Firestarter

Firestarter (1984) is the Stephen King sci-fi thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Eight-year-old Charlie McGee can set anything ablaze with a single look, and the power is outpacing her ability to hold it back.

The gift came from her parents, who once volunteered for a shady government drug trial. Now a secret agency known only as The Shop wants Charlie for itself: agents kill her mother, snatch the girl, and try to weaponize her. David Keith plays her desperate father, with nine-year-old Drew Barrymore as Charlie. George C. Scott turns up as the ice-cold assassin Rainbird, alongside Martin Sheen and Heather Locklear.

Director Mark L. Lester shot the fire for real, no digital trickery, so the flames carry genuine weight rather than cartoon glow. Tangerine Dream supplied the pulsing synth score. A solid slice of eighties King horror for fans of the source novel. Stream Firestarter (1984) online on iFILM.