John Carpenter and Stephen King – a mixture that ought to go collectively like peanut butter & jelly, however to our shock, these two titans of horror have solely ever collaborated on one characteristic – 1983’s Christine. An adaptation of the Stephen King novel a couple of possessed cherry pink 1958 Plymouth Fury, Christine ranks extremely on the record of finest Stephen King diversifications ever. For Carpenter, it wasn’t a ardour mission, as he was coming off of the large monetary failure of The Factor, which precipitated some instant fallout for his profession. In truth, Christine could be one in all two “for rent” jobs he would take following its failure, with the opposite being the Academy Award-nominated Starman in 1984 (which we profiled on yesterday’s Greatest Film You By no means Noticed).
Whereas Carpenter has made it clear that Christine was by no means a private mission for him, the director however shot the hell out of it, and it had a traditional John Carpenter musical rating besides. An early showcase for teen actors Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul and Kelly Preston, Christine was a modest success on the field workplace, grossing $21 million, however an enormous hit on video/cable. On this episode of WTF Occurred to this Horror Film, we dig into how Carpenter got here to adapt this Stephen King traditional.
This episode of WTF Occurred to this Horror Film is written, produced (with John Fallon), edited and narrated by Tyler Nichols. Watch earlier episodes beneath and tell us within the feedback when you assume 1983’s Christine holds up!
