In some contexts, this can be something admirable, but there’s a point where self sacrifice looks pretty good too. This scene is the perfect embodiment of the fact that she will do anything to survive, it doesn’t matter who or what she screws over. Raimi literally picked the cutest, most innocent animal that he possibly could in order to make this scene work and show how far the heroine had gone past the point of no return. That breaking point is when Christine kills a harmless kitten. Because you start out caring for Christine, he pushes her into darker and darker territory until you eventually hit a breaking point. Even in a PG-13 flick, he goes for the gross out and absolutely succeeds. Raimi, as a horror director at least, likes to push things to the breaking point. She’s just another embodiment of his dark sense of humor. That’s what Sam Raimi is exploring and I think it’s completely on purpose that Christine loses all redeeming value as the movie goes on. The general point of the film seems to be that people will do anything to survive.
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