Spring. 2014. Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead

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Spring. 2014. USA. Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead. Courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive.

Spring. 2014. USA. Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead. Screenplay by Benson. With Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker. 109 min.

“Are you a vampire, werewolf, zombie, witch, or alien?,” asks the male lead in a revelatory moment of Spring. In horror films, sexual desire typically ends in death. So learns a troubled twenty-something who escapes his lonely, aimless life in America for Italy, where he meets a beautiful young creature with an ancient past and deadly supernatural needs. Smartly splicing horror with a star-crossed love story, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead skillfully avoid parody with their measured use of body horror, a witty script, and naturalistic performances. The film’s treatment of heteronormative and cultural difference, so often a root theme of the genre, is genuinely sweet and romantic.

This film accompanies Messaging the Monstrous: Creatures.
This film is part of Horror: Messaging the Monstrous.

Past events

Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Wed, Aug 31, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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