15:38 Fun Fact: contrary to populair belief, the motion picture "Maximum Overdrive" was both written and directed by a sentient bag of grade A Columbion cocaine.
A girl with teenage angst has telekinesis, a clown from outer space, a psycho who attempted to torture a writer, a pet cat that appears everywhere, and anything that is possible for impossible horrors that put Goosebumps to shame.
" -All I know is car goes _VROOM_ _VROOM_ and suddenly I'm selling my organs to cover the insurance". Absolutely hilarious and all too real. God I love this channel!
This reminds me of a story my mom told me. When she was a teen, her and her friends when to see the movie Christine in theaters. Then on the way home, it was foggy on the roads and saw a car similar to Christine. they all started to freak out and almost got caught speeding home.
Christine is a genuinely awesome horror film. I avoided it for the longest time because it was about a sentient killer car, but finally watched it because it was freakin' John Carpenter doing Stephen King. No regrets.
MrNegativecreep07 I am of the same thought in that he was thrown out due to the impact not by Christine. Nothing of the scene even hinted at that idea, so was genuinely surprised to hear Ryan see it that way.
@@Reverend_Nada I agree, she didn't eject him on purpose. Even after he dies reaching out to her, her radio plays a song that has lyrics something like "I'll always love you."
I interpreted Arnie's death as his own mistake, recklessly driving Christine manually in a self-destructive fit of rage rather than her letting him die or outright killing him on purpose
Yeah, Christine and Arnie make a mistake and he dies for it. She sits there, stops in the middle of her pursuit, and sing him a requiem. She actively mourns his death.I don't know how you see her actions and think she killed him at all intentionally.
@@26muca07 From what I've heard, there's a chance Christine didn't even have seatbelts, since they weren't very common in cars until the late 60s, and she's a model from '58.
I always interpreted Arnie’s death in Christine to have been an accident. Arnie was aiming for Lea, but she dodged the attempt and Christine crashed through the office launching Arnie through the windshield. (I don’t think that model of Fury had seatbelts). This is further evidenced by Christine mournfully playing “I’ll forever love you”. I chalk Arnie’s death up to his own mistake.
There's a movie called The Wraith about a killer car where the car is the "good guy" Avenging the death of a murdered young man at the hand of local bullies.
The idea is ridiculous but you can make it work like Christine, the scene where she repairs herself should have won an Oscar. Its the best one but the most fun one is Maximum Overdrive, cocaine does wonders, come on King, admit, you had fun doing it plus the trailer gave us Halloween 3 score although you should have added ACDC music instead. And you get the dumb ones like "With Friends Like These"....well at least you get one funny scene where the driver gets possessed and says, "Noo!" in a laughable way.
It’s funny, my mom was just talking the other day about when she was little she had nightmares about a truck chasing her. We both live in Florida so the fear of getting hit by a car is pretty real. It’s pretty creepy how when you see a road of cars you cant really see the people inside them at all and that’s freaky to me. Although I’m surprised no one ever made a car horror movie about a mini van with automated doors that slice a kids hand off, have really tight seatbelts, and of course child safety locks. Just saying it’d be an interesting and relatable take that might stir some childhood memories.
Christine is a book and film I became attached to in High School, I never realized when I picked it up how many comparisons I would draw with my own situation of being bullied. For me it focuses on that heavily, showing how far a person will go if they get pushed too hard and belittled enough. Christine (and in the book the spirit of the owner) personify sheer rage, and as King put it Fury, Arnie becomes exposed to it and uses it like a drug, fueling him to kill everyone that has ever wronged him. For me Christine was a warning, in that as much pain as you feel from these people, it's entirely possible to walk over the edge of sanity and never come back.
19:30 I think the car did not eject him, but instead it was because of the force of the impact that made him eject, you can see that the car was actually mourning for him by turning off its headlights
I really enjoyed Death Proof. The final conflict being between the old guard of Hollywood stuntmen being brought to justice by the young female stunt drivers and car enthusiasts seems to me to act as a critique of gate keeping, especially in the typically male centric car world.
Jae Erwin I completely agree! That movie gets such a bad rep, but I thought it was a fairly fun and unique film of the time. Really enjoyed the ending! Lol!
With the concept of self-driving cars on the horizon as they're being tested and discussed, I expect this genre to make a resurgence in the near future.
I'm honestly surprised it hasn't...I mean when Drones were a big thing in the new we saw several Drone based horror movies (which were almost all awful), you'd think with the fact there was one accident involving a self driving car the B-tier horror movie people would be all over it...but nope..
It already has kind of. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 had a subplot about a self driving car trying to murder one of the characters, but nobody saw it because its shite. And I don't know how that movie ended sucking so much, the first was great and the self driving car with a lethal grudge idea could be comedy gold if done right.
I would love to hear your thoughts on The Hitcher (1986). I know it's considered a thriller and not a horror movie, and I guess it would fit in the "stranger danger" category, but in a way, it can be seen as a twist on the "killer car" movies. "Killer on the road, but even closer than you think : on the passenger seat".
I literally don’t know how to describe how great Ryan’s videos are, like they make everything interesting, are funny, informational, and the editing is so cool and his voice is calming and it’s just so great :,)
"The Car" (1977) really spooked me as a kid , if that car isn't the 'vehiculomorphisation' of the Devil , then I'm Jesus. Some great characters in it as well - one old guy tells a horn playing hitch hiker that if he makes any more noise he will 'shove it so far up your ass you'll be fartin' to music for a year' - or something similar. James Brolin as well , always class.
"NOOOOOOO you can't just make a movie about a faceless, motivationless killer driver whose whole deal never gets explained amd dies in an unsatisfying crash at the end before immediately cutting to credits! You have to craft an intricate story where the killer has both in-story motives as well as being symbolism for real-world issues!!!" "haha car go brrrrrr"
8:29 I mean, I think the open road desert setting is prominant because 1. It's cheaper than trying to block off a street for filming in a city or town 2. It allows the cars to go as fast as they want without worrying about weaving around busy locations or the chase being halted very abruptly by heavy traffic.
