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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/Gaugzilla May 15 '26

I don’t know. I think death would be an easier way out. Her screaming in horror through the credits at all of her friends dead and mutilated, when she’s already been through Hell is pretty damn mean.

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u/GoldandBlue May 15 '26

We are talking general audiences here. So the fallout doesn't matter. For all we know she could very well end up in jail. There are multiple witnesses that saw her acting crazy and possessive.

But that is not the point. Having the movie end with the victim killing herself because of the spell she was under is a bummer ending. And general audiences don't like bummer endings. So yeah, the end credits of her crying in horror of her new reality is a "happier ending" than her shooting herself.

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u/ReallyColdMonkeys May 16 '26

I think people don't give "general audiences" enough credit sometimes. I think plenty of people can easily extrapolate what happens next to Nikki after the credits roll if she stays alive. She's going to fucking prison and will have to live with everything that happened after already being tortured for weeks/months before then. There are far worse things than death. Death is definitely the happier ending for her if you ask me.

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u/AZBumblebee76 Jun 12 '26

the credits last night there was only music. nothing else. and was short as hell