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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Salesrank: 46207
Released: August 9, 2005 |
| Our Price: $3.14 |
| Used Price: $2.17 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A drama/thriller, set in the south, about a young boy who longs to escape the misery of his childhood and the misunderstanding of his hometown. A gifted, self-taught, special effects make up artist, Green dreams of going to Hollywood to make his own monsters. But the real demons of Green's life threaten to hold him back: a drunken stepfather who terrorizes his mother, a group of religious fanatics who want to destroy his work, and the love of a girl who can't let go of small town life.
Lightning Bug Reviews:
A little upset. 
2009-11-05 - I recieved the dvd within a couple days of ordering it,but when I opened it the button in the case was broken which caused the dvd to be scratched. Now I know this is not your fault,and that I could have returned it but I did not have the money to send it back. Now if I ever buy thru again could you please make sure that everything is perfect,I am very anal about my movies. Other than that you guys are great,I just wish that you had a phone number I could call to reach your company at.
Thank You,
Michael Bordo
Excellent Film -- well worth it. 
2008-09-17 - Just saw Lightning Bug and wow, it was so much better than I expected. I generally have low expectations of independent films unless they've gotten a lot of buzz. I checked this out because I'm a fan of Reaper and Bret Harrison's work. Bret plays Green Graves, a teenager in Alabama with dreams of becoming a special effects horror movie artist. Of course he's very talented but has a challenging home life and only wants to escape his town. He has great chemistry with Laura Prepon (from That 70's Show) who plays his girlfriend.
I liked that while it was unrated and could have been gratuitously violent, profane, etc., it wasn't. There's language of course and some horror elements and gore but everything was appropriate to the story and not hard to watch at all. It's just a great human drama with realistic characters that's loosely based on the writer/director's own life. He's Rob Hall, and has done the special effects for Buffy and Angel.
Fabulous casting, Bret's character was just loveable in the lead (He so often plays these moral, smart, sweet, vulnerable kids. He's perfect in that role). It was a terrific story and moved along at a great pace, never dragging. I liked the cut and the direction a lot. I'm going to watch it again with the commentary but there are excellent deleted scenes with commentary, a making of documentary and outtakes on there too. It's a great DVD package, and I got it for about $8 with shipping from amazon marketplace. Totally worth it. I recommend that any fan of Bret's pick this up. Tremendous performance from him.
I see demons everywhere!!!
2007-01-02 - I just saw this movie and I am still sitting here stunned. I loved this movie. It really brings together who really are the "demons" in one's life. Being raised with this mentality myself, and spending many hours in therapy to rationalize what had happened to my childhood, I can sympathize with anyone that goes through this kinda "torment" and celebrate thier freedom when they are out of it. This movie is very like real life and very believable to the last second. I recommend this movie to anyone that has had hopes and dreams to achieve with minimal support and finally gets what the person wanted. Achievement!!!!!
GOOD MOVIE,I DIDNT EXPECTED!!! 
2006-11-26 - I just saw this movie .WOW I really liked it, cast they done great job, acting & cast was SUPER!!!!!!!!!
Love the rock sound track, great music in this movie, Really got me, Because any youth have dream to become someone or having a talent to make it big one day in this crazy world. Well is true!! This guy, have talent for Halloween mask , special effects & makeup he makes, with the real "disturbing" scary life drama he has, really got me in edge my seat and didn't let me go till end with a little twist I never thought going to gets like that...Really liked it!!
I gives this movie with great scrip and cast a B+
Don't miss this movie for sure ,rent or buy whatever just see it at least once!
A strange but interesting movie 
2006-08-05 - It's a odd but well done little movie. This young man wants to become a special effects artist. He's very good at making horror masks and scary creatures. You can't help but feel for the guy. His mom is...well...white trash. And the people around him are too. The people around him are so cartoonish it bothered me. But they did make them more real as the movie evolved. They became more real and likable. I could feel for his mother at the end.
One person besides the main character who was authentic was his girlfriend (acted by Laura Prepon of That '70s Show fame). At times, it seemed as if there are two normal people surrounded by the strange denizens of the small town they live in. Perhaps that was done intentionally.
This movie is a fine effort at being unique. It's a drama with touches of comedy and horror. It comes across as a B movie but again I think that was intended to feel that way.
