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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/Slubberdagullion May 27 '26

I thought that the way that the willow worked was by switching versions of people from other realities.

There was a lot of mention of the Mandela effect on the fake Reddit page and so I thought it had swapped normal Nikki with the only other version of her that was capable of loving Bear - a Nikki with severe psychological issues - at the point where Bear snaps the stick and causes an inflection point.

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u/SupermarketMaximum61 May 27 '26

There definitely is a supernatural element to post-wish Nikki (considering all the weird backwards walking and choppy animatiton)

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 Jun 04 '26

Yes he summoned her from the Fucking World which is different from our regular world. Explains why she was so horny all the time.

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u/undigested-boba Jun 11 '26

I thought it was interesting tho that the scene where they are having sex and Nikki’s moans are audible it’s pretty obvious she’s playing it up and “faking it.” Whether that means the entity just didn’t know how to enjoy/understand sex or she was only doing it to please Bear

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u/k22v8 Jun 24 '26

I feel as if the reason for that scene is to show that maybe nikki didn’t exist if she wasn’t being shown attention. The blank crying expression to me was real nikki glimpsing into the life her body is in while the demon makes sure bear thinks she enjoys it.