Firestarter (1984)
1h 55m | PG-13
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: Mark L. Lester
Studio: The De Laurentiis Company
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Video: 720p
Cast
David Keith
as Andrew McGee
Drew Barrymore
as Charlie McGee
Freddie Jones
as Dr. Joseph Wanless
Heather Locklear
as Vicky McGee
Martin Sheen
as Captain Hollister
George C. Scott
as John Rainbird
Reviews
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.