On the video side, we get a pretty good anamorphic widescreen transfer, with a pan and scan version on the reverse side of the disc. Most of the faults in the picture lie in the print used for the transfer and the age of the movie itself. There is a modest amount of grain, which appears every now and then throughout the movie, and some noticeable edge enhancement. However, black levels are nicely deep, and colors and flesh tones are rendered accurately without over-saturating the picture. The Dolby Digital 2.0 audio track leaves something to be desired.
Dialogue is hushed and muffled, making it difficult to follow the story at times.
Even more disappointing are the features - that is to say, the almost complete lack of features. Unless you consider some notes in the DVD booklet, filmographies and a fairly extensive audio and subtitle set as extras, this disc is not going to satisfy. There isn't even a trailer. John Carpenter has a big following in the fantasy genre, so I can't help but feel Columbia really dropped the ball here. Christine , the DVD, is really light on the extras, but the good-looking widescreen picture should make up for that.