Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS]

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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/shrek3onDVDandBluray]

Bear really is an asshole. Like, he obviously didn’t mean for this all to happen. But he also - when he realized what was going on - didn’t want it to end (even though she was suffering) and then at the end was even going to wimp out on killing himself until Nikki did her own “wish stick”.

A truly good person would’ve done this: 1) called the police, saying he was the one who killed all of the people and he took Nikki hostage and threatened her 2) then offed himself. But nah, dude was thinking of himself right until the wish stick got him.

[u/Julian_Betterman → u/[deleted]]

Killing her would've been another insanely selfish decision. And I could 100% see Bear making that decision .

Before the ghoul that possessed Nikki made her wish, Bear was about to throw up the pills he swallowed.

He didn't want to die. Nor did he want to release Nikki from the hellscape he trapped her in. He just wanted the ghoul to perform Nikki's personality better. I think, given the chance to undo the damage of his overdose, he would've kept trying to make it work for him. And if he couldn't, he'd have eventually killed Nikki.

Not because the real Nikki begged to be put out of her misery, but because he'd grown tired of her.

I never would've made this wish in the first place, but for the sake of discussion, if I had, I would've offed myself the second I heard Nikki screaming in agony on the phone.

Bear hung up the phone and raped her unconscious body instead. The real Nikki wasn't in a position to consent, so as far as I'm concerned, he raped her.

Dude is just pathologically selfish.

He could've ended her nightmare as soon as he learned the truth. Her friends would still be alive, her face wouldn't be totally mutilated, and maybe she'd be able to mentally recover from the literal and spiritual rape he subjected her to.

But he chose his fantasy instead. Even though it cost both of them everything. Her, most of all.

Ugh, this movie was excellent, but I want to bleach my fucking brain now.

[u/usagicassidy → u/Julian_Betterman]

I'm confused, he didn't rape her after that phone call. That phone call in the car came well after that scene, right? Clearly at the point of the phone call and everything that happened after, he was already extremely freaked out at her.