Clarification needed. As someone else in the comments pointed out to me. Although yes, Christine had a 5.2 litre engine in the movie within the more than 20 cars of her that were used for some of the driving. The engine seen repairing herself and in the photo used, was the 5.7 litre, 350 Cubic Inch Golden Commando, with 305 hp two 4-barrel carburetors. Future references will try to clarify this better as more than one engine was used in production.

The two films Christine and The Car are definitely the best car related films ever .

I would say 'The Car' was stood the test of time not because it's "so bad it's good," but because the car itself is so damned cool.

Christine is definitely my all-time favorite Stephen King film adaptation....the three scenes depicting the car's 'revenge' of the three school bullies were incredible...I still get chills watching the car, engulfed in flames, run down the leader of the three bullies...the accompanying scary music that played as the car ran him over , was some of the scariest music ever put to a horror film.

In 1977 I was 9 yrs. old and "The Car" scared the hell out of me especially the horn. I would have to make it #1.

The Death Proof Nova deserves an honorable mention.

Christine is by far one of the best love stories ever wrote and filmed. I've been in love with that Fury ever since I first saw it.

Definitely Duel and The Car are the most memorable for me as simply unique characters. The truck seemed so non-threatening at first, just being a road hog. But as the chase ensued and the speed picked up it took on a whole new image without changing a spot of oil or rust. The Car always looked 'evil-y stylish' to me. Something I would and wouldn't want to ride around in. And the more one realizes it's simplicity having no door handles, key holes, antenna, wipers or latches, the more evil and mysterious it becomes.

MFP if you ever watched the cartoon "Futurama" you will see a direct reference to "The Car" in an episode where Bender is infected by a "were-car" and morphs into a car. His morphed form looks exactly like "The Car"

I can understand 'Christine' being number one, but I'm so glad 'The Car' popped up at number 2. Yeah, the end scene is pretty cheesy but the film as a whole had some truly terrifying scenes in it: You don't even see The Car first time in Sherriff Wade's garage, but by God it scares the bejesus out of you when you do. Also when it kills Lauren by flying through her house is a masterpiece of editing; the extended silence that follows as the light bulb swings from the ceiling literally leaves you speechless. Such a shame the film was buried under the media surrounding the box office hits of the time, it's a film that thoroughly deserves its cult status and it is in no way a low-budget-looking 'B' movie. So glad it's been released on Blu-Ray!

The car. That was one of the first scary movie I can remember.

The Car was absolutely the best of all times.

One of the best aspects of The Car is that a lot of mystery remains. It's never explained what exactly it is or where it came from. I saw it when I was a kid and I wanted to know everything but it's left as a huge unknown. You even get to see from its perspective, but you get no clues as to its origin.

The Creeper's truck.

In 1977, my mom treated me and my two sisters to a trip to Disneyland with a side-stop at Universal Studios. This was time before all the amusement park rides. It was just a tram ride through the working lot that ended at the center where the animal show and Frankenstein monster makeup demo took place. There was one more show, but I can't remember what it was. But during the tram ride I remember driving by a dirt parking lot and parked along the fence were several recognizable movie and TV cars, just sitting out in the hot sun and all covered with what looked like months worth of dust. One of those cars was Peter Falk's old jalopy from his Columbo series, but a couple of old cop cars away was the Lincoln from The Car, a movie I had just seen and loved (I was 14). And though the tram's tour guide prattled off the sites (I think this was pre-scripts), no mention was made of the Lincoln, though he did point out Columbo's car. I still have the photos I took of both cars with my little rectangular Kodak Instamatic.

The Car was the scariest for me. That horn!!

Being from the Pittsburgh Area, Christine is a huge favorite here. The book was a dedication to George Romero.

Once you had the Peterbilt from Duel (which is a superb film) at number 3, there were only two that could have taken the top spots, The Car and Christine. Both were no brainers in this rundown

Christine takes the spot for me as the most beautiful vehicle on this list, and also the one with the most "personality". The car was an actual character, with emotions and feelings, jealous and angry and possessive, and she was evil and vengeful. The car was actually in love with Arnie, and was savagely protective of him, hunting down his bullies, but of course taking it all too far and going overboard on the evil. And what a beautiful car; nobody makes cars like that anymore, the style, chrome, the finish, the sound. While The Car may have been scarier, Christine was a better film.

