RORY: Dean, what is this [the junk yard filled with car wrecks]?
DEAN: Okay. Uh, did you ever see Christine?
RORY: Yes.
DEAN: Well, it’s nothing like that.
Christine is a 1983 film directed by John Carpenter, and based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The story is about a a red and white vintage car named Christine which is both sentient and violent, and how it affected its teenage owner. Although it received tepid reviews, it has since become a cult classic.
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