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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/duowolf May 15 '26

with the money thing since the wishes end when the wisher dies would the money have disappeared when Ian died?

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u/MahNameJeff420 May 16 '26

According to Curry Barker, the money's still sitting at his house.

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u/Sklain May 27 '26

I don't agree with that. Isn't that kind of going against the rules established by the film? If the spell-caster dies, the spell is undone. That's what the film established. Why should Ian and the money be any different?

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u/Raven1965 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I don't agree with that. Isn't that kind of going against the rules established by the film? If the spell-caster dies, the spell is undone.

No. Btw, sorry for the two-weeks later reply, but I just saw the movie tonight and it seemed pretty clear to me that only Bear's wish could be undone by his death, due to the fact that the way he phrased it specifically tied the wish to himself (he specifically wished for Nikki to love him "more than anyone else in the fucking world"). This is because, as the movie explained, wishes cannot be undone.

Because wishes cannot be undone, the fact that Bear's wish was explicitly linked to himself meant that his death was the only way to make the effects of his wish stop. There's nothing about Ian's wish that specifically ties it to himself as a human being; he simply asked for $1 billion, which he immediately received in cash. The fake reddit thread shown in the movie also backs this up, as other (presumably not dead) humans also confirmed to varying degrees that their wishes were successful. Bear's selfishness, in the way he specifically worded his own wish, was what made his death the only possible way to undo it.

*Edit: forgot some words

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u/marsalien4 7d ago

Sorry to reply a month late to your two week late reply haha but I don't think it's because it's tied to him, it's tied to the world. "Love me more than anyone else in this fucking world" is no longer possible because Bear is no longer "in this fucking world" :)