Ryan: "All I know is, car go vroom vroom and suddenly I'm selling my organs to pay for the insurance." Me: "Ooh, look. A Datsun 120Y. I haven't seen one of those in forever." Okay, getting to the point, no, it wasn't about the inherent danger of driving a car. It was the fact that the car itself was a tool of harm. Think about it. A giant mass of metal, plastic, and rubber rolling about at speeds the fastest animals on Earth can't match. And there's someone who can direct that weight and power. Cars up until about the last decade have been symbols of freedom. The ability to go wherever you want whenever you want. And the killer car is some madman using that freedom to kill and maim.
What i love about The Car is that not only is there not a driver nor owner like Christine, The car was quite literally the devils hot rod, it was (unlike Christine) indestructible, it was toughest, most ominous, and by far the most frightening killer car, you can not change my mind
Thank you for making this video! Christine is one of my favorite movies/books and you explained what I like about it better than I could. Duel is a movie I haven't thought about in a long time. I watched that one at a very young age, and it definitely stuck with me. I still get a little nervous sometimes when a big truck is behind me.
When I was very small, my family went on a trip. We stopped at a truckstop. We got out and were crossing on foot, when a truck pulled up really close and - I don't actually remember - he either gunned the engine at us, or laid on the air horn - I'm sure he thought it was hilarious but it scared the crap out of me.
In the film Christina the car doesn't kill Arnie. After crashing into the office he is accidentally thrown through the windshield and is impaled by a piece of glass. It was an accident.
Love this video. Seriously. You posted about how the analytics were bad but holy shit man that means nothing, this video is art and made extremely well. You’re the only one doing video essays that are genuinely really thought provoking and creative. Thanks for the upload
There are some creators who's content i hardly care about at all in terms of topic, but who i still love to watch because of the quality of their content and personality. This is one of those channels. I don't particularly like horror movies, nor do i watch many of them, but the way ryan makes his videos is so interesting and entertaining that i can somehow always enjoy watching film reviews of horror movies I've never seen, and don't particularly care to. Keep up the good work -a guy who doesn't like horror but likes you 👍
Oh boy, I love cars, and I want to be killed, both of my interests in one place. edit: this is a joke I don’t actually wanna kill myself I really appreciate your concern though 💕
I don't know if anyone else has pointed it out but Christine didn't eject Arnie, he was forced out by the crash. She's a killer psychic car yeah, but still a car. his seatbelt snapped in the crash
I just love how Carpenter turned Christine into a cautionary tale against nostalgia by having a 1980s kid becoming a 1950s toxic jerk and now our nostalgia for the 1980s is responsible for all those Carpenter remakes and maybe even the election of Trump.
Man I haven't thought about Christine in years. That movie genuinely freaked me out when I was a kid. Especially that scene where the car forces itself through a gap to kill that guy.
I feel like if you look at Christine as a toxic partner turned abusive then sudden shift to destructive towards the object of its obsession then the shift isn’t that jarring. If you’ve ever been a victim of domestic abuse you know you don’t even have to try to leave in order for your abuser to turn violent since the motivation is more based on their mental and emotional state than any real logic in many cases
I always figured that Arnie wasn't thrusted out by Christine on purpose as it was just an accident merely caused by sudden high momentum stoppage 🤷🏻♂️
I'm old enough that I remember when Duel and later Christine were in drive-ins... I was still pretty young and I can't tell you how terrifying they both were, especially Duel! I was traumatised! Though Mad Max later again traumatised me much much more!!!
I think an element of the horror in these films also comes from our sublimated fear of the car accidents one encounters as a driver; the same thing that makes us rubber-neck accidents while simultaneously trying NOT to think about the danger we're putting ourselves in whenever we merge onto the freeway. We live a mostly comfortable life into which car accidents are, for many, their only real life experience of violent death and gore. The only context in which decapitations and so forth are anything other than theoretical. I'm surprised you didn't mention at least as an aside films like "Hereditary" and "Final Destination 2" that aren't killer car flicks as such but definitely derive key moments of onscreen terror from the situation of horrific car accidents. No supernaturally animate cars are involved, but the accident itself is what STICKS with you from both films.
I've watched most of Ryan's videos twice or thrice now. Once as intended, the others to fall asleep to his soothing voice. I especially love these specials because they are so much longer than the regular videos. Great job as always Ryan, looking forward on putting this one on for the second time soon!
I would add the end of "Breakdown" (not the whole movie) where a semi truck and a pickup truck are on this nauseatingly high bridge and he's trying to force them off.
1958 cars just were starting to get seatbelts. Saab introduced them as standard that year. US cars didn’t get them until later. My 1963 Belair didn’t have seatbelts when I got it. So it’s much more tragic that Christine threw him through the windshield because her anger her “unending fury” (that’s a quote from the book but the book the car is possessed by Roland D. LeBay) overshadowed her love for Arnie. Showing her temper got the better of her because she wanted Leigh and Dennis dead. So I look at it as her anger was her downfall and that’s why she plays the love song for Arnie, it’s her realizing the mistake.
I can tell you're not a car enthusiast, if you ever start building a car, bike, or truck and just enjoy a long scenic drive you'll understand why it's an escape for some of us
@@kaylemkerr6989 I have; they're about equal, a few changes but nothing that takes any enjoyment out: the removal of the mafia sub-plot from "Jaws" (the real reason the mayor didn't want the beaches closed, later resorting to killing the Sheriff Brody's cat), letting marine biologist Hooper live, removing the sub-plot where Ellen Brody has an affair with Hooper, having John Hammond not be villainous, demoting Ian Malcolm to a lesser character so as to focus more on Grant and Sattler, the dinosaurs travelling to Costa Rica, and Malcolm dying.
