Lightning Bug (2004)
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Directors
Robert Hall
Cast
Ashley Laurence, Bret Harrison, Laura Prepon, Kevin Gage, Lucas Till
The story
Single mother Jenny Graves decides to restart her dead end life by moving out of Detroit and taking her two sons Green and Jay to small rural town in Alabama. Green is a 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.
Genres
Coming Of Age, horror film
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