I love Christine, but nothing beats The Car. That big black beast of a '71 Lincoln Continental Mark III is powerful like an old Nascar racer, has huge steel bumpers and rims, semi truck horn, and its INDESTRUCTIBLE. That vehicle inspired me to make a fictional car based on Speed Racer's Mach 5, but is also very similar to The Car in overall build, called the Black Thunder or Mach 7, as my character self's car of choice. But I thought 8 original cars were made, not 3.

The 1941 Chevy COE from Jeepers Creepers definitely shoulda made the list. From the look to that evil horn, it gave me chills.

"The Car" is number 1 for me! My best friend at the time & me saw that movie & it instantly became our favorite movie, we were hooked like fish! We saw it 5 times in the 2 weeks that it was in the theater. We read the book it was based on & studied every detail we could learn. For us, "Christine" was boring & stupid, I remember. I was amazed & stoaked to find "The Car" on DVD a few years ago! I found another old favorite as well, picked up a copy of the original "Gone In 60 Seconds" on DVD! Does anyone remember "Freebie & The Bean?" That one held the record for most cars destroyed in a movie until the first "Blues Brothers" movie came out. Thanks for sparking some good memories for me!

I would sell my soul to have The Car! Loved it SO much as a kid at the Drive-In. I remember people beeping their horns at the end, a la The Car, and my dad being afraid to leave too soon out of fear of idiots trying to do donuts & stuff as they exit

"The Car" I thought I was the only person who remembered that movie.

I thought the car was better, and has always been my favorite; and Christine a close second

Just hearing The Cars horn scared me to death. Totally other worldly.

I remember the car it scared the crap out of me .the sound it made the screaming sounds left a impression

Christine's determination to fight captivates me, it's an amazing car in this movie. The fight scenes where the car fights and breaks are terrifying and exciting. And amazing music at the same time.

The engine displacement for the Christine Fury in incorrect. A dual-quad 5.2L (318 cubic inches) engine was available, but the screen engine is the 5.7L (350 cubic inches) big-block. The first of the B-series engines, this was a one-year only engine. Dubbed the 'Golden Commando' it produced 305hp through two 4-barrel carburetors.

The Car is a classic i would love to see a sequel. Imagine that roaring around today.

Duel is an absolute classic and would have been at number 1 for me. I would have the truck from Jeepers Creepers on there somewhere too but fantastic list regardless

Glad I discovered your channel the other day. Love your delivery, without annoying try-hard humor and I have a lot of car films to check out now!

"The Car" was a physical incarnation of the "Devil", it/he should have been NUmber 1...

I once saw either one of the real Cars or an amazing replica from "The Car" when I worked at a particular Country Club back in 1992. It was in the car park as I pulled in on my bicycle. It dawned on me a few days later what that would have made me do in terms of losing my bowels had it been behind me on the long lonely road up to the Club entrance, given the subject matter in the movie. I think its first two kills were cyclists. LOL!!! It was an amazing looking machine. It had a Nitrous Bottle by the dash and everything. Cool interior. Very cool thing to have seen.

The Car was my favorite. Love it. Especially the horn....

Honey-trap video for an oldie like me. Thank you for sorting out the continuity issue with Duel. I could never figure out why there were three vehicles in a Duel (as derived from duo or 2.) That you jammed in so many displacement-and-horsepower notes was satisfying. I think you got them all correctly. Nice work!

Every time I hear the song, "Little Bitty Pretty One" I wonder if Christine is coming to get me.

