Stephen King vs John Carpenters CHRISTINE The American Graffiti of Horror

An analysis of Stephen King s Christine, John Carpenter s film adaptation, and their relationship to George Lucas American Graffiti, highlighting the horror story s approach to 1950s nostalgia as a specter of the past, how Lucas got nostalgia right in his influential film, and how Carpenter uses the Plymouth Fury to critique Reagan s America. PATREON , horror Music: Christine and They Live by John Carpenter Murmuration by Blue Wednesday I Wish It Would Never Stop Snowing by Sleepy Fish Tech Noir by Gunship Vampires by The Midnight Sources: