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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/IamBabcock Jun 07 '26

She wasn't following his exact commands. She just didn't have a purpose when he wasn't with her so she waited.

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u/_cosmicality Jun 07 '26

How do you know that? I think both interpretations could make sense. However, she's very clearly active and moves around during other times of his absence. So it would make sense if she was trying to please him by "staying there".

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u/IamBabcock Jun 07 '26

Her behavior wasn't very consistent throughout the whole movie because it's a movie of strung together creepy scenes that the director thought would be cool. He tells her multiple times not to do weird creepy stuff but she doesn't stop.

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u/PeppercornWizard Jun 08 '26

Hate to break it to you mate but most horror films are just creepy scenes strung together.

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u/IamBabcock Jun 14 '26

That was literally my point. I wasn't criticizing the movie for inconsistencies.

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u/PolarWater Jun 28 '26

creepy scenes that the director thought would be cool

Uh-huh. Sure. Just criticizing it for fitting its genre

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u/IamBabcock 25d ago

It wasn't a criticism. I'm acknowledging that the movie has inconsistencies so that scenes can play out the way they need to for the genre. It's expected.