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One of Stephen King’s Weirdest Horror Adaptations Is About to Leave Netflix
March is turning into a blunt reminder that streaming libraries aren’t permanent, especially for older studio horror that cycles in and out on short windows. As Netflix US does its early-month content reset, a lot of viewers will chase the obvious blockbusters leaving on March 1, but genre fans should be looking at the quieter exits: the mid-budget nightmares that still play like a dare. One such departure is a tight, fast watch, barely feature-length by modern standards, yet this Stephen King adaptation delivers the kind of escalating dread that newer horror often stretches into a limited series.
What makes this particular adaptation linger is how it weaponizes something everyday. It isn’t just evil arrives horror, it’s obsession horror: the way a teenager’s need for control can curdle into isolation, the way loyalty turns possessive, the way a shiny new identity can rewrite your morals. The movie keeps the scares clean and physical, metal warping, headlights breathing, a presence you can feel even when no one is speaking, and it never forgets the human cost. Add the legendary John Carpenter’s precision for tension and rhythm, and you get a lean thrill ride that still feels nasty in the best way.
The title heading out is Christine, the Stephen King adaptation that runs a brisk 110 minutes and turns a possessed car into a full-blown relationship from hell. According to the current Netflix US departure list, it’s scheduled to leave on March 1, 2026, meaning your real deadline is the night before. Netflix doesn’t always telegraph when it’ll be back, so if you’ve been meaning to catch this classic, this is the window.
A ‘Christine’ Reboot Was Reportedly in the Works
Christine hit theaters in 1983 as a lean 110-minute supernatural thriller. It wasn’t a massive box-office juggernaut, pulled about $21M worldwide on a ~$10M budget, but it steadily became a cult staple because it turns teen insecurity and obsession into the real horror, with the car as the catalyst.
A reboot seemed locked in when Bryan Fuller was announced in June 2021 to write and direct a new version at Blumhouse Productions with Sony Pictures. Since then, updates have been scarce, enough that Screen Rant reported in 2025 that the remake appears to have stalled, not formally died. Carpenter himself publicly shrugged off the remake talk in 2023, saying, “good luck… it will probably be better,” which probably implied he wasn’t too indulged in it.
Christine is available to stream on Netflix and is scheduled to leave on March 1, 2026. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
- Release Date
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December 9, 1983
- Runtime
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110 minutes
- Director
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John Carpenter
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Keith Gordon
Arnie Cunningham
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John Stockwell
Dennis Guilder
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Alexandra Paul
Leigh Cabot
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Robert Prosky
Will Darnell
