10 More Horror Villains Who Were... Kind Of Right

10. Christine - Christine

In this Stephen King adaption, geek Arnie falls in love with a red Plymouth Fury named Christine.

After purchasing the car, Arnie believes his luck is going to turn around for the better. But when Arnie is pestered by some bullies, he learns Christine is alive, and willing to protect herself and her owner at all costs. As Arnie grows increasingly unstable, he starts using Christine to exterminate everyone who's ever wronged him.

Because Christine poisons Arnie's mind and runs down everyone that rubs her the wrong way, it's easy to see the sentient automobile as evil incarnate. However, Christine tends to attack out of instinct rather than malice. Every time she kills, it's because she felt disrespected or threatened.

For example, she only murdered a factory worker because he covered her upholstery with cigarette ash. She mowed down the bullies because they smashed her to pieces. She crushed Moochie into paste because he took a dump on her dashboard.

Christine tries to kill Dennis and Leigh because they try (and eventually succeed) at reducing her to scrap metal, but that's not malevolence, it's self-preservation.