Yes, I just actually read a collection of Richard Matheson's short stories and I was disappointed that time hasn't been kind to a lot of them. In the story, the protagonist's last name is "Mann" (like, Everyman) and the name inscribed on the truck is "Keller" which he reads as "Killer" - it's just so corny. The movie has definitely held up better. I would've liked to see the truck auditions.
@@parisgreen4600 I don't know, I feel that, other than the aforementioned "Duel", a lot of his short stories and novels have held up pretty well, especially stuff like "Prey", "Mute", "Now You See Me", "Hell House", and many others. Still, there are those that don't seem quite as good anymore, like "Witch War" or "Madhouse".
How dare you! Christine doesn't "eject" Arnie, *he* was driving and didn't wear his seat belt! Christine didn't know that objects in motion tend to stay in motion... 😃
The reason Christine's film has such a bizarre ending is because it was changed by the movie. In the novel, Arnie actually does try to resist Christine's influence at the last moment, for which she kills him; this works really well with the established metaphor of Christine as a toxic relationship in mechanical form, because she immediately flips out and kills him for this one transgression. Although even there it comes out of nowhere after Arnie has been Christine's willing puppet for the whole story. In the movie, however, there's no real attempt to convey any sense of resistance, so it just comes out of nowhere, especially with the film-unique scene of Arnie stroking her bumper, making it clear that his love for her never wavered.
I was suffering from an extreme, dark depression. Then, this very day it was brought to my attention that there is a movie called "Killdozer" that does in fact exist. Now my depression is cured.
Maximum Overdrive was a favorite of mine as a kid. It’s so loud and stupid that it’s more like a Saturday Morning Cartoon than a horror movie and I love it.
Arnie wasnt wearing his seatbelt, thats why he was killed. Older cars had more dangerous windshields and when a crash happens,shards of glass can injury or kill you. Also seatbelts werent standard on cars throughout early 60's and back. John carpenter talked about how when arnie touches christine's grill as a farewell and then Christine's headlights fade off shows the car's emotion. (Just saying)
While not entirely relevant here since it is not a movie but a cartoon episode, Futurama episode The Honking was an interesting mix of a werewolf and killer car genres with a LOT of references to Christine and The Car.
not only do i appreciate you taking a look at one of my favorite niche horror subgenres but now i have you to thank for another movie to add to my list when i subject my loved ones to killer car marathons. how have i not thought of counting rubber? thank you for giving me another excuse to show people that masterpiece as well as reminding me of a few classics. this is a great video and i always thought i was the only one who saw the deeper symbolism in the genre. like, the genre rarely gets talked about except for death proof, maximum overdrive, and christine. maybe jeepers creepers but no one mentions the truck and on rare occasions i've seen talk of duel and joyride. it's not really talked about enough and there's a surprisingly large number of movies that fall into the subgenre so, as with the giant spiders, it's really cool of you to talk about it like this. it's so weird and niche that i think it should be talked about more lol
I get what Ryan is saying with he mistress/lover metaphor in Christine he did not realize that the relationship is actually a deal with the devil. Arnie desires to be tough and get the girl and Christine gives him what he wants but the price is his soul. Arnie becomes a murderer and loses his humanity.
What you just said there at the end. Ironically why we watch any and all movies. Good or bad. If you just said that rnt without thinking about what you had said. As a movie buff my bro. You finally figured out why they are made. To take our minds off everyday hustle and bustle. To escape. Very good! If you're in film school,which I don't think you are,time to apply at the gas station.
Hey Ryan, in the video I noticed you talked about questioning why Christine all of the sudden rejects Arnie, after wanting him all to herself. I'm pretty sure that Christine didn't mean to kill him. It was an accident after She missed, and slammed into office room. You can feel the sense of Christine losing her loved one, as Arnie Feels her with his blood covered fingers.
The biggest mistake about people who like cars or motorcycles is that we want them to be loud and fast for you. That’s a good look at how people who say that think. either you do things for other people to notice you or you hate people who do that so much anyone who has something that you think is flashy or supposed to be cool is trying to impress you. Either way it’s not about you. Most people who like cars and motorcycles, like them for the way they make them feel not the way they make you feel about them. It’s just so annoying to like something and have people be so arrogant to think you’re just trying to impress them. You’re not that important and for the people who have nice stuff to impress people you’re not that important either.
Thank you Ryan! SO MUCH! Oh, and Happy Father’s Day! As a car fan myself, this was a topic I was eagerly awaiting to see you to cover. Christine is one of the most underrated films of all time IMO (especially coming from John Carpenter’s filmography), so I’m so elated to see you give it the spotlight it deserves. Honestly, the end feels more symbolic. Christine is so obsessed with killing Leigh, that she doesn’t consider Arnie’s safety, and Christine even briefly mourns for him when he dies. Arnie dies for letting his flaws and first urges take so much control that his common sense goes out the window. Christine not having seatbelts didn’t help, of course. Oh yeah, and Duel. That’s one of my late granddad’s favorite films, so it deserves some spotlight, too.
Christine: The movie is much different than Christine the book. I read the book before I saw the movie, and I was just, so unhappy that the movie didn't explore almost ANYTHING that was in the book. They made changes all over the place, and cut out so many major, important plot points. Christine was a book that was a slow build, character study of someone going slowly mad. In the movie, suddenly the guy is crazy, out of nowhere. It would have been better as a TV series, because it really needed that slow build. The real focus of the book wasn't "A KILLER CAR", but a guy slowly going crazy, having been possessed by the previous owner, who was also insane. The movie? Nope. It's just a car that's evil, and it somehow was evil right from the assembly line on.
This is going to my personal favorite playlist. I grew up with killer car movies and it's my favorite topic of all time. Plus you're doing an analysis on "The House That Jack Built" next? Oh boy I'm waiting for that.
Two films I think deserve mention is 2001''s Joy Ride/Roadkill and 2010's Roadkill/Road Train (yeah regional name differences are weird). Joy Ride feels very much like a slasher moral play about "be careful who you mess with" similar to 80's slashers and I feel woks by use of the truck driver's voice as an almost ghostly presence. Road Train however feels like an uninteresting version of Duel combined with the outback slasher feel of Wolf Creek.
