2014 · horror · romance · sci-fi
Spring
Directed by Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson1h 50m2014
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Our read: Spring (2014) reads as a neutral, measured, surreal horror · romance · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured horror / romance, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- measured
- intense
- surreal
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“You want a monster love story that earns its romance before the creature reveal.”
Skip it tonight — Body-horror romance and animal harm will sour your night if you're squeamish.
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