Firestarter vs Parasyte: Part 1

Parasyte: Part 1 has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 5.5/10 for Firestarter). Firestarter is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 49m. Parasyte: Part 1 is the older of the two (2014 against 2022). Both are horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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FirestarterParasyte: Part 1
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 7.1/10
Year20222014
Length1h 34m1h 49m
GenresHorror, Science FictionAction, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Country–Japan
DirectorKeith ThomasTakashi Yamazaki
Main castRyan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, John Beasley, Zac Efron, Jeremy FerdmanTadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, Sadawo Abe, Kazuki Kitamura, Pierre Taki

Synopsis

Firestarter

For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a…

Parasyte: Part 1

Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.

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