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?
Tagline:She has the power to set objects on fire with just one glance!
Genres: Horror| Science Fiction| Thriller|
Release Date: 1984-05-11
Movie Revenue: $17080167
Movie Runtime: 114
Language: English
Firestarter Box Office Collection: $15000000
Firestarter was released on 11 May 1984. It is a Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller film with a running time of 114 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
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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