I watched Duel in film studies and all I could think at the end was "how the hell is he gonna get back to a town? Hes out in the middle of nowhere in the dessert"
I remember the first time i saw Christine, man i loved that movie, my brother likes cars and left it on the TV and was just as surprised as me when we actually agreed on liking the a thing.
I believe the scene where Arnie gets ejected through the windshield of Christine was more his fault. Since he was driving instead of Christine trying to kill his girlfriend, and being a 1958 Plymouth made in a time when seat belts were an option/not being available at all. it was pretty dumb on his part.
I noticed your post on your twitter about the lack of interest from your audience and I gotta say, whoever is skipping over this is missing out on something fun! I personally skipped the spider video (I’m an extreme arachnophobe and a vid like that would put me in a high-strung anxiety state for a week) so seeing one of your vids that focuses on a genre instead of singular flick that I can watch is an exciting little shake up! This was awesome!
19:07 And in both the book and film it's implied that both Arnie and Christine are possessed by the car's original owner Ronald Lebay. That's why Arnie starts looking like a greaser. Because that's what Lebay looked like when he was young.
There was a series a few years ago from the syfy channel, i think, called "Blood Drive". Post apocalyptic race across the country but since they were short of oil the engines ran on human blood. It wasnt great but it was a semi original idea with some good moments.
I know it's not in the same genre but The Hitcher was an amazing horror film for me. It kinda has the same atmosphere as these movies but it hits the spot.
It’s Father’s Day today and as me and my mom sat down to watch some tv there was a marathon on an old movie channel of father themed horror movies as a way to celebrate I guess? which made me think of the fathers role in horror movies. I’d love to see do a video on that someday! I always look forward to these video they’re sooo well done!
*What should I talk about next?!*
Next time: The House That Jack Built
Twin Peaks!
The wailing
I second Twin Peaks
Thank you so much for doing my request next week Ryan! Your channel deserves all the praise.
T W I N P E A K S
Ah yes, the crime thriller that is Cars 2. Impeccable taste as always, Ryan.
K A C H O W !!!
_Cars 2_ isn't a crime thriller, it's a crime _against cinema._ Mater is a friggin' moron and needs to be compacted. 😒
TBH it did have the graphic torture and murder of a car on screen.
Oh, the fascist vroom vroom movie?
@@ashecarfi4371 Jack Saint destroys all childhood nostalgia and I love it.
15:38 Fun Fact: contrary to populair belief, the motion picture "Maximum Overdrive" was both written and directed by a sentient bag of grade A Columbion cocaine.
*[WE MADE YOU intensifies]*
And that bag was named Little Stevie.
Late, but... As a Colombian, I'm offended.
Is Colombian cocaine, with an _"o"_
@@Caprifoolaceae I am sorry I offended you. I will immediately correct my honest mistake.
@@bambufan3636 better :3 tysm
The untold history of how Stephen King got so drunk and created the genre.
A girl with teenage angst has telekinesis, a clown from outer space, a psycho who attempted to torture a writer, a pet cat that appears everywhere, and anything that is possible for impossible horrors that put Goosebumps to shame.
@@poweroffriendship2.0 ah, the wonders of Cocaine
You mean Richard Matheson created it because he wrote Duel.
Coccaine is a helluva drug
and coked up, dont forget about the coke.
Drinking game: take a shot every time Ryan says hoyever
There's no way he doesn't play that up by now.
...and I'm already drunk. Not killing myself over this.
Take a shot every time someone in this video says pussy
" -All I know is car goes _VROOM_ _VROOM_ and suddenly I'm selling my organs to cover the insurance".
Absolutely hilarious and all too real.
God I love this channel!
Thanks!
pretty annoying tbh
Ryan is just jealous he doesn’t have a Honda Civic with a spoiler on it.
Imagine his reaction to a Nissan skyline.
This reminds me of a story my mom told me.
When she was a teen, her and her friends when to see the movie Christine in theaters. Then on the way home, it was foggy on the roads and saw a car similar to Christine. they all started to freak out and almost got caught speeding home.
Christine is a genuinely awesome horror film. I avoided it for the longest time because it was about a sentient killer car, but finally watched it because it was freakin' John Carpenter doing Stephen King. No regrets.
Sifat Shams same except I’m reading the book and it’s genuinely brutal, I was not expecting it lol. Can’t wait to finish it and then see the movie :D
Regarding his criticism of it, surely Arnie is thrown out by the force of the impact than by Christine?
@@toxicsugarart2103 i grew up on the movie and loved it! So obviously i had to get the book, and it's truly amazing.
MrNegativecreep07 I am of the same thought in that he was thrown out due to the impact not by Christine. Nothing of the scene even hinted at that idea, so was genuinely surprised to hear Ryan see it that way.
@@Reverend_Nada I agree, she didn't eject him on purpose. Even after he dies reaching out to her, her radio plays a song that has lyrics something like "I'll always love you."
I interpreted Arnie's death as his own mistake, recklessly driving Christine manually in a self-destructive fit of rage rather than her letting him die or outright killing him on purpose
I thought he died accidentally too--how and why would the car eject him? The sad song the car plays after he dies kinda confirms that as well.
Came here to say this. Arnie was consumed by revenge and it was his comeuppance.
Yeah, Christine and Arnie make a mistake and he dies for it. She sits there, stops in the middle of her pursuit, and sing him a requiem. She actively mourns his death.I don't know how you see her actions and think she killed him at all intentionally.
@@raspyswirly That was his other mistake. No seat belts.
@@26muca07 From what I've heard, there's a chance Christine didn't even have seatbelts, since they weren't very common in cars until the late 60s, and she's a model from '58.
I always interpreted Arnie’s death in Christine to have been an accident. Arnie was aiming for Lea, but she dodged the attempt and Christine crashed through the office launching Arnie through the windshield. (I don’t think that model of Fury had seatbelts). This is further evidenced by Christine mournfully playing “I’ll forever love you”. I chalk Arnie’s death up to his own mistake.
