Lightning Bug (film)

Infobox Film
name = Lightning Bug


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director = Robert Hall
producer = Lisa Waugh
writer = Robert Hall
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starring = Bret Harrison
Laura Prepon
Kevin Gage
Ashley Laurence
music = Jason Hall
cinematography = Brandon Trost
editing = Joshua Charson
distributor = Anchor Bay Entertainment
released = April 9 2004
runtime = 97 mins
country = USA
language = English
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website = http://www.lightningbugthemovie.com/
amg_id = 1:306165
imdb_id = 0363768

"Lightning Bug" is a 2004 horror film. It is the debut film by writer/director Robert Hall, an SFX makeup artist known primarily for his work on the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

It is a fictionalized account of how Hall's own childhood and entry into special effects makeup for film and television. It was executive produced by Laura Prepon as a way to expand her image as an actress beyond her role on "That '70s Show".

It was filmed on location Alabama.

Plot

Single mother Jenny Graves (Ashley Laurence) decides to restart her deadend life by moving out of Detroit and taking her two sons Green (Bret Harrison) and Jay (Lucas Till) to small rural town in Alabama. Green is fan of horror films, more specifically the makeup effects used to bring them to life. He meets a pair of affable locals, Tony Bennet and Billy Martin (Jonathan Spencer and George Faughnan).

However, his mother's penchant for getting involved with the wrong type of men brings a very human monster into his life, Earl Knight (Kevin Gage).

Taking some horror films back to the video store, he meets Angevin Duvet (Prepon) who shares both his interest in the horror genre and fish-out-of-water status in the small town. Smart, funny and a sexy Goth girl he is instantly smitten. However, there are hints that there are some troubling aspects to her past.

Green approaches the local business man, Tightwiler (Bob Penny), who runs a yearly haunted house and by startling him with one of his creations nabs the job of creating this year's haunted house. With his share of the ticket sales, he and Angevin can move to Hollywood to pursue their dreams. However, this puts him on a direct collision course with Angenvin's mother, a deeply religious woman involved with local Holy Calling of the Southern Saints church.

Cast

Ashley Laurence is best known playing Kirsty Cotton in the "Hellraiser" movie series. As a not-so-subtle wink to this, there is a scene with Jenny picking up a copy of Fangoria magazine with the Pinhead character on the cover. Bret Harrison and Laura Prepon later starred alongside each other in the seventh season of That 70's Show.

External links

*imdb title|id=0363768|title=Lightning Bug
* [http://www.lightningbugthemovie.com/ Official Website]