A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaJohn Carpenter, who did the music for this film, was set to direct the original Firestarter (1984), but was replaced when his previous film, The Thing (1982), failed at the box office. He would instead direct another Stephen King adaptation, Christine (1983).
- GoofsWhen Charlie is in the woods trying to aim her abilities at firewood, you can see someone walking by in the background. She is clearly not alone and would've been seen.
- Quotes
Vicky McGee: [to Rainbird] How Can You Be Still Helping Them After Everything They've Done To You?
- ConnectionsFeatured in USFL on Fox: Birmingham Stallions vs. Houston Gamblers (2022)
- SoundtracksControl, I'm Here
Written by Douglas McCarthy, Bon Harris
Performed by Nitzer Ebb
Published by Mute Song Limited by arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
A Dumpster Fire
Firstarter Is far to much of slog to recommended. I never thought a movie where a girl blasts fire and runs from the government would be so boring. I really did enjoy John Carpenter's score.
That is unfortunately all I liked. The effects while shiny and new but don't have to pop they need to be truley riveting and seem real and the acting from all the other actors was awful. The diolouge is also very poor
The worst part about Firestarter is how boring to watch it is You don't really care what's going on and that is a crime for a movie.
That is unfortunately all I liked. The effects while shiny and new but don't have to pop they need to be truley riveting and seem real and the acting from all the other actors was awful. The diolouge is also very poor
The worst part about Firestarter is how boring to watch it is You don't really care what's going on and that is a crime for a movie.
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- bakergarrett
- May 13, 2022
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Người Khởi Lửa
- Filming locations
- 235 Bowman Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada(Lewiston Elementary School)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,739,250
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,827,715
- May 15, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $15,039,250
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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