Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
We're celebrating the New Year with literal fireworks, re-igniting the smouldering embers of Firestarter (1984). It stars a very young Drew Barrymore as a pyrokinetic super child on the run with her psychic 'pusher' dad (David Keith... definitely not to be confused with Keith David). They're trying to escape shady government types like Martin Sheen, reprising his role from The Dead Zone as a power-crazed authoritarian, who wants to turn little Charlie into a weapon, and ethnically inappropriate George C. Scott as John 'Rain Bird', who wants to karate chop her nose into her brain while stealing her powers or something. Because he's native. Erm... Thank goodness we're joined by Felicia Lobo (twitter.com/girlygorehorror) of the Girly Gore YouTube channel (youtube.com/girlygore) and Sinister Sisters podcast (https://t.co/x9x2Y883wi) to help us navigate the conflagration of this often-overlooked Stephen King adaptation! But is it a hot classic or a dumpster fire? Find out!
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We're celebrating the New Year with literal fireworks, re-igniting the smouldering embers of Firestarter (1984). It stars a very young Drew Barrymore as a pyrokinetic super child on the run with her psychic 'pusher' dad (David Keith... definitely not to be confused with Keith David). They're trying to escape shady government types like Martin Sheen, reprising his role from The Dead Zone as a power-crazed authoritarian, who wants to turn little Charlie into a weapon, and ethnically inappropriate George C. Scott as John 'Rain Bird', who wants to karate chop her nose into her brain while stealing her powers or something. Because he's native. Erm... Thank goodness we're joined by Felicia Lobo (twitter.com/girlygorehorror) of the Girly Gore YouTube channel (youtube.com/girlygore) and Sinister Sisters podcast (https://t.co/x9x2Y883wi) to help us navigate the conflagration of this often-overlooked Stephen King adaptation! But is it a hot classic or a dumpster fire? Find out!
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