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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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