Obsession

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Film details

Film TitleObsession
Suitability
Genre
Length108mins
Year2026
CountryUnited States of America, United Kingdom
DirectorCurry Barker
ActorsMichael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, Haley Fitzgerald, Darin Toonder, Anthony Pavone, Justice, Anthony Casabianca, Chloe Breen, Malcolm Kelner, Curry Barker, Jeff Barker, Tim Robinson
Showings

After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

I thought it was really, really well done.

Obsession initially seems simplistic, and even a bit silly, in its rehash of the age-old monkey’s paw trope. Like the consequences of that ill-considered wish, however, it proves eerily hard to shake.

Variety

This is, essentially, just a dark exercise in genre: a romcom gone horribly, upsettingly wrong. In this sense — and we suspect Barker would take this as a huge compliment — Obsession is the worst date movie imaginable.

With a simple premise and one unassuming wish, Barker immerses his audience in a dark scenario that only escalates in tension and carnage. It’s the kind of horror movie that makes a viewer uneasy almost from the start and doesn’t let up…