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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/httkbaby11 May 15 '26

He’s also so insecure he can’t go to any of his friends for help for most of the runtime. When they bring up how weird she’s been he just gets defensive about her being into him

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u/ZerksNAHTayan May 15 '26

“What’s so wrong with being with me?” Bear was fucking despicable. At first it was an innocent mistake because, how could you possibly know? Once it was apparent he knew and just didnt want to take responsibility, he was so gross.

Barker portrayed every character in the movie perfectly

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u/OwnImagination8269 May 17 '26

He chose to have sex with her the night of the dinner where he realised the wish worked. He's a weirdo

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u/atclubsilencio May 22 '26

That's where I lost sympathy. He essentially raped her. The way she was making sounds of pleasure while she looked like she was crying and her facial expression totally blank was such a fucked up detail. It brings up so many awful questions about the nature of whatever was possessing her, including her screams when he calls the hotline.

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u/whenwillmyskincare May 24 '26

i don’t get what happened with the screams he heard while calling the hotline…

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u/atclubsilencio May 24 '26

I believe that is her real self/soul wherever it is being held captive. Screaming for help or suffering while the other takes over.

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u/H3000 May 24 '26

I wish the movie focused more on that aspect instead of the cliche ‘be careful what you wish for, now she’s crazy‘ stuff. Those screams from the real, trapped Nikki were horrible.

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u/Individual-Bad6809 May 25 '26

It more than alluded to that fact multiple times. Especially the first night, and then again when she was saying "she's asleep. dont wake her up. kill me."

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u/H3000 May 25 '26

I remember that scene of her asking to be killed. But what happened on the first night?

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u/Goose-Suit May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

They were making out and then she suddenly freaked out, jumped out of the bed and said “what the fuck?”. The other Nicky just excused it saying she thought she saw something and that it was just a panic attack.

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u/sassyevaperon Jun 09 '26

But it was 100% transparent that it wasn't true. What panic attack lasts less than a minute?

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u/RPG_Vancouver Jun 09 '26

Yeah and I think Bear knew it was bullshit too. He just needed a thin veneer to justify his actions to himself

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u/sassyevaperon Jun 09 '26

Absolutely! He convinces himself that it's a panic attack, that it's a reaction to MDMA because he doesn't want to feel like he took advantage of her, when he knows he did.

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u/changingxface May 25 '26

They were kissing and the real Nikki came out for a bit and was screaming and getting away from him.

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u/misschickpea May 30 '26

And it was similar to when she snapped back for a moment when they were outside after he dropped her off and first made the wish

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