There isnt anything sexier or more badass than the Phantasm Cudas. That defines a muscle car thru and thru

"Christine" and "The Car" stand alone from the rest of the genre, and even from each other. Christine was unique in that it digs into almost every nerds experience in school, and the feelings they felt at some form of revenge being taken out on their bully attackers. Christine satisfies that fantasy in a cool and unique way for the nerd, and a painful and horrible way for the bully. The Car is one of those movies that is completely by itself even though it follows the same path as the rest of the genre. The Car takes a much darker road as it digs into the deep seated fears that most refuse to talk about... meeting Satan face to face. When presented with the inevitable nature of sin and the death attached to it, one can only have a view of sheer horror as all of these factors are presented in this one vehicle. It cannot be ignored, it cannot be damaged, it cannot be hurt, it cannot be stopped. The location is even a representation of this as it is a lonely desert town, much like purgatory is viewed, where one has nowhere to hide from their demons and those demons are driving around in a faster car than yours. All the movies on the list are good, don't get me wrong, but Christine is a special picture of a reality where the bully gets his, the nerd gets his day in the sun, and everyone learns a valuable lesson in humility... The Car on the other hand, well, ... everyone has fear, everyone has sin, everyone fears the devil, and no one wants to be faced with their deeds done in dark places or have their secrets exposed. The Car does those things but in a violent, maniacal fashion with no escape, no redemption, and no lesson to be learned. No hope is offered in the end as almost everyone dies, and those that don't are forever changed and will most likely never be the better for it. In all the other movies, including Christine, there was a reason for the action and we never know who's driving the vehicle in question or if there even is a driver. Thats scary... But in The Car, ... we literally have no idea what the reason is and boy oh boy we all know who is driving and what his particular intentions are and that my friends is far more horrifying and is evidenced by this, ... If you hear there is a child molester in your town, you get concerned. If you hear he is in you neighborhood, you feel fear. If you discover he lives on your street, you become terrified... But if you learn he is living next door, and your wife and kids are at his house, ... well my friends that is the epitome of horror. Not knowing is scary. Knowing, and being unable to do anything about it is far more terrible and one must dwell on what mistakes were made that led to such a situation. Of all the movies listed, The Car does just that.

Christine has been watched by me over 500 times. I am so fanatical about this film, that I actually tried to get one imported from the USA. I can also recite evry word from the film from start to finish.

New subscriber. I enjoyed this video and learned a lot from it. I am grateful that you included the film series "Phantasm" as I enjoyed those films decades ago. Especially the scene in one of the multiple sequels where two characters broke into a hardware store taking and using merchandise to build weapons, then broke the cash register open, to deposit additional cash to compensate the store owners for what they had taken. Rather than harvest the store owners' cash. I had never seen, nor expected that to occur in any film. That's what I consider to be a decent thing to do! Rather than stealing! Peace!

Did you know “the Car” was in The death scene (season 1) Of karr in knight rider? The car that jumped of the cliff was that.

Christine still remains the scariest of the cursed cars on the big screen, in my opinion. Scared me in the theaters when it came out. Even after she was crushed and bundled I think she could have come right back if she had wanted. Duel also scared me, as I was a kid when I first saw it on tv during a Saturday afternoon in the early 70's. I had no idea what my sister and I had just watched at the time, but years later it's still a good movie to catch, if you can find it. It was here on KZfaq in its entirety some years back.

This is a truly great channel. Being an Aussie i grew up watching and collecting all these films. The car is my favourite by far. I have the poster, original 1977 magazine print ad, several copies of the film on vhs, dvd and blu ray. I also have the 1:18 scale die cast of the car and i use the horn sound as my phones ringtone. The car, duel and Jaws are kin. All three are universal studios movies and two were done by Spielberg. The wraith, christine and phantasm are also some of my favourites. But what i also like is the black pickup truck from the movie nightmares that bursts out from underground in one scene and chases a priest who has lost his faith . The hearse is another movie that i like with a big black hearse terrorising a woman.

Loved your list. Wish that the truck used in jeepers creepers was on the list. Loved that Lincoln in the car movie with that loud air horn! Thanks

First time viewer, new subscriber Loved the video!! Great narration and you put Christine as no.1 which is a win

Evil Kit! Nice pull... Just subscribed for that. Also started with Wraith video loved it

Gotta love Christine.... the book

No love ❤️ for the Jeepers Creepers Van???