I. Hate. Lea. I think. She's. A. Total. B***
There's a movie called The Wraith about a killer car where the car is the "good guy" Avenging the death of a murdered young man at the hand of local bullies.
love the wraith. charlie sheen ftw
One of my favorites
Definitely a must watch if you like cult classics.
The Wraith is an absolute classic
Omg ikr??? I love that movie!!!!
2020 is made better by Ryan’s videos imo
Thanks! Folks watching makes my year better too!
If Herbie the Love Bug was a horror movie character, then that would the closest thing we have ever got to the Killer Cars.
We did get the nightmare scene in the sequel, and that was terrifying
Herbie was always horror to me, it freaked me out as a child.
Hows about the 70s cartoon Speed Buggy or the live action Saturday morning show Wonderbug?
The idea is ridiculous but you can make it work like Christine, the scene where she repairs herself should have won an Oscar. Its the best one but the most fun one is Maximum Overdrive, cocaine does wonders, come on King, admit, you had fun doing it plus the trailer gave us Halloween 3 score although you should have added ACDC music instead. And you get the dumb ones like "With Friends Like These"....well at least you get one funny scene where the driver gets possessed and says, "Noo!" in a laughable way.
Oh gawd, kikuchyo in your profile pic, man of culture i see!
Now imagine if Overdrive had Bruce Springsteen in the lead role. The producers didn't know who Bruce was, and Emilio was cast.
Haven't seen Maximum Overdrive, but I do like fun...
@@jbark678 It's a big slice of '80s cheese, but it's a lot of fun. I used to be scared of the goblin-faced truck.
What Oscar? Best car-actor? 😅
It’s funny, my mom was just talking the other day about when she was little she had nightmares about a truck chasing her. We both live in Florida so the fear of getting hit by a car is pretty real. It’s pretty creepy how when you see a road of cars you cant really see the people inside them at all and that’s freaky to me. Although I’m surprised no one ever made a car horror movie about a mini van with automated doors that slice a kids hand off, have really tight seatbelts, and of course child safety locks. Just saying it’d be an interesting and relatable take that might stir some childhood memories.
How does living in Florida make getting hit by a car any more real than anywhere else? lol. You can get hit by a car anywhere.
@@aSinisterKiid You seen the stories about Florida man? Now imagine giving them a car.
Christine is a book and film I became attached to in High School, I never realized when I picked it up how many comparisons I would draw with my own situation of being bullied. For me it focuses on that heavily, showing how far a person will go if they get pushed too hard and belittled enough. Christine (and in the book the spirit of the owner) personify sheer rage, and as King put it Fury, Arnie becomes exposed to it and uses it like a drug, fueling him to kill everyone that has ever wronged him.
For me Christine was a warning, in that as much pain as you feel from these people, it's entirely possible to walk over the edge of sanity and never come back.
19:30 I think the car did not eject him, but instead it was because of the force of the impact that made him eject, you can see that the car was actually mourning for him by turning off its headlights
I really enjoyed Death Proof. The final conflict being between the old guard of Hollywood stuntmen being brought to justice by the young female stunt drivers and car enthusiasts seems to me to act as a critique of gate keeping, especially in the typically male centric car world.
Also, feet.
I agree!
Jae Erwin I completely agree! That movie gets such a bad rep, but I thought it was a fairly fun and unique film of the time. Really enjoyed the ending! Lol!
With the concept of self-driving cars on the horizon as they're being tested and discussed, I expect this genre to make a resurgence in the near future.
I'm honestly surprised it hasn't...I mean when Drones were a big thing in the new we saw several Drone based horror movies (which were almost all awful), you'd think with the fact there was one accident involving a self driving car the B-tier horror movie people would be all over it...but nope..
It already has kind of. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 had a subplot about a self driving car trying to murder one of the characters, but nobody saw it because its shite. And I don't know how that movie ended sucking so much, the first was great and the self driving car with a lethal grudge idea could be comedy gold if done right.
I would love to hear your thoughts on The Hitcher (1986). I know it's considered a thriller and not a horror movie, and I guess it would fit in the "stranger danger" category, but in a way, it can be seen as a twist on the "killer car" movies. "Killer on the road, but even closer than you think : on the passenger seat".
Best part of the video: Ryan's awkward toothbrushing
Needs that Pokemon app
I literally don’t know how to describe how great Ryan’s videos are, like they make everything interesting, are funny, informational, and the editing is so cool and his voice is calming and it’s just so great :,)
Thanks so much!
I am so happy you mentioned rubber, a movie I truly love for its premise: a tire taking revenge because his/her whole family was burned.
"The Car" (1977) really spooked me as a kid , if that car isn't the 'vehiculomorphisation' of the Devil , then I'm Jesus. Some great characters in it as well - one old guy tells a horn playing hitch hiker that if he makes any more noise he will 'shove it so far up your ass you'll be fartin' to music for a year' - or something similar. James Brolin as well , always class.
Thank you! I'm surprised that I had to scroll this far down to see someone comment on it! The design of the Car is amazing; so sinister!
@@sparroni And that blatting horn!
And 2 girls that grew up to be on the Real Housewives.
"NOOOOOOO you can't just make a movie about a faceless, motivationless killer driver whose whole deal never gets explained amd dies in an unsatisfying crash at the end before immediately cutting to credits! You have to craft an intricate story where the killer has both in-story motives as well as being symbolism for real-world issues!!!"
"haha car go brrrrrr"
Man, I'm just happy that Killdozer was shown. That's probably one of my favorite underrated killer vehicle movie.
me: however
Ryan: *hëœwever*
Do you know where is he from?
@@alexandrebeaudry8377 uhhh Scotland? 👀
@@rougezebraa hahahaha thanks, I'm not so familiar with accent. English is not my first language.
@@alexandrebeaudry8377 what is your first language?
