Indie horror filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead had the buzziest segment in last year’s V/H/S: Viral (skaters vs. skeletons brawl “Bonestorm“). Next up: monster romance Spring, about an American drifter who meets the woman of his dreams … or nightmares? … while backpacking through Italy.
The filmmakers, whose previous feature was 2012’s Resolution, told the Hollywood Reporter that a bigger budget for their new film will enable them to really “show the monster.”
Yeah, as the trailer shows … the monster is the girlfriend, played by the striking newcomer Nadia Hilker. BUT, it sounds like making her character as dynamic as possible was a goal from the start:
“We tried to create [the female lead] as a character where our moms and girlfriends would be like, ‘I’m proud of Justin and Aaron for creating a good female character,’ ” says Benson. “We wanted a female point of view in the story, and that’s a tough thing.”
Drafthouse, which describes the title as “H.P. Lovecraft meets Richard Linklater,” will release Spring March 20.
Via The Awesomer.