The Wraith is one of my favorites, and The Car I saw only on TV, but remember it quite well.

Great list! I hadn't heard of most of these before... Off the the library I go to find and view them. Yay.

When I was a kid in the 70's, for some reason "The Car" always gave me a creepy feeling every time I watched it.

Loved The Car and Christine is Badass🤘👍

You missed Kill Dozer, a Cat D9.

Hell yeah Christine was my first introduction to killer cars. She also got me into mopar. I love Christine

Maximum Overdrive is my favorite. I love how creative it is, all the trucks they used and how they made it look like the machines were operating themselves ❤️❤️❤️

I think to call The Car so bad it's good is to seriously undersell it. Much of what's in that film is truly scary, right down to the concept itself, that it's the Devil's car. The scene where the car flips and takes out the sheriff's car--in the days when all such stunts had to be done for real--had me and my brother goggle-eyed with amazement. And the driver's-eye-view as the sheriff fires at the windscreen is the perfect mix of visuals and audio. It's a genuinely good movie, if not quite great. And way better than Christine which misses almost everything that made King's book such a page-turner. And you can't have a list of film cars like this without at least mentioning Vanishing Point.

Excellent production as always. Another one in the horror car film genre I saw some years back was a movie called "Joy Ride". Not bad but worth the watch.

The 1941 Chevrolet COE from the Jeepers Creepers series deserves a mention here. That was one bad ass looking horror vehicle.

Christine is my favourite film! I saw it 15 years ago and I haven't watched anything better yet.

I have a tattoo of the front of The Car that takes up most of my back. I've had it for close to 20 years now. I always get compliments on it during the summer. Obviously my favorite movie.

News flash the truck from Maximum Overdrive did not have an official Green Goblin on the front. There was a lawsuit over the depiction. I used to see that truck all the time driving on I-75. I actually talked to the guy that was driving the truck. Unfortunately it did not have the Happy Toys trailer.

Great vid, gotta love The Car! Would like to have seen a mention for Killdozer

All good thanks for the video👍. Death proof, Wangan midnight, I was hoping were going to be there

Brilliant video MFP. The first film I had never heard of, and Phantasm 2 would not of been on my watch list. So a big thank you for bringing these to my attention. Really love your work.

Kar from Knight Rider meets his end, if I recall correctly, by driving off a cliff using recycled footage taken from the final plunge of The Car off the cliff.

I was lucky to see one of the Christine's that survived the movie at the Lemay museum in Tacoma. A giant car and so beautiful.

As a mechanic at Fantasy Cars in El Cajon CA. in the 70's and 80's I got to drive lots of movie cars. But the worst ones to drive of the bunch were your number two pick "The Car" and the bubble cars used in Woodie Allen's "Sleeper" as they had to be driven using walkie talkies! ZERO vision out from drivers seat! (Side note: I witnessed the Munster coach rolling off a ramp truck and being hit by a Buick Stationwagon on I-5, and The number one Batmobile has a 390 out of my 65 Thunderbird not the original engine used in the series. The original engine was stored with water in the block and it cracked.)

I grew up watching all of these and love these movies 🤘🏿

ethe further it crept to the number 1 spot, the more I got upset Christine wasn't mentioned. I was 2yo when it came out... and surely watched parts when I was 6. I can vivdly remember scene like the car playing music while being crushed... the seats adjusting to choke someone. It was truly horrifying. A masterpiece... and you are right, what else could have been number 1.

Great video, brings back a lot of good and scary memories.

Really fun and informative video, I know have a host of new films to watch, already seen The Wraith and Christine. You got a new subscriber from the Scottish Highlands

The scenes with Christine on fire are wholly lovely...

1977 The Car! Loved that Vehicle and I wish I had one! I NEVER FORGOT ABOUT THIS FILM!!! And I have a 1:18 Scale die cast, NEVER OPENED Vehicle just like it!!! Love that movie no matter how bad anyone says 🤣 it is!!!

