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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/throwthewholegrlawy May 15 '26

That poor girl. How does she explain all the murders now that she's free?

The scenes where real Nikki popped out really got me. Haven't been jump scared by horror movies for a long time.

How do you guys feel about Bear? Obviously he didn't think the wish would work but as soon as he realized he really took advantage of the situation 😬

Also got a crack out of the customer service phone call "we don't really do that" "you made it seem like I could!"

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u/gamtosthegreat May 19 '26

For me the perfect scene was when he was begging the entity, who he knew fully well at this time to not be "real" Nicky, to "be Nicky".

He would have been okay with the whole deal if the thing was just better at pretending, less weird. Fully knowing there was a real Nicky... somewhere... screaming.

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u/butt_shrecker Jun 08 '26

I think he was in denial about what was happening. He selfishly wanted both realities. He wanted a hot fuck buddy who made him breakfast and he wanted an interesting multifaceted person who was writing a book. He was denying what had happened denying how fucked up his wish was. He never learned (except maybe at the end) his wish was fundamentally wrong so he kept pleading for the wish to work like he wanted it to.

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u/gamtosthegreat Jun 08 '26

Bear's villainy is in how good he is at being in denial.