Firestarter

Firestarter

11/5/1984 1h 55m 6.3/10

Overview

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her?

Director

Glenn Randall Jr.

Top Billed Cast

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore

Charlie McGee

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Captain Hollister

Heather Locklear

Heather Locklear

Vicky McGee

David Keith

David Keith

Andrew McGee

George C. Scott

George C. Scott

John Rainbird

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Dr. Joseph Wanless

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

1/11/2023

10/10

Hey check it out, it's a good Stephen King movie!!!!! I mean, he has a HUGE catalogue, and only occasionally do to get a really good King film. Most of them are the definition of B-Movie trash without the B-Movie fun. But this one works. It adapted to film extremely well. The atmosphere fit the atmosphere of the book. The acting was good, unfortunately there was no ET, but on the whole it was a surprisingly good King movie. And now it sort of has the 80s nostalgia feel that is just dated enough to be comfortingly familiar and still stands the test of time. That is pretty rare for a King movie.

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