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Firestarter is a 1984 American action, horror, science fiction, and thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester. The screenplay was written by Stanley Mann and Stephen King, based on King’s novel. The cast includes David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones, and Heather Locklear. The production company was Universal Pictures, with Frank Capra, Jr. serving as producer. Additional production support came from The De Laurentiis Company.

The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix, with a release date of May 11, 1984. It was filmed in North Carolina and set in Connecticut. The main subject involves pyrokinesis. The runtime is listed as 114 or 115 minutes. The budget was 15,000,000, and the revenue was 17,080,167. The composer was Tangerine Dream, and the director of photography was Giuseppe Ruzzolini.

Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 6.1 from 38,341 votes. Other scores included a Metascore of 50, a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 40%, and a TMDb vote average of 6.256. The film received two nominations total. It was followed by the film Firestarter: Rekindled.