Christine
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
The Mahoning hosted a car show earlier tonight prior to a screening of the 1983 John Carpenter film based on a Stephen King novel about the most diabolical vintage automobile to ever be immortalized in celluloid and print, Christine.
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
The Mahoning hosted a car show earlier tonight prior to a screening of the 1983 John Carpenter film based on a Stephen King novel about the most diabolical vintage automobile to ever be immortalized in celluloid and print, Christine.
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| Show banner designed by Andrew Kern |
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| Show poster designed by William Sebastian |
Our friend Bill is a very talented artist and someone who collects and restores classic cars, so there was no one better suited to design the poster for this Sunday night screening.
There was one special guest automobile in attendance with all of the other cars that were brought out to the lot. Ronnie Ciarmello brought out a car that he has owned for the last fourteen years; a 1957 Plymouth Fury which has been lovingly dubbed as Christine's big sister, Mallory.
The car used for Christine was a 1958 Plymouth Fury. Mallory (named after Mallory Knox from Natural Born Killers) was built in the last week of August 1957, which was one week before the 1958 Plymouth Fury was introduced. Due to it being built during the changeover to a different model year, Mallory was produced using some '58 Fury parts. Additionally, the V emblem on its grill is from one of the '58 Fury vehicles that was used during the Moochie chase scene during the filming of Christine.
There's nothing quite like a cup of hot apple cider with whipped cream and cinnamon to help keep you warm on a cold night in late September at the drive-in. Very tasty!
Christine is undeniably an 80's classic and a horror movie classic. It premiered in theaters when I was three years old, and it's one of the many movies that I discovered when I worked for Blowout Video when I was a teenager. It's been over twenty years since I last saw it, so I forgot how great it really is. It's another film that I never imagined that I'd be able to see on 35mm at a drive-in theater. No matter how many times I come here, it never ceases to amaze me how this place makes you feel like you've traveled back in time and that you're truly experiencing a movie the way that audiences did when it was brand new.
Last, but not least, they started Mallory up at a pivotal scene during the movie, complete with eerie green interior lights. I was glued to the big screen so I didn't get to see this, but Johnny Wheats captured the moment with these incredible photos.
