Lightning Bug (2004)
There are monsters standing in his way.
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the boy's personal demons -- a drunken, abusive stepfather, a group of religious zealots out to destroy his work and the love of a girl who prefers small-town life -- may stand in the way of his dreams.
- Date of release
- 2004-04-09
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (24)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Horror
- Director
- Robert Hall
Casting
- Bret Harrison — Green Graves
- Laura Prepon — Angevin Duvet
- Kevin Gage — Earl Knight
- Ashley Laurence — Jenny Graves
- Shannon Eubanks — Ms. Duvet
- Lucas Till — Jay Graves
- Hal Sparks — Deputy Dale
- Josh Todd — Rusty Knight
- Jonathan Spencer — Tony Bennett
- Brandon Trost — Seismograph Drummer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Lightning Bug is a 2004 coming-of-age drama film. It is the debut film by writer/director and SFX makeup artist Robert Green Hall. The film is a fictionalized account of Hall's own childhood and entry into special effects makeup for film and television. It was filmed on location Fairview, Alabama. It was executive produced by Laura Prepon.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Run 1991 · ★ 6.0
- Werewolf: The Beast Among Us 2012 · ★ 5.9
- Barron's Cove 2025 · ★ 7.1
- Caged 2021 · ★ 6.2
- SAS: Red Notice 2021 · ★ 5.8
- Suburbicon 2017 · ★ 5.9
- Black Site 2022 · ★ 6.0
- Not Without Hope 2025 · ★ 6.6
- Inside Man 2023 · ★ 6.2
- Light It Up 1999 · ★ 6.6
- Best of the Best 2 1993 · ★ 6.0
- The Public Eye 1992 · ★ 6.2