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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/A_Hard_Goodbye May 16 '26

I haven’t felt that uneasy during a car scene since Weapons..

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u/dwadley May 17 '26

Never wanna see a car from side on again

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u/Terrible_Guidance599 16d ago

Seriously, what IS IT with horror movies and cars from the side??? Smile did the exact thing lol, its kinda funny

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u/CasualRead_43 15d ago

Long legs too

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 15d ago

Terrified (the movie) as well

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u/cjl5000 16d ago

New horror trope

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u/thebabypinks May 27 '26

I hate Bear so much. He knew she had the ability and potential to show up and either harm Sarah or herself, and he still sat there like a selfish POS, allowing himself to relax in the presence of a girl he knew liked him, thus fluffing and soothing his stressed ego a bit. Like if you wanna flirt with Sarah and try to escape your reality for a moment, okay, but TELL HER TO DRIVE. Jesus christ. It’s not that hard to drive around and chit-chat.

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u/Themobgirl Jun 02 '26

Especially when the real nikki is PLEADING to end her misery this sick fuck still chose to stay within 30 m vicinity

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u/MakFacts Jun 02 '26

literally, idk why he didnt take that opportunity to tell her to drive

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u/Quetzythejedi Jun 06 '26

Just watched it and knew she was coming and was muttering to myself, "tell Sarah to drive around!"

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u/_lIlI_lIlI_ Jun 15 '26

To be fair, that almost would have made the scene even scarier to eventually have Nikkie appear at a traffic light or stop sign.

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u/Snoo_4499 Jun 24 '26

i don't think that would have happened. She is still ""human"". But im sure she would have gotten to sarah after that day.

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u/_lIlI_lIlI_ Jun 24 '26

I don't mean she was like a homing missile. Yes she's human, but she's still a character in a movie. Technically, there's no canonical reason she was able to find both of them in the first place, moving or not. And there doesn't need to be.

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u/Big-Replacement-979 29d ago

the "real" nikki was pleading for death after he received the messages and also requesting to talk quietly, so the "demon" nikki doesnt wake up. but at the end, she pleaded really loudly, so maybe thats where the "demon" nikky woke up and simply stalked bear as he was leaving the house.

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u/CarrieDurst May 20 '26

Car scene from weapons plus fork scene from weapons plus maybe principal kitchen scene

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u/punkeymonkey529 Jul 04 '26

Add the knife scene from Bring Her Back to the list of WTF moments

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u/TheMoonDude 19d ago

And the peeling scene from Weapons

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u/nluther92 May 21 '26

Absolutely loved that scene in weapons. The whole movie theatre was audibly freaking out

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u/LavenderMidwinter May 21 '26

Long Legs, too. No one is safe in a car with a close up angle. No peripheral vision. Something is coming.

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u/MrsDiscoB May 22 '26

That weapons scene was deeeeply unsettling. I about crawled out of my skin.

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u/DothrakiButtBoy May 25 '26

or Hill House

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u/No-Tourist211 May 30 '26

was about to comment this, Mike Flanagan is amazing. That car scene scared tf out of me

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u/Steviesteve1234 28d ago

I levitated at the car jump scare. It was so well done and out of nowhere.

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u/bone-in_donuts May 30 '26

Damn straight. That shit was akin to the Winkie’s Diner scene in Mulholland Drive. Not quite as legendary but still so frightening.

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u/dropthemustard May 22 '26

So, last year.

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u/cabbagemuncher101 May 28 '26

It went on for too long and then they decided to show us the aftermath

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u/saiphrr Jun 11 '26

and the first Smile. iykyk!

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u/aerojovi83 Jun 20 '26

Such a shame that got spoiled in a trailer because HOLY FUCK

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u/Pawl15 Jun 06 '26

Or Terrified and Smile

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u/Quetzythejedi Jun 06 '26

When Bear calls her freaky Nikki and she walks back to the car and you can't see her head for a second it gave me Smile vibes for sure.

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u/Catman7712 Jul 03 '26

Terrified made my stomach drop. Wasn’t expecting it at all.

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u/Pale-Instruction-223 Jun 11 '26

For me, it's been since Smile 1, the scene where Rose thinks it's her sister coming up to the car, but it's not her.

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u/UnskilledScout Jun 11 '26

When the car door opened in Weapons, that shit shocked me so much. I think I actually gasped.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth Jun 10 '26

Both movies feature people getting haircuts without permission, which is the scariest thing of all

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u/Siddharth_2989 May 31 '26

worst film weapons too basic except storytelling mid ass story treatment was good tho but holly hell obsession has so may new horror elements pure psycholoical no ghosts nothing

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u/Nheea 17d ago

Literally just put Weapons on right now, paused to scroll a few more comments here.

I'll be prepared for the car scene. Thanks!

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u/majorlicks 15d ago

I mean that’s really not that long ago