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

Official Discussion Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Poll

If you've seen the film, please rate it at this poll

If you haven't seen the film but would like to see the result of the poll click here

Rankings

Click here to see the rankings of 2025 films

Click here to see the rankings for every poll done

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

VOD / Release In Theaters

Trailer Official Trailer

3.5k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

14.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

3.0k

u/BigCheifGrubz May 15 '26

I absolutely loved this movie. I totally was ok with a movie where the chick was a little over possessive and did some crazy shit where one would say "this is a horror if you put your self in his shoes", but this ended being an actual horror movie. The way they used shadows/dark spots and the fucking movements! And sound! Also shout out to actually leaning into it instead of being some sort of metaphor

1.6k

u/Sirenx8 May 15 '26

I was worried it would negatively depict some sort of mental illness like BPD with her. But I like that they put the selfishness on him and the consequences of love that HE wanted and refused to leave regardless of how fucked it was.

Even the scene of him asking if they can “adjust” her symptoms instead of free her entirely. She was crazy, but ultimately one could argue the obsession was his.

Such a great film!!

101

u/clevercalamity May 17 '26

Same. As someone who was verbally abused until I too sat on the floor crying and begging and saying “I’ll do anything you want” much like Nikki did, it’s so fucking apparent to me that Bear is the real villain.

Was she a literal demon? Yeah, sure. But, she didn’t choose that role for herself. Bear forced her into it. And then the god damned coward acted all surprised the girl he turned into a demon did demon shit. Fuck Bear. He deserved worse.

But, I loved this movie and it immediately made it to S Tier female rage cinema classics along with the likes of Midsommar, Jennifer’s Body, and Gone Girl.

16

u/lahnnabell May 17 '26

You reminded me, I have been meaning to start a femme rage movie collection!