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A 22-minute fever dream where the West gets weird and nothing stays real.
IMDb
70

Henry John and the Little Bug (2009)

SurrealMeta-messyTense

Overview

DramaRomanceThrillerWestern

Dinner time in a remote home of a prairie family turns nightmarish when a band of blood spattered outlaws break through the front door in search of food, horses, and women. Nothing is as it seems in this constantly twisting genre bender.

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short filmsatiremockumentarysurrealavant-gardelolitafilm within a filmoutlaw gangthe old westscreenwriting

Standout Aspects

Direction

JT Mollner's debut already this unhinged? Terrifying.

Writing

Screenplay eats itself alive in the best way.

Acting

Duke Mollner plays dual roles that collapse into each other.

Best for:Solo: Late night when your brain wants to suffer beautifully.·Rewatch: Mandatory second viewing to catch the layers.
Heads up:Violence: Sudden home invasion with blood-splattered threats.·Sexual Content: Lolita themes woven into the meta-narrative.
JT Mollner

Director

JT Mollner

ReleasedJan 6, 2009
Runtime22m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
No Remake Pictures
Avery Productions

Top Cast

Gabrielle Stone

Gabrielle Stone

Florence Tildon

James DeBello

James DeBello

Joseph

Chris Ivan Cevic

Chris Ivan Cevic

Burt Stonefield

JT Mollner

JT Mollner

Roman

Devon Ogden

Devon Ogden

Secretary

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Mikos Zavros plays both George Tildon and 'himself'—the actual screenwriter's name appears in the credits as a separate entity, suggesting the film's reality has leaked into our own.

Cultural

This predated the 'elevated horror' boom by half a decade but shares DNA with The Lodge and Mandy—rural American dread filtered through art-school nihilism.

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