Christine (1983)
Christine is a 1983 horror film from director John Carpenter. The film was based on the novel by Stephen King, in which an evil car is purchased and starts having a negative influence on its new teenage owner. The film stars Keith Gordon as the main character Arnie, who buys Christine.
Christine
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Release Date
- December 9, 1983
- Studio(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast
- John Stockwell , Keith Gordon , Robert Prosky , Alexandra Paul , Harry Dean Stanton
- Writers
- Bill Phillips
- Runtime
- 110 minutes
- Budget
- $9.7 million
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