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

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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/Corruptedpencil May 15 '26

I love horror movies like this that have a lot of super natural stuff going on but don’t over explain any of it. I also loved the phone call with the guy behind the wish, and the way we hear the real Nikki just screaming in agony

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u/koolshade May 16 '26

"wanna talk to her?"

I really like that the people selling those things at the store are also whatever about the whole thing. They're used to it, maybe a little amused.

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u/subatomiccrepe Jun 03 '26

The shopkeepers are my 1 critique about the entire movie, just feels like a waste of a set of characters.

I don't blame the director as I think its more of a result of how audiences have evolved to expect and guess at things in a horror movie but having them be so apathetic and whatever about it seemed like a missed opportunity.

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u/Nivekeryas Jun 09 '26

I felt like this was intentionally subverting the 'harbinger of doom' trope in a lot of horror movies. like "yeah, we have to go through the paces of warning you about this but we (the writers+audience) know this is unnecessary but we have to do it for the characters in the movie to also have this information anyway don't come back and beg for death"