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Firestarter

2022
4
Director: 
Keith Thomas

SYNOPSIS: 

Andy and Vicky try to protect their daughter Charlie, who has the mysterious and devastating power to generate fire with the power of thought alone, from the sights of a federal agency.

REVIEW: 

Based on Stephen King's novel, it had already been brought to the cinema in 1984, starring a very young Drew Barrymore arriving from the set of E.T., with terrible results. 40 years later, things are not better, after all we know that Blumhouse production specializes in low-budget horror, and it shows! From the special effects, to the acting, to the settings, everything is bland without ideas or emotions. The only thing that is saved from the film is the soundtrack by the great John Carpenter (who in '84 should have directed it, but who was unfortunately replaced).
Strangely, however, this latest version was very much liked by the literary father King, which is not at all obvious if we think about his negative opinion on other films based on his novels, above all "The Shining" by Stanley Kubrick.

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