“His Feeding. Your Frenzy.”
After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating beast. This edge-of-your-seat thriller follows the gutsy heroine and her younger sibling as they struggle to outwit the ravenous predator and find a way to survive.
Briana Evigan
Kelly Taylor
Garret Dillahunt
Johnny Gavineau
Charlie Tahan
Tom Taylor
Peggy Sheffield
Doctor Orsi
Mary Rachel Quinn
Catherine Taylor
Tom Nowicki
Sheriff
Meat Loaf
Howie
Andy Ussach
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Burning Bright is a drama, horror, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of tiger, autism, hurricane, animal attack, trapped. Directed by Carlos Brooks, it stars Briana Evigan, Garret Dillahunt, Charlie Tahan. After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating beast. This edge-of-your-seat thriller follows the gutsy heroine and her younger sibling as they struggle to outwit the ravenous predator and find a way to survive.
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