@@rougezebraa Français de Canada
8:29 I mean, I think the open road desert setting is prominant because
1. It's cheaper than trying to block off a street for filming in a city or town
2. It allows the cars to go as fast as they want without worrying about weaving around busy locations or the chase being halted very abruptly by heavy traffic.
I want a car girlfriend that kills my enemies.
T-Bird waifu best waifu.
I'm kinda joking... kinda know for a fact that a car tuning/dating sim would sell gangbusters.
Based.
Best thing about Christine is she doesn't need insurance. She just fixes herself! Also she's effectively a self-driving car too
You know it’s a Ryan Hollinger video when it starts out with an old movie clip and an “Aw yes”
Ryan: "All I know is, car go vroom vroom and suddenly I'm selling my organs to pay for the insurance."
Me: "Ooh, look. A Datsun 120Y. I haven't seen one of those in forever."
Okay, getting to the point, no, it wasn't about the inherent danger of driving a car. It was the fact that the car itself was a tool of harm. Think about it. A giant mass of metal, plastic, and rubber rolling about at speeds the fastest animals on Earth can't match. And there's someone who can direct that weight and power. Cars up until about the last decade have been symbols of freedom. The ability to go wherever you want whenever you want. And the killer car is some madman using that freedom to kill and maim.
Plus it's cheap to film, all you need a car with dark windows, some dummies, and a camera.
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Christine didn't eject / killed Arnie on purpose, he just wasn't wearing his seatbelt. I read that 1958 Furys didn't had seatbelts
What i love about The Car is that not only is there not a driver nor owner like Christine, The car was quite literally the devils hot rod, it was (unlike Christine) indestructible, it was toughest, most ominous, and by far the most frightening killer car, you can not change my mind
Thank you for making this video! Christine is one of my favorite movies/books and you explained what I like about it better than I could. Duel is a movie I haven't thought about in a long time. I watched that one at a very young age, and it definitely stuck with me. I still get a little nervous sometimes when a big truck is behind me.
When I was very small, my family went on a trip. We stopped at a truckstop. We got out and were crossing on foot, when a truck pulled up really close and - I don't actually remember - he either gunned the engine at us, or laid on the air horn - I'm sure he thought it was hilarious but it scared the crap out of me.
Duel and Christine always my favorite killer car flicks. each have nail-biting edit, poising synthesizer theme, also there's Spielberg and Carpenter.
love the way he says "hawyever"
In the film Christina the car doesn't kill Arnie. After crashing into the office he is accidentally thrown through the windshield and is impaled by a piece of glass. It was an accident.
Christine is one of those goofy movies I just stand by.
andrew durden Do you stand by Stand By Me?
Do you The Stand by it
Love this video. Seriously. You posted about how the analytics were bad but holy shit man that means nothing, this video is art and made extremely well. You’re the only one doing video essays that are genuinely really thought provoking and creative. Thanks for the upload
Thanks!!
I'm very glad that all three of my favourite killer car movies was mentioned.
Duel, Christine and The Cars that ate Paris.
So is Transformers like the ultimate killer car movie then?
It does have the highest suicide rate per viewing
Roach Dogg Jr, is that you?
Lol.
Disney's Cars is.
You genius
Duel is easily one of my top ten favourite films of all time.
I'm still watching. Thank you for your sacrifice on watching so many of these films. You definitely have a strong mental will.
There are some creators who's content i hardly care about at all in terms of topic, but who i still love to watch because of the quality of their content and personality. This is one of those channels. I don't particularly like horror movies, nor do i watch many of them, but the way ryan makes his videos is so interesting and entertaining that i can somehow always enjoy watching film reviews of horror movies I've never seen, and don't particularly care to. Keep up the good work
-a guy who doesn't like horror but likes you 👍
Thank you!!
Oh boy, I love cars, and I want to be killed, both of my interests in one place. edit: this is a joke I don’t actually wanna kill myself I really appreciate your concern though 💕
Stay safe! ❤️
Ohhhh reeeeally? Hmm, sounds pretty interesting ;)
Feel free to give me a call sometime 1-800-662-4357
I don't know if anyone else has pointed it out but Christine didn't eject Arnie, he was forced out by the crash. She's a killer psychic car yeah, but still a car. his seatbelt snapped in the crash
I just love how Carpenter turned Christine into a cautionary tale against nostalgia by having a 1980s kid becoming a 1950s toxic jerk and now our nostalgia for the 1980s is responsible for all those Carpenter remakes and maybe even the election of Trump.
Man I haven't thought about Christine in years. That movie genuinely freaked me out when I was a kid. Especially that scene where the car forces itself through a gap to kill that guy.
Maximum Overdrive, the first Stephen King movie I watched. Honestly, it was a fun watch.
Also, I hope that Futurama's werecars get referenced.
Indirectly, yes. The original werecar is an homage to 'The Car' (1977) as seen at 26:06 in this video.
I feel like if you look at Christine as a toxic partner turned abusive then sudden shift to destructive towards the object of its obsession then the shift isn’t that jarring. If you’ve ever been a victim of domestic abuse you know you don’t even have to try to leave in order for your abuser to turn violent since the motivation is more based on their mental and emotional state than any real logic in many cases
I love that someone finally is talking about this very strange sub-genre, its one of my favorite niche's in film.
I always figured that Arnie wasn't thrusted out by Christine on purpose as it was just an accident merely caused by sudden high momentum stoppage 🤷🏻♂️
I'm old enough that I remember when Duel and later Christine were in drive-ins... I was still pretty young and I can't tell you how terrifying they both were, especially Duel! I was traumatised! Though Mad Max later again traumatised me much much more!!!
I think an element of the horror in these films also comes from our sublimated fear of the car accidents one encounters as a driver; the same thing that makes us rubber-neck accidents while simultaneously trying NOT to think about the danger we're putting ourselves in whenever we merge onto the freeway. We live a mostly comfortable life into which car accidents are, for many, their only real life experience of violent death and gore. The only context in which decapitations and so forth are anything other than theoretical. I'm surprised you didn't mention at least as an aside films like "Hereditary" and "Final Destination 2" that aren't killer car flicks as such but definitely derive key moments of onscreen terror from the situation of horrific car accidents. No supernaturally animate cars are involved, but the accident itself is what STICKS with you from both films.
