Poor Bastards of Cinema: Christine (1983)

 A Car has to be moving to kill you, right?

Right?

In the intro to 1983's Christine, a Mechanic checks out the titular car as it comes off of the line.

Despite it causing an injury to a man earlier THAT DAY, he sits down in the car for a smoke break.

Is that a thing people did or still do?

He lets the end of his cigar fall on the seat (still covered in plastic, mind you).

Big mistake.

When his Boss comes down the line some time later, the man is dead.

How?

Dunno- the Film never says.
He is still a Poor Bastard of Cinema though!

Why did he have to die?  Well, he disrespected a car...that inexplicably was alive (the Book explains why, but not the Film) and had feelings.

The moral- Smoking will kill you.

Next up, we return to the world of Alex Cross for some Poor Bastards.  It doesn't pay to be helpful!