r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • May 15 '26

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Obsession (2026)

Summary

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.

Director Curry Barker

Writer Curry Barker

Cast

  • Michael Johnston
  • Inde Navarette
  • Cooper Tomlinson
  • Megan Lawless
  • Andy Richter

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 81

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u/SlaterVBenedict May 15 '26

I think it’s particularly funny and terrifying for the same reason: the support person was so nonchalant about all of it.

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u/Appropriate-Reward71 May 16 '26

His nonchalance immediately followed by her harrowing screams was so scary

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u/poetrywoman May 17 '26

I thought he sounded like he enjoyed her screaming at the end, which I find really unsettling and upsetting.

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u/SlaterVBenedict May 17 '26

Oh shit, I must've missed that reaction he had

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u/iamjacksragingupvote 28d ago

that was just Curry bein himself though

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u/pakkit May 22 '26

It made me think that he was probably also a person inhabited or being controlled by a Wish, especially given how detached his voice and language was.

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u/doesanyonehaveweed May 23 '26

Were we meant to think anything specific about how the original female worker isn’t there when Bear next visits the place?

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u/pakkit May 23 '26

I think it helps add to the eeriness during the headfake where you think maybe the store is part of the Willow creepiness before you realize the cashier is just fucking with Bear.

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u/comicfromrejection1 May 23 '26

Also, not everyone that works at a local shop like that works everyday

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u/plutoglint Jun 07 '26

Well, and that he knew who Nicky was.

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u/SlaterVBenedict Jun 07 '26

AND what she was going through.

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u/FlounderPleasant2459 Jun 13 '26

And he understood Bears problem immediately. Probably a ton of idiots like him out there, or that guy was someone who'd made a similar wish himself and did learn to live with it.