Embarrassing Stephen King adaptation suddenly ends up at the top of Prime, despite 10% on RT

There is no doubt that Stephen King has made the film industry billions of dollars, with many of his novels being adapted into films and TV shows. A large number of them also receive massive criticism and praise from the public and become cult-like.

We bet you’ve seen The Shining (1980), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) or Green Mile (1999). However, there are some critically panned film versions of Stephen King’s novels, one of which is now suddenly climbing to the global top of Prime Video.

The plot of the 2022 horror revolves around Andy and Vicky, a couple who developed supernatural abilities as a result of the secret government drug trial they participated in as students. It also led to their daughter Charlie developing pyrokinesis.

It clearly doesn’t seem like a typical child trait, which is why their family attracts the attention of a scientific agency whose aim is to catch the girl for using her as a human weapon. It’s high time for Andy and Charlie to take the long and dangerous flight.

Although not the worst Stephen King adaptation according to Rotten Tomatoes, as there is one that achieved an embarrassing 0% score, 1990’s Graveyard Shift, this disappointment is truly a hard watch and is hated by every fan of the King of the King. horror.

At first it promises to be a nice mix of science fiction and scary parts, including a drama leitmotif about a father who blames himself for the mistakes of the reckless youth. But in the end it destroys all our hopes by transforming into a ridiculous and straightforward horror that has no sense of scope.

It’s called Firestarter and is based on King’s 1980 novel. It seems unfinished, as the climax of the conflict arrives long before you begin to sympathize with the main characters. Therefore, it fails to convey the greatness of the original.

Nevertheless, it could be a perfect guilty-pleasure film for hate watching or a late-night marathon of King’s worst adaptations. Find out if this 10% rated horror deserves to be so well filtered, because Firestarter is available on Prime.