I've watched most of Ryan's videos twice or thrice now. Once as intended, the others to fall asleep to his soothing voice. I especially love these specials because they are so much longer than the regular videos. Great job as always Ryan, looking forward on putting this one on for the second time soon!
Thank you!
*"Duel"* the original road rage film. Classic. *"The Car"* about a driverless Devil car from hell, is also one of my favourites.
I would add the end of "Breakdown" (not the whole movie) where a semi truck and a pickup truck are on this nauseatingly high bridge and he's trying to force them off.
1958 cars just were starting to get seatbelts. Saab introduced them as standard that year. US cars didn’t get them until later. My 1963 Belair didn’t have seatbelts when I got it. So it’s much more tragic that Christine threw him through the windshield because her anger her “unending fury” (that’s a quote from the book but the book the car is possessed by Roland D. LeBay) overshadowed her love for Arnie. Showing her temper got the better of her because she wanted Leigh and Dennis dead. So I look at it as her anger was her downfall and that’s why she plays the love song for Arnie, it’s her realizing the mistake.
I can tell you're not a car enthusiast, if you ever start building a car, bike, or truck and just enjoy a long scenic drive you'll understand why it's an escape for some of us
"Duel": Proof that he book isn't always better.
'Fight Club' is a good example of that. The author Chuck Palaniuk even finds the film better (its ending).
@@LukeRunner A guess those too. Not that I've read the books to be honest though.
@@kaylemkerr6989 I have; they're about equal, a few changes but nothing that takes any enjoyment out: the removal of the mafia sub-plot from "Jaws" (the real reason the mayor didn't want the beaches closed, later resorting to killing the Sheriff Brody's cat), letting marine biologist Hooper live, removing the sub-plot where Ellen Brody has an affair with Hooper, having John Hammond not be villainous, demoting Ian Malcolm to a lesser character so as to focus more on Grant and Sattler, the dinosaurs travelling to Costa Rica, and Malcolm dying.
Yes, I just actually read a collection of Richard Matheson's short stories and I was disappointed that time hasn't been kind to a lot of them. In the story, the protagonist's last name is "Mann" (like, Everyman) and the name inscribed on the truck is "Keller" which he reads as "Killer" - it's just so corny. The movie has definitely held up better. I would've liked to see the truck auditions.
@@parisgreen4600 I don't know, I feel that, other than the aforementioned "Duel", a lot of his short stories and novels have held up pretty well, especially stuff like "Prey", "Mute", "Now You See Me", "Hell House", and many others. Still, there are those that don't seem quite as good anymore, like "Witch War" or "Madhouse".
The only horror genre my dad likes.
My grandma likes Jeepers Creepers.
I love Rubber.
Honestly, I think I needed this. Just some awesome insight from a great UA-camr. Thanks, man.
Thanks for watching!
24:21
love u ryan. there's no other person i'd rather listen to deep-dive into the history of murderous car movies than you.
How dare you!
Christine doesn't "eject" Arnie, *he* was driving and didn't wear his seat belt! Christine didn't know that objects in motion tend to stay in motion... 😃
The reason Christine's film has such a bizarre ending is because it was changed by the movie. In the novel, Arnie actually does try to resist Christine's influence at the last moment, for which she kills him; this works really well with the established metaphor of Christine as a toxic relationship in mechanical form, because she immediately flips out and kills him for this one transgression. Although even there it comes out of nowhere after Arnie has been Christine's willing puppet for the whole story. In the movie, however, there's no real attempt to convey any sense of resistance, so it just comes out of nowhere, especially with the film-unique scene of Arnie stroking her bumper, making it clear that his love for her never wavered.
bringing my sonic toothbrush to every party from now on. now i just have to get invited to a party
Seems a bit odd you didn't mention Cronenberg's movie "Crash" from 1996 which, imho gives an interesting twist on this premise...
I was suffering from an extreme, dark depression.
Then, this very day it was brought to my attention that there is a movie called "Killdozer" that does in fact exist.
Now my depression is cured.
Maximum Overdrive was a favorite of mine as a kid. It’s so loud and stupid that it’s more like a Saturday Morning Cartoon than a horror movie and I love it.
Arnie wasnt wearing his seatbelt, thats why he was killed. Older cars had more dangerous windshields and when a crash happens,shards of glass can injury or kill you. Also seatbelts werent standard on cars throughout early 60's and back. John carpenter talked about how when arnie touches christine's grill as a farewell and then Christine's headlights fade off shows the car's emotion. (Just saying)
While not entirely relevant here since it is not a movie but a cartoon episode, Futurama episode The Honking was an interesting mix of a werewolf and killer car genres with a LOT of references to Christine and The Car.
not only do i appreciate you taking a look at one of my favorite niche horror subgenres but now i have you to thank for another movie to add to my list when i subject my loved ones to killer car marathons. how have i not thought of counting rubber? thank you for giving me another excuse to show people that masterpiece as well as reminding me of a few classics. this is a great video and i always thought i was the only one who saw the deeper symbolism in the genre. like, the genre rarely gets talked about except for death proof, maximum overdrive, and christine. maybe jeepers creepers but no one mentions the truck and on rare occasions i've seen talk of duel and joyride. it's not really talked about enough and there's a surprisingly large number of movies that fall into the subgenre so, as with the giant spiders, it's really cool of you to talk about it like this. it's so weird and niche that i think it should be talked about more lol
24:21 *reaching out* hold my hand friend! we're here. We're here for this and we appreciate your ramblings! ❤️
“All i know is car goes vroom vroom and suddenly im selling my organs to pay for the health insurance”
-ryan hollinger
thanks for reminding of Joyride, I saw it like 15 years ago and can´t remember the name until now.
Also Duel is a masterpiece.
