Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

StuOz In Italy, an attractive young couple run into problems when the American guy discovers the mysterious girl is not what she seems to be.An amazing film that got too little attention when it was released! Hell, I only found out about the movie by flicking through TV channels three years after it appeared!If you are like me and a little turned off by the wham-bam-slam approach to science fiction movies in recent years, Spring will come as a welcome surprise!The film moves along nice and slowly, we get to know and love the characters, we get to know and love the look of Italy, and we just have a totally unique experience!The science fiction element is toned down but so well played...don't ask for details about this element as I want you to be as surprised as I was.I first saw Spring about three months ago and it still lingers in my memory today....outstanding!

Red-Barracuda Personal issues make a young man decide to travel from his home in the USA to Italy to escape from his problems. When there he encounters an enigmatic beauty called Louise who has a very strange primordial secret.What you cannot accuse Spring of is not trying to do something a bit different. This is a film which is definitely fairly original in approach. It sort of defies any clear genre definition and is instead an odd hybrid of horror and romance. Sort of like Before Sunrise (1995) with a side helping of body horror, if you can imagine such a thing. It's that age old story of boy meets girl, girl turns out to be a two thousand year old serpent-like being. Don't you just hate when that happens? Joking aside, the premise is certainly something different and it does stand apart from typical horror or romantic movies of late. That doesn't mean that it is an entirely successful film though, I didn't think the overall whole was up to the task of the admittedly original concepts contained within it. I reckon the two leads were partially responsible for this as there didn't seem to be a massive amount of genuine chemistry between them. Lou Taylor Pucci is a little on the whiny side and does tend to gravitate to playing quite annoying characters such as he also did in the Evil Dead remake. It does mean that he is not entirely easy getting fully on board with. Nadia Hilker was definitely better and quite alluring as the pivotal character Louise but, essentially, the chemistry was missing for me. Much better was the Italian scenery which was gorgeous, it reminded me of how few decent contemporary Italian horror movies we get nowadays compared to the golden years of the 60's to the 80's. So it was nice to see an interesting horror narrative play out against the peerless architecture and sun-kissed beauty of this country. The horror is fairly rationed here, with the relationship material very much taking centre stage but there is definitely some impressive moments. Most notably in the big reveal sequence where we see Louise writhing around in her apartment in her primordial form. I thought that the special effects were very good here and created some indelible imagery. In the final analysis, I would put this one down as genuinely worth the time, even if it does fall short on what it could have been. Certainly a film for those who want to see different angles from the horror genre though.

Reno Rangan This is a surprise film. A romance-drama with the backdrop of the smart mix of sci-fi and fantasy. You won't always get a B movie as good as this one. So when you find one, you should appreciate them. It never needed the higher-end graphics, because everything it required of those were in small quantity. Even though they did not compromise and gave best visuals that greatly impacted to the narration.The leading two were very impressive. The Italian locations as well equally beautiful, overall the screenplay was the real winner. The story of an American man who flees to Italy after his mother's death and followed by a small incident. There he meets an unusual young research student and convinces her to date him. While they both getting closer, a series of weird stuffs begins to threaten their relationship. Explaining those to one another and for us the what the remaining film focused.This is like 'Before Sunrise' meets some monster film. I don't think it is very original, but kind of refreshing that carefully carved film. If you see the film poster, you won't get the impression that you want to watch it immediately, but if you give it a try, surely you would be, I mean majority of you won't end in a disappointment. There's no way it should have been better, because it is already at its best in a simple way. Not a must see, but I hope you won't miss this little gem if you're reading this.7/10

shinsrevenge Evan has problems. His mother died after a long time of sickness, he lost his job and the police is looking for him because he got in a fight. So he decides to leave everything behind and start anew in Italy.There he meets a mysterious young woman. They have a nice time together until he accidentally finds out that she is like a fountain of youth. She stays young by having sex with men and changing into a new version of herself every 20 years and since her circle is almost complete, this time she chose Evan.In the movie she overwhelms the viewer with all the details and informations once it happens. So much to handle in so little time - not only for Evan. I had to pause the movie and rewind a few times to make sure I understood everything she said.Anyway, our hero has fallen in love with her. Even though during the end of her circle she occasionally changes into some kind of tentacle monster and prays on the living during that phase - be it animals or humans. He wants her to fall in love with him and trade her immortality for a single human life.The story is decent enough and so is the acting. The special effects of her transformation are really nice. Altogether a 7 out of 10.It's just that the conclusion of the movie wasn't likely. I guess I can't be picky about plausibility in a movie with so strong fantasy elements, but still... Also it would have been nice if they gave the ending a bit more room. A few more lines and minutes wouldn't have hurt.