The 12 Days of Christine resembled an arthouse film. From the beginning of the episode, there are clues to the content of the closing scenes, including the sound of a heartbeat, sounds associated with cars, and blue flashing lights. There are also a number of allusions to horror films; Fung is referred to as "the grudge", the Stranger's appearance evokes "Don't Look Now" and the throwing of eggs may be associated with "Ghostbusters". The name "Christine", too, can be seen as a reference to Stephen King's "Christine". For Chris Bennion, writing in "The Independent", the events of "The 12 Days of Christine" are a life
Christine Delphy Christine Delphy Christine Delphy (born 1941) is a French sociologist, feminist, writer and theorist. She was a co-founder of Mouvement de Libération des Femmes (Women's Liberation Movement) in 1970 and of the journal "Nouvelles questions féministes" (New Feminist Issues) with Simone de Beauvoir in 1981. Christine Delphy was born in 1941 to her parents who owned a local pharmacy. In the documentary film on her life and ideas, ""Je ne suis pas féministe, mais..."" ("I am not a femnist, but..."") Delphy describes an early feminist consciousness in observing her parents: though running the pharmacy was labor-intensive for both of them,