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 (2016 film) asked for Andrea, the sports anchor, to be transferred along with him. Returning to work Christine plays nice with Michael and asks him for his permission to do a piece. Michael agrees. Christine reads out several minutes of news on local crime, but when footage of a crime scene jams and she is asked to stall, she announces that the station will be airing a live suicide attempt, pulls out a gun, and shoots herself. Initially, the other people at the station believe she is joking but quickly realize what happened when Christine falls out of her chair bleeding. She