car…

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The special effects and general B-movie atmosphere makes up for the lack of genuine suspense and the overall absurdity of its plot, and while…

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