I get what Ryan is saying with he mistress/lover metaphor in Christine he did not realize that the relationship is actually a deal with the devil. Arnie desires to be tough and get the girl and Christine gives him what he wants but the price is his soul. Arnie becomes a murderer and loses his humanity.
What you just said there at the end. Ironically why we watch any and all movies. Good or bad. If you just said that rnt without thinking about what you had said. As a movie buff my bro. You finally figured out why they are made. To take our minds off everyday hustle and bustle. To escape. Very good! If you're in film school,which I don't think you are,time to apply at the gas station.
Hey Ryan, in the video I noticed you talked about questioning why Christine all of the sudden rejects Arnie, after wanting him all to herself.
I'm pretty sure that Christine didn't mean to kill him. It was an accident after She missed, and slammed into office room. You can feel the sense of Christine losing her loved one, as Arnie Feels her with his blood covered fingers.
The biggest mistake about people who like cars or motorcycles is that we want them to be loud and fast for you. That’s a good look at how people who say that think. either you do things for other people to notice you or you hate people who do that so much anyone who has something that you think is flashy or supposed to be cool is trying to impress you. Either way it’s not about you. Most people who like cars and motorcycles, like them for the way they make them feel not the way they make you feel about them. It’s just so annoying to like something and have people be so arrogant to think you’re just trying to impress them. You’re not that important and for the people who have nice stuff to impress people you’re not that important either.
Thank you Ryan! SO MUCH! Oh, and Happy Father’s Day!
As a car fan myself, this was a topic I was eagerly awaiting to see you to cover.
Christine is one of the most underrated films of all time IMO (especially coming from John Carpenter’s filmography), so I’m so elated to see you give it the spotlight it deserves.
Honestly, the end feels more symbolic. Christine is so obsessed with killing Leigh, that she doesn’t consider Arnie’s safety, and Christine even briefly mourns for him when he dies. Arnie dies for letting his flaws and first urges take so much control that his common sense goes out the window. Christine not having seatbelts didn’t help, of course.
Oh yeah, and Duel. That’s one of my late granddad’s favorite films, so it deserves some spotlight, too.
Ello Gov’nor is hands down the greatest killer car movie of our age.
Look at it!
@Õ_Õ Shy Guy Ok, zoomer. I'm a millenial (20) and I'm aware of that reference.
Õ_Õ Shy Guy your name was the movie Mordecai wanted to watch in that episode...
@@APoliticalConfusionAndMess same
Hey, well, having a car means something when your country is so big that walking across it takes 6 months. A car is freedom, baby!
Christine: The movie is much different than Christine the book. I read the book before I saw the movie, and I was just, so unhappy that the movie didn't explore almost ANYTHING that was in the book. They made changes all over the place, and cut out so many major, important plot points. Christine was a book that was a slow build, character study of someone going slowly mad. In the movie, suddenly the guy is crazy, out of nowhere. It would have been better as a TV series, because it really needed that slow build. The real focus of the book wasn't "A KILLER CAR", but a guy slowly going crazy, having been possessed by the previous owner, who was also insane. The movie? Nope. It's just a car that's evil, and it somehow was evil right from the assembly line on.
This is going to my personal favorite playlist. I grew up with killer car movies and it's my favorite topic of all time.
Plus you're doing an analysis on "The House That Jack Built" next? Oh boy I'm waiting for that.
Two films I think deserve mention is 2001''s Joy Ride/Roadkill and 2010's Roadkill/Road Train (yeah regional name differences are weird). Joy Ride feels very much like a slasher moral play about "be careful who you mess with" similar to 80's slashers and I feel woks by use of the truck driver's voice as an almost ghostly presence. Road Train however feels like an uninteresting version of Duel combined with the outback slasher feel of Wolf Creek.
Ryan you can't just fit John Carpenter into everything!
Ryan: and I took that personally.
I watched Duel in film studies and all I could think at the end was "how the hell is he gonna get back to a town? Hes out in the middle of nowhere in the dessert"
I remember the first time i saw Christine, man i loved that movie, my brother likes cars and left it on the TV and was just as surprised as me when we actually agreed on liking the a thing.
I believe the scene where Arnie gets ejected through the windshield of Christine was more his fault. Since he was driving instead of Christine trying to kill his girlfriend, and being a 1958 Plymouth made in a time when seat belts were an option/not being available at all. it was pretty dumb on his part.
Haven't watched the whole video but Christine is a great movie
Edit: yay he did talk about it
Maximum Overdrive is scariest The Green Goblin has ever been on the big screen.
I noticed your post on your twitter about the lack of interest from your audience and I gotta say, whoever is skipping over this is missing out on something fun! I personally skipped the spider video (I’m an extreme arachnophobe and a vid like that would put me in a high-strung anxiety state for a week) so seeing one of your vids that focuses on a genre instead of singular flick that I can watch is an exciting little shake up! This was awesome!
Thank you!!
YES KING OMG I’m so glad you’re talking about this!
19:07 And in both the book and film it's implied that both Arnie and Christine are possessed by the car's original owner Ronald Lebay. That's why Arnie starts looking like a greaser. Because that's what Lebay looked like when he was young.
Even demon cars can't save you if you're not wearing a seatbelt. That's the real moral of Christine.
There was a series a few years ago from the syfy channel, i think, called "Blood Drive". Post apocalyptic race across the country but since they were short of oil the engines ran on human blood. It wasnt great but it was a semi original idea with some good moments.
I know it's not in the same genre but The Hitcher was an amazing horror film for me. It kinda has the same atmosphere as these movies but it hits the spot.
Loving the longer videos!
Very happy that you gave visual props to the movie 'Monster Man'. I love that flick and it never gets talked about!
It’s Father’s Day today and as me and my mom sat down to watch some tv there was a marathon on an old movie channel of father themed horror movies as a way to celebrate I guess? which made me think of the fathers role in horror movies. I’d love to see do a video on that someday! I always look forward to these video they’re sooo well done!