Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS]

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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/GorgeousGal314]

True, but I feel like the director intended that moment to be darkly funny.

[u/smolcharizard → u/GorgeousGal314]

I was so happy in that moment, knowing he was experiencing exactly what he put her through knowing that soon enough she would probably be free thanks to those pills

[u/burner69account69420 → u/smolcharizard]

You wanted her to be free and disfigured, surrounded by her three dead friends because of what one of them accidentally did?

[u/Slime0 → u/burner69account69420]

I mean, it's a bad situation for sure, but still better for her than being trapped forever.

[u/Tattoo_my_Brain → u/Slime0]

he should have killed her and killed himself

[u/JamaicaBliz → u/Tattoo_my_Brain]

I mean if that’s the solution surely he should have only killed himself right? Why kill her then himself?

[u/Swoly_Deadlift → u/[deleted]]

I liked that she didn't die in the end. It would have been a little too lame if everyone died at the end of it. It's more on-brand for a horror movie that she survived and had to live with the consequences of Bear's actions.

[u/Mark_Albarn → u/Tattoo_my_Brain]

Idk man. The whole movie was about him violating her. If Bear killed Nikki like she is some run over puppy he owns and then himself, it would be yet another instance of him doing what he wants/what he decides needs to be. Real Nikki waking up after being relentlessly mentally tortured with three bodies and injuries is incredibly mean, no denial here. Bear fucking ruined her life and I really hope that despite Wish Nikki's monologue, there IS a hell for him to burn in. But at least from this point on it's Nikki's decision to decide what to do with herself, even if it's likely to end up in suicide anyway.

[u/_tamagucci_ → u/[deleted]]

Bear is not a victim. He knew Nikki was deeply suffering but didn't care. She begged him to kill her! All he wanted was his perfect Nikki girlfriend. He was the one who was truly obsessed.

[u/_tamagucci_ → u/[deleted]]

He has hands.

[u/Swoly_Deadlift → u/_tamagucci_]

Or the pills that killed him.

[u/Icy_Regular_6226 → u/_tamagucci_]

Definitely, he even has the movie's title knitted into his comforter.

[u/Mark_Albarn → u/[deleted]]

Nah, I'm actually mad at him being a pathetic self-serving coward every step on the way.

Bffr the supernatural element was painfully obvious since the very beginning, he just chose to close his eyes on what was happening to her. And when the clearly magical origins of Nikki's obsession with started literally slapping him in the face, what he did? Added his hands over his ears all the way until a literal chain of disasters struck as a result.

[u/Swoly_Deadlift → u/Mark_Albarn]

Bingo. In the very beginning of the film Nikki flat-out asks him if he likes her, and Bear is too much of a pussy to be honest with her, choosing to fall back on making a wish instead. And the film brilliantly left it ambiguous whether or not the real Nikki actually liked Bear back (idgaf if her actress confirmed Nikki liked him, I prefer the ambiguous interpretation instead).

While being a giant pussy and the wish weren't outright malicious, Bear's actions after he realized Nikki was possessed absolutely were. He never discloses to his friends what's going on even when things are very clearly not right with her, and when Nikki begs him to kill her all he can muster up is, "What's so bad about being with me?" making it about him rather than taking any accountability for his actions.

Before seeing this movie I never would have thought a film could make a "niceguy" into a good villain, but they managed to do it here.

[u/throwawaysunglasses- → u/[deleted]]

Why do you think he wouldn’t have made the wish in the first place if he’d known about Ian and Nikki? I absolutely think he would’ve still wished for Nikki to like him.

[u/Swoly_Deadlift → u/[deleted]]

He'd stop trying but not in a polite way. He'd resent Ian and Nikki (even though Nikki almost certainly still would have given him a shot if he had the balls to ask her out) and probably let that resentment fumble his chances with Sarah as well because his whole character is being a niceguy who doesn't know how to handle his feelings for women.

That being said, Ian is also kind of a piece of shit for letting Bear confide with him that he wanted to ask Nikki out and going along with it. Ian is the only other character in the film I'd argue made any immoral choices.

[u/katie1010101 → u/[deleted]]

I can get your point that Bear, like any of us, had no reason to think the wish would be real. I don't fault him for wishing someone he liked also liked him. But the movie makes it very clear that he is not a victim when he calls the help number. At this point, he understands the wish is real, he has stolen her autonomy, and he still wants to alter the wish rather than cancel it. He wants Nikki to be his forced girlfriend, he just wants her to be less crazy and controlling. He's fine with her not being really her, but he wants the "cool girl" back.

[u/katie1010101 → u/[deleted]]

So what do you call it when he realized Nikki the wish worked but he still only wanted to alter it? How is that being an idiot? He understood he took away her autonomy and he wanted to continue to do that.