Spring: Benson And Moorhead's Bizarre Beautiful Body Horror Romance

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The trend of independent directors crafting small thoughtful masterworks that innovate on well-worn mediums being snapped up by the big franchises has upsides and downsides. The type of creativity on display in the indie market will never be matched by the IP-obsessed blockbuster scene, but, maybe taking over a big name will bring eyes to the artists' smaller projects.

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are, as a duo, among the upper echelon of genre filmmakers. The specific niche they fill is hard to pin down, but after taking in works like The Endless, it becomes clear that no one else could take it over. Even as they take the reins on multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe projects, they're still putting out unique sci-fi content.

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Released in 2014, Spring is the second feature film directed by Benson and Moorhead. Benson also wrote the screenplay while Moorhead handled the cinematography, and both are credited as editors and producers. The film stars Lou Taylor Pucci, perhaps best known for a brief role in Netflix's You or his turn in the Evil Dead remake, as Evan, a man at a crossroads in his life. After the passing of his father, he returns to his hometown to take care of his ailing mother. Evan finds himself stuck in a dead-in job, wasting his evenings with his burnout friends, and unable to move on from his extended adolescence. Evan is rocked by the eventual death of his mother, and in his emotionally frayed state, gets into a fistfight that loses him his job. Desperate for a new start, Evan calls his local airport and books the first flight he can get, which just happens to take him to Italy.

Evan's time in Italy is enjoyable but eerily similar to his time back home at first. At