To protect themselves, Andy writes letters to major newspapers, unintentionally revealing their location. Unfortunately, the head of The Shop, Captain James Hollister, sends agent and assassin John Rainbird to capture them and stop the release of information. They go to a secluded cabin and prepare to go public with their story.

They go on the run again, but Andy's power has weakened. However, Charlie quickly dispatches the agents when they arrive. Andy finds Charlie and rescues her by blinding the agents, and for the next year they are on the run.įarmer Irv Manders and his wife Norma take in the pair Andy tells Irv the truth so that when The Shop arrives, he is ready to stand with them. Now married, they have an eight-year-old daughter named Charlene 'Charlie' McGee, who has pyrokinetic abilities (the power to control heat and fire) and can also see the near future.Īndy comes home from work one day to find Vicky murdered and Charlie abducted the family had already suspected that the government agency that sponsored the experiment, the Department of Scientific Intelligence ('The Shop'), was watching them, with the government wanting to weaponize Charlie's power. While the other participants suffered terrible side effects, the experiment gave Vicky and Andy telepathic abilities Vicky can read minds and Andy can control others to do and believe what he wants, though the effort sometimes gives him nosebleeds, limiting this otherwise very strong power. Firestarter was shot in and around Wilmington, Chimney Rock, and Lake Lure, North Carolina.Ī miniseries follow-up to the film, Firestarter: Rekindled, was released in 2002 on the Sci-Fi Channel and a remake feature film produced by Blumhouse Productions was released on May 13, 2022.Īs college students, Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson participated in an experiment in which they were given a dose of a low-grade hallucinogen called LOT-6. Lester, and stars David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen and George C. The plot concerns a girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction horror- thriller film based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name.

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