Concurrently hitting theaters and the streaming service Peacock feels about proper, since that is the kind of film that may have gone on to cable TV just a few many years in the past. In reality, there was a miniseries sequel, “Firestarter: Rekindled,” produced for what was then referred to as Sci Fi Channel 20 years in the past, and this truly ought to have adopted in its charred footsteps.
Andy and Charlie go on the run, with the chief of the key facility (Gloria Reuben) dispatching a shadowy agent (Michael Greyeyes) to hunt them down. However actually, not a lot occurs for a reasonably lengthy stretch of the movie’s modest 90-some-odd minutes, till the dangerous guys lastly find them once more, resulting in the inevitable showdown.
Directed by Keith Thomas, the film’s most notable ingredient is perhaps the music, which consists by horror maven John Carpenter and his “Halloween” collaborators, bearing an eerie resemblance to these macabre chords.
In any other case, the manufacturing values possess the micro-budgeted really feel of a pupil movie, whereas the story arc makes some puzzling decisions significantly down the stretch.
Horror by no means goes out of fashion, and thanks partly to the aforementioned “It,” all the things previous with King’s imprimatur is both new once more or probably quickly shall be. Nonetheless, “Firestarter” lacks the spark to work in theaters and will even harbor minimal streaming attraction besides maybe for King completists, or horror followers who merely have time to burn.
“Firestarter” premieres Might 13 in US theaters and on Peacock. It is rated R.