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· Spring · by Benson & Moorhead

Join Oddball cinema for a showing of Spring.

It’s a love story! Who would have suspected that such a feature would emerge from Dr. Oddball’s Chamber of Horrors? But as so many critics have observed, it’s a Lovecraftian love story. Not directly based on anything written by H. P. Lovecraft but embracing the cosmic horror he imagined, the plot begins with a young man who’s about to experience the worst day of his dreary and tedious life thus far. His mother dies, he makes some rash decisions that get him into trouble, and then he abruptly decides that his best move is to leave the country before the police come knocking. The next plane out is headed for Italy, so he hops on and begins a bohemian adventure. What he discovers there seems too good to be true, and of course it comes with a terrifying catch.

Warning: a couple of scenes depict terrible things happening to animals. The effects are simulated and important to the plot, but animal lovers may find them difficult to watch.

■ Title — Spring
■ Directors — Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
■ Cast — Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Francesco Carnelutti
■ Unrated, suitable for teens and adults
■ ©2014 | 1h 49m | Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
■ Performance permission for this movie was provided by the distributor, Drafthouse Films

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