Firestarter
Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction thriller horror film based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name. The plot concerns a girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. The film was directed by Mark L. Lester, and stars David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen and George C. Scott. Firestarter was shot in and around Wilmington, Chimney Rock, and Lake Lure, North Carolina.
Plot
As college students, Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson participated in an experiment in which they were given a dose of a low-grade hallucinogen called LOT-6. While the other participants suffered terrible side effects, the experiment gave Vicky and Andy telepathic abilities; Vicky can read minds and Andy can control others to do and believe what he wants, though the effort sometimes gives him nosebleeds, limiting this otherwise very strong power. Now married, they have an eight-year-old daughter named Charlene "Charlie" McGee, who has pyrokinetic abilities (the power to control heat and fire) and can also see the near future.
More details
| author | Stanley Mann Stephen King |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Connecticut |
| director | Mark L. Lester |
| editor | David Rawlins Ronald Sanders |
| events | pyrokinesis |
| genre | horror science fiction thriller |
| keywords | abduct break climb college student department of scientific intelligence father and daughter government agency hallucinogen hear kill married murder near future new york city nosebleed on the run one by one pyrokinetic secluded cabin side effects suspect true identity want |
| musicBy | Tangerine Dream |
| producer | Frank Capra Jr. Martha Schumacher |
| productionCompany | Dino De Laurentiis |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | North Carolina |
| theme | psychological thriller science fiction horror science fiction thriller |