Product Details

• Actors: Briana Evigan, Charlie Tahan, Garret Dillahunt, Meat Loaf, Peggy Sheffield
• Directors: Carlos Brooks
• Writers: David Higgins, Christine Coyle Johnson, Julie Prendiville Roux
• Producers: Albert T. Dickerson III, Cami Winikoff, David Higgins, Mark Amin
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: August 17, 2010
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003O7I6S4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,740 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Burning Bright" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Kelly feels her life is unraveling. Her mother’s death has left her as the guardian of her autistic 12-year-old brother, Tom, and she’s just learned her stepfather pilfered her college fund to buy a tiger for his safari park. To make matters worse, a hurricane is cutting a swath of destruction toward her home. But Kelly has something greater to fear than the hurricane’s 120-mile-per-hour winds – the savage tiger has somehow slipped inside her house. Now, trapped inside their boarded-up home, Kelly and Tom must fight for their lives against a deadly man-eater who smells their fear…and wants their flesh.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Briana Evigan is hot, but can't carry film, August 29, 2010

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Michael Ledo (Windsor, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burning Bright (DVD)

Kelly (Briana Evigan) attempts to unload her autistic brother at a special care facility so she can go off to college with the money left to her by her recently deceased mother who committed suicide. The plan fails when the check bounces. She finds out that her step-dad had removed all the money to buy a hungry Bengal tiger for his soon to be safari land (yes, the tiger had been starved). Kelly confronts her step-dad to no avail. At one point the only thing left for her to do is to scream into a pillow.

The house becomes boarded up due to a hurricane coming their direction. With the arrival of the hurricane, all communication is lost. The hungry tiger has been left loose in the house (a real Scooby-doo mystery as to who done it) while the step-dad is at the only bar in town open during the hurricane which has electricity (must have its own generator.)

Kelly sees the tiger before it sees her, but can't locate her brother Tom, a potential tasty little tiger snack. The rest of the movie is a series of tense scenes where they run, hide, and fight off the tiger. During the movie Kelly struggles with her feelings for her brother, who she loves, yet is a burden. Briana running around, showing lots of leg has a young male appeal. Acting was good, music background was acceptable, camera angles were also good to create "terror".

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Reminiscent of Stephen King's Older Work, August 18, 2010

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Compay (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burning Bright (DVD)

Burning Bright is a fairly average thriller, once you get past the plot holes and lack of a real story. The biggest drawback about the film is that it basically borrows its concept from "Cujo" by Stephen King.

For this being only his second film, Carlos Brooks did a surprisingly good directing job. He has a great eye for shots, so Burning Bright at least doesn't look low-budget like most Redbox fare. The fact that he used real tigers with no CGI or animatronics also bumped my review from two stars to three.

The story itself is weak, so the film has to rely on suspense. But even that's a problem, considering the conclusion is completely predictable, especially when a major plot twist is revealed. The scariest part of the movie for me wasn't even the tiger, it was an unexpected scene involving Kelly's subconscious feelings about her brother.

The best part about the film is the cast. Garret Dillahunt does a good job as Kelly's shady stepfather, and rocker Meat Loaf (Bob from Fight Club) gets a nice bit part. The ridiculously sexy Briana Evigan is honestly the main reason why the film kept my attention. Most of the movie involves her running around in a tank top and tiny sleep shorts, ultimately getting soaked wet from the rain (I'm not complaining). She's gorgeous with a sexy voice, and made the movie easier to digest.

There's a great 10 minute DVD extra "Forces of Nature" about the making of the movie, which includes footage of their work with the three tigers used for the film.

If you like psychological horrors such as Cujo, it's worth a rental. I thought it was solidly average overall, and wouldn't suggest that you buy the DVD until you rent it from Redbox first.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tiger! Tiger!..., October 4, 2010

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Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein "bigfootsalienbaby" (under the rubble) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burning Bright (DVD)

BURNING BRIGHT is an excellent survival / animal horror movie. The idea of the two siblings trapped in the house w/ the hungry tiger, during a hurricane, might seem "over-the-top", but it works! The lovely Briana Evigan is quite good as the older sister, as is Charlie Tahan as the autistic brother. Garret Dillahunt plays a very slimy stepfather, and Meatloaf (WISHCRAFT, PELTS) is a shady circus-animal dealer in a nice cameo. The tiger itself is actually quite menacing, and the minimal CGI fx aren't overtly cheeezy. With loads of tension and thrilling suspense, this one moves so quickly that it was over before I knew it. The motive behind the horrific events makes sense for the situation. If you enjoy killer-animal-in-the-house stories like VENOM, then BB should get you salivating! I love it! Add it to your collection now...