Firestarter

‘Firestarter’ Isn’t a Stephen King Movie. It’s a Four-Alarm Disaster

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This new adaptation of the story of a girl with psychokinetic powers — and a penchant for pyrotechnics

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Blumhouse's new adaptation of Stephen King's seminal scarebook Firestarter, from 1980

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But the finished product is a bland retelling of a story that, here in 2022

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It needed an extra jolt to bring it back and have it stand out among today's super-powered rabble

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Firestarter, as a King story, is naturally more wicked than other kid fables

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Which tend to lean toward family-friendly adventure

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But remaking this story without adding anything particularly new or making it scarier just leaves it defenseless

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And feeling wholly unoriginal in the mutant landscape despite it being one of the first stories of its kind.

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Comedian Andy Dick arrested on suspicion of sexual battery in California

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