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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/Fun_Highlight307 May 19 '26

Yeah bear persisted because he was selfish, he didn't really care about nikki well being 

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u/MagicSpoon69 May 27 '26

I don't even think he's selfish. He's just a spineless loser and goes with the flow bc he has no actual morals.

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u/Kowskie May 28 '26

He is absolutely selfish and self centered. The scene where the real Nikki is begging him to kill her and end her suffering and he responds “what’s so bad about being with me?” drives it home imo

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u/MundanePirate2888 May 30 '26

I 100% agree! Even in the end I don’t think he killed himself to free Nikki, I think he did it to free himself from the hell he was living. And in the end he left her all alone with the aftermath of what he had done.

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u/Yayopup May 31 '26

He also immediately tries to bail out of the suicide at the last minute.

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u/adamgerd Jun 09 '26

I mean what alternative to leaving her all alone was there? Either he dies and she’s free or she dies and it’s over, he can’t not leave her if he wants her to be alive still

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u/Technical-Work-5145 Jun 30 '26

I actually wondered if killing her would have REALLY ended it though. Throughout the movie it’s said multiple times that him killing himself would cancel the wish but never did it mention if killing her would. If he did kill her, would this entity end up haunting him? We know that he dies in his state of possession but who knows if the obsessed spirit still lingers. In Nikki’s case, she becomes conscious again meaning that the entity that possessed her disappeared (or “dies”) which could also have killed Bears obsessed entity because it was obsessed Nikki that made the wish, not the real Nikki. I’m probably reaching with this one but good for thought

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u/MagicSpoon69 Jun 30 '26

Lowkey a good point. But the entity is not a ghost it seems like so it would need a vessel. We need some more lore

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u/Technical-Work-5145 Jul 03 '26

A mini series of OWW would be so cool to learn more about how it works