Halloween / Christine

HALLOWEEN, 1978, 91 min. A landmark in modern horror - and one of the most phenomenally successful independent films ever made - John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN set the standard for dozens of oversexed teens-meet-serial killer movies to come, including SCREAM and SCARY MOVIE. Newcomer Jamie Lee Curtis (in her first major role) stars as the resilient Laurie, aware that evil stalks the shady streets and living rooms of her small town, in the form of escaped psychopath Michael Myers.

CHRISTINE, 1983, Columbia, 110 min. Teenager Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon in one of his best performances) is the nerdiest guy in school, until he meets the girl of his dreams - not a flesh-and-blood classmate, but a 1958 Plymouth Fury. As Arnie restores the car, he undergoes his own transformation, but best friend Dennis (John Stockwell) doesn't think it's all for the good especially when Arnie's enemies start dying one by one.