Lightning Bug

There are monsters standing in his way.

A dark coming-of-age drama about a young artist trapped between artistic ambition and the hostile forces of his small-town environment, blending personal struggle with external threats.

In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the boy's personal demons -- a drunken, abusive stepfather, a group of religious zealots out to destroy his work and the love of a girl who prefers small-town life -- may stand in the way of his dreams.