Christine (1983 film) "Christine". Kobritz purchased the rights to "Christine" after finding himself attracted to the novel's "celebration of America's obsession with the motorcar." According to John Carpenter, "Christine" was not a film he had planned on directing, saying that he directed the film as "a job" as opposed to a "personal project." He had previously directed "The Thing" (1982), which had done poorly at the box office and led to critical backlash. In retrospect, Carpenter stated that upon reading "Christine", he felt that "It just wasn't very frightening. But it was something I needed to do at that time for my career."
Christine Finn the leading female role, Barbara Judd, in the science-fiction horror serial "Quatermass and the Pit" (1958–59). Finn's career as a film actress, other than providing voices for two films based on "Thunderbirds", did not develop further. During Hammer Films' preparations for a film version of "Quatermass and the Pit", Barbara Shelley was cast as Judd, although Nigel Kneale, the writer of the "Quatermass" series, preferred Finn's performance. In a book about his work, written by Andy Murray, Kneale recalled: "I'd liked Christine very much ... but she wasn't the kind of screen star that Hammer wanted. So we got Barbara