Dr. Bill Matthews is struck by lighting. While recovering at the hospital where he works, he begins an intimate relationship with Dr. Craig Murphy, who invites Bill to join a strange group of lightning survivors.
Practical Effects
Lightning scars that glow and throb—campy practical effects
Costume
Doctors who never button their lab coats correctly
Writing
Dialogue so earnest it loops back to charming
Director
Sean Abley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A rare 2000s example of gay genre film made outside studio systems—part of a wave of queer indie sci-fi that embraced camp over polish.
Director Sean Abley cast himself as Mike after running out of budget for another actor; the lightning scar application took four hours daily.
US