I worked on the set of phantasm 2 back in the 80s I did the embalming room floor. There are tiles missing under the embalming table that I told them I could repair. They said just make the floor look good. Was on set when the girl pushes the guy into the furnace very cool. The Car should have been number 1 was way more scarier than Christine imo.

"The Wraith" LOVE IT great list... really well done.

I definitely think the Creeper's Truck from Jeepers Kreepers should've been on this list.

I so luv ur list of movies!! Christine is my favorite car movie!!! Great video!👍👍👍👍👍

The station wagon the griswalds used in vacation. Absolutely frightening.

Well done! You got the top 2 right, far as I know.

I always wanted to build "THE CAR" except mine would have a serious blower sticking out of the hood and it would be tubbed as well. From the beginning I knew it was either Christine or the The Car that would take 1-2 spot in here.

Excellent top ten MFP. Well put together. I will certainly check out "Crash!" this is new to me.. intriguing. Please do a detailed analysis on the flip from "The Car"... probably the best flip and roll ever filmed in my opinion...

Maximum Overdrive Tractor-trailer with The Green Goblin Face attached to it was Sharp! Loved that movie 🍿 too! Still have it on VHS!!!

GREAT VIDEO--- good choices too..

9:53, see that car on the left? It’s a 1957-1958 Plymouth Fury! Same car as Christine.

Fun fact, Karr was voiced by... you guessed it *_Octomus prime_*

Great video, these cars are in the exact order where they belong. The Car! was SCARY! Christine was relentless.

Nice list. I've watched most of those. Killdozer is another horror vehicle film that seems to be forgotten.

The Cadillac from HighwayMen(2004) could have been included

I think the car in The Car was more frightening than Christine personally and it certainly wasn't as bad a film as you're making out but still a good list.

Christine also made an appearance in one of the Sharknado films

Several years ago, a strange situation happened. I was driving north on the interstate. It was after midnight and I was "stretching the legs" of my turbocharged 4DSC. Before I could react another vehicle ran up on me. I moved to the slow lane and the other car passed me. It was jet black with dark tinted windows. I was not paying attention to the make and model, but the license plate grabbed my attention. Legally emblazoned on the plate was the word DEMONIC. I managed to keep up running 10 over, but eventually lost sight. Strange encounter.

Another ABSOLUTELY AMAZING VIDEO!!!! Keep them coming!!

I really enjoy your documentary series 'Screen Chassis' and I was wondering which iconic movie cars do you have in mind to do next. As a request, can you do an episode on the Ecto-1/Ecto-1A from Ghostbusters 1 and 2 ?

Awesome research! Fun fact: Season 3 episode 1 of Futurama, the Honking, features the Project Satan car - an homage to "The Car"!

Great List....way out of the box and very unexpected

I had the die cast version of "The Car" and Christine 😎

What about the vintage car in the TV series "My Mother the Car"? Now that WAS a horror!

When the movie Christine was made they had to make many different version of the car for the different scenes of destruction. When they had the US premier of the movie "Christine" they gave away the few remaining cars to audience members in a drawing. Then years later I got a service call (I'm a locksmith) to make replacement keys for a car that was being displayed at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado (next to Rocky Mountain National Park). The Stanley had put on a Steven King symposium the prior week at the Stanley as it was where Mr. King got the idea for the movie the Shining. Christine (the car) was parked directly in front of the Hotel so I had a audience when working on the car. When I first turned on the ignition the radio was cranked up full blaring a old Beetles tune while all the dash lights flickered to life. Like in the movie I thought I was going to killed by the car like a scene in the movie. The staff was so impressed (and relieved) that the lost keys were replaced before the owner returned for the car that they gave me and my girl friend a free room for the night. They gave us the room the Steven King had (I think it was room #238) when he came up with the idea for the movie the Shining. And because it was the end of the tourist season the giant old hotel was empty of guests other than us. It was an epic night as my girl friend was a major Steven King fan. I was fully expecting to wake screaming REDRUM, REDRUM, REDRUM.

I remember watching "The Duel" on TV as a kid.. scared the bleep out of me. Now that I'm older and driving, every time a pass a semi, I think of that movie. And I give those big rigs the utmost respect.