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 Harris (author) various awards including the 1999 Aurealis Award best horror novel for "Foreign Devil", and the 2009 White Ravens Award for "Audrey of the Outback", among others. Christine Harris (author) Christine Harris (born 5 August 1955) is an Australian writer of children's and young adult with works both in speculative fiction and historical fiction. Christine Harris was born in Mile End, South Australia in 1955. In 1992 Harris' first book was released, entitled "Outer Face" which was a collection of 14 of her short stories. She has since released numerous other short stories and released three other collections. Harris has also