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 Collins Christine Collins Christine Ida Collins (December 14, 1888 – December 8, 1964) was an American woman who made national headlines during the late 1920s and 1930s, after her 9-year-old son, Walter Collins, went missing in 1928. During the Trial Testimony of Gordon Northcott, the State of California concluded that Christine Collins' son (Walter Collins) had been murdered in the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders led by a man named Gordon Stewart Northcott, who was executed at San Quentin in 1930. Her search for the whereabouts of her son was chronicled in the 2008 Clint Eastwood film "Changeling", in which she was