Horror Extreme Movie Catalog

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 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!!!!!