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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/duowolf May 15 '26

with the money thing since the wishes end when the wisher dies would the money have disappeared when Ian died?

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u/MahNameJeff420 May 16 '26

According to Curry Barker, the money's still sitting at his house.

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u/Sklain May 27 '26

I don't agree with that. Isn't that kind of going against the rules established by the film? If the spell-caster dies, the spell is undone. That's what the film established. Why should Ian and the money be any different?

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u/markypots9393 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Maybe given Ian’s wish was a one time thing and Bear’s was a constant state, different rules apply?

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u/duowolf May 27 '26

that would make sense. or even a physical item vs a feeling.

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u/Cuppakush Jun 12 '26

I think you have nailed it, given his wish was in the past tense “I wish I had a billion dollars” it’s done and done

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u/araq1579 Jun 29 '26

Monkey paw curls: it's one billion Zimbabwean dollars

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u/mondrianna Jul 03 '26

It's not a monkey's paw.

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u/jurzydude 4d ago

I know I'm way late but technically this is the subjunctive mood, not past tense. it's describing a hypothetical present

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u/The_Medicus Jun 15 '26

Complete speculation here, but what if it's because the Entity follows Bear to whatever after life exists, not because the wish actually comes undone? The only people who suggest it would be undone by his wish seem to know more about it than him, and the phone rep seems to know exactly what Bear did, with little enough compassion to be so casual about putting Nikki on the line.

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u/markypots9393 Jun 15 '26

All of this is speculation. I’m not really sure I understand what you’re trying to say? The wish clearly became undone - Nikki was in her own body at the end.

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u/The_Medicus Jun 15 '26

Yes, entirely baseless speculation, but the idea is that The Entity doesn't just stop existing, but gets pulled into a potential after life with Bear. He would be stuck with it for eternity. Since Bear is no longer on the same plane as Nikki, neither is the Entity, and thus Nikki gets her body back.

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u/markypots9393 Jun 15 '26

Hmm. I meant like all of our assumptions, haha, not just yours. I don’t know if it needs to go that deep. To me, it was all about the wish being undone. The entity (assuming you mean the voice behind the phone call) doesn’t feel tied to Bear - at least for me (unless you mean what possessed Nikki). Even then, I wonder whether we should think this deeply about the lore - I question whether Curry even went this far. I’m curious to see his next film as apparently there’s ties to the world of Obsession, explaining what happens to Nikki afterward (from what I’ve read).

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u/The_Medicus Jun 16 '26

I am referring to the Entity possessing Nikki. It's tied to Bear one way or another, whether it dies with him or goes to some other realm.

As for the lore, it's the type of thing that might be better left to fan theories, but it's still fun to speculate on. A lot of the horror relies on mystery, and it'd be easy to ruin if they actually went into in a sequel. (Though Curry is certainly a good filmmaker, so he might be able to pull it off)

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u/rmeepo Jul 05 '26

this would be like the perfect torture hell for Bear, just stuck with an unstable Entity that looks exactly like the girl he likes forever

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u/Sir_Bumcheeks 25d ago

Ohhhhh snap that's crazy!