I can’t lie, I was pretty let down by Christine, probably the weakest of Carpenters’ 80s output. Didn’t like any of the characters enough to feel sympathetic to any of them before a monster car started hunting them, and Murder Smooshing did nothing to change that. The towns police were surprisingly quick to accept “Possessed Car Did Murders” as an explanation. Also, far less Car Does Murders than I was expecting.
I was pleased with myself for recognizing The Shovel Man from Home Alone immediately, and disappointed with myself for not recognizing Grandpa Fred from Gremlins 2 until I looked him up.
I liked the visuals though. I’m a sucker for a good “machine magically rebuilds itselfs” shot. Very scattershot approach to the Radio Plays Ironic Song bit, half the time the car started playing music about it threatening people, and the rest of the time it was just whatever 50s song John a carpenter could get clearance for