Revisiting the film of Stephen King’s Firestarter

Our lookback at the screen adaptations of Stephen King arrives at 1984’s Firestarter…

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Andy can influence people to do as he bids, whilst she can read minds.

However, its never quite strong enough to power the film along when the two of them are apart.

Part of the problem with The Shop is that they are such a generic construction.

Theres also a ludicrous amount of pyrotechnics where quite literally everything but Drew Barrymore is on fire.

She even gets to twang someone into a tree with a flaming projectile.

Keith, like the film, starts well and gradually loses impact as he goes on.

Still, Drew did get to twang someone into a tree.

They simply sent him a load of music and told him to use what he wanted in the film.

A King thing:Protective fathers.

Fathers in Stephen Kings works tend to come in two guises.

Theres the abusive nightmare (e.g.

Jack Torrance), or the do anything for their kids key in.