“How do you kill something that can't possibly be alive?”
Directed by John Carpenter
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🏆 1 win & 3 nominations total
Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
Carpenter turns chrome and combustion into slow-burning dread, watching a boy dissolve into the machine he loves. The fear here is patient and possessive—a corruption that creeps rather than lunges. What unsettles most is the intimacy of it: an object that seems to want, to resent, to wait for you in the dark.
Content: Violence, Vehicular Deaths, Threatening Behaviour
Keith Gordon
Arnie Cunningham
John Stockwell
Dennis Guilder
Alexandra Paul
Leigh Cabot
Robert Prosky
Will Darnell
Harry Dean Stanton
Rudolph Junkins
Christine Belford
Regina Cunningham
Roberts Blossom
George LeBay
William Ostrander
Buddy Repperton
David Spielberg
Mr. Casey
Malcolm Danare
Moochie Welch
Steven Tash
Richard Trelawney
Stuart Charno
Don Vandenberg
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