Miser Herbert (Nick Nerangis) is on his death bed in hospital due to an oversized tumour on his brain. Instead of being beside him in grief, his wife Evelyn (Connie Lamothe) and son Lonnie (Darren Barzegar) are exploiting the situation and are busy spending the money which they are expecting to inherit. However in a cruel twist of fate, when they attend the hospital for Herbert’s final moments, they are delivered some shocking news. In a fourth of July miracle, the tumour in his brain has somehow shrunk with Herbert expected to make a full recovery.

It may seem like good news for Herbert, but with Evelyn and Lonnie already set on starting a new life, this was not the news they wanted. Evelyn had already started an affair with store owner Gregory (Tony Villa), whilst Lonnie was looking to drive away with his own romance, the beautifully persuasive...

Stars: Sally Anderson, Darren Barzegar, Erin Harth, Sonya Kalian, Connie Lamothe, Janna Livingston, Nataly Martin, Joe Mayes, Nathan McDonald, Madeline Mikitarian, Nick Nerangis, Hannah Overholtzer, Anna Grace Padgett, Tony Villa | Written and Directed by Lisa Mikitarian

I’m no stranger to the dark comedy genre, I mean come on I am British after all… So when I received Spent, a movie branded with the tagline “Ruthless People meets Fargo” well, there was no way I was letting this one pass me by. Throw in some comedy awards on the indie movie circuit, including Winner Best Comedy at the American Filmatic Arts Awards, and you got me.

Spent is the story of Lonnie Schumacher (Darren Barzegar) and his mother Evelyn (Connie Lamothe), who are having the time of there life, while penny pinching father and husband Herbert lays dying in hospital with a brain tumor. Lonnie has huge plans of buying...