Firestarter story

movie: Firestarter (1984) · 1984-05-11

A young girl develops pyrokinetic powers and the secret government agency known as the Shop which seeks to control her. It is based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name.

19 total · 3 choice · 4 major · 12 minor

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father and daughter choice Andy and his pyrokinetically gifted young daughter Charlie.
pyrokinetic ability choice The story followed a little girl named Charlie who had an innate ability to create fires simply by the power of her will.
what if a child had power over adults choice The young girl Charlie had pyrokinetic powers of exponentially growing strength making her an ever present a danger to those around her. By the end of the film she was so powerful that nobody could stop her and she ran amok.
exercising self-control major Charlie struggled to refrain from using her fire starting power.
facing organized pursuit major The story followed Andy and his young daughter Charlie as they went about the United States evading being captured by government agents.
government secrecy major A secret government agency known as the Shop sought to capture Charlie.
telekinetic ability major Andy manifested such powers off and on throughout the film.
anger minor Charlie started fires with the power of her will when she got mad.
coping with the death of a parent minor Charlie was having trouble coming to grips with the fact that she had killer her own mother.
coping with the death of a spouse minor Andrew relived finding his wife's dead body in his nightmares.