Plot Outline:A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telekinetic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic
Firestarter is the story of Charlie (Drew Barrymore at age 8) and Andy, her dad (David Keith), and the people who are trying to imprison, control and/or kill them (Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Moses Gunn, and others). Charlie is a mutant. Her father and mother were part of an experiment on mutagenic substances performed on college students in the 1960s by The Shop. The experiment gave Andy the ability to control others minds, but the mutation, apparently dormant in his wife, was passed on through the sex chromosome to his daughter. Charlie, quite plainly, can combust virtually anything with her mind.drew Barrymore and george c.Scott are truly awesome. Scott plays a brilliant sociopath, and can go from a kindly old Viet Nam vet to a ruthless killer with one quick change of facial expression.this is more of a horror-thriller than classic King ghost stories - like The Shining.The film follows the book very closely at the expense of character development. It is impossible to cram a five hundred page book into one two hour movie and make it work favourably.5.5/10
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