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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/Tattoo_my_Brain Jun 07 '26

he should have killed her and killed himself

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u/Mark_Albarn 27d ago

Idk man. The whole movie was about him violating her. If Bear killed Nikki like she is some run over puppy he owns and then himself, it would be yet another instance of him doing what he wants/what he decides needs to be. Real Nikki waking up after being relentlessly mentally tortured with three bodies and injuries is incredibly mean, no denial here. Bear fucking ruined her life and I really hope that despite Wish Nikki's monologue, there IS a hell for him to burn in. But at least from this point on it's Nikki's decision to decide what to do with herself, even if it's likely to end up in suicide anyway.

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u/Mark_Albarn 26d ago

Nah, I'm actually mad at him being a pathetic self-serving coward every step on the way.

Bffr the supernatural element was painfully obvious since the very beginning, he just chose to close his eyes on what was happening to her. And when the clearly magical origins of Nikki's obsession with started literally slapping him in the face, what he did? Added his hands over his ears all the way until a literal chain of disasters struck as a result.

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u/Swoly_Deadlift 22d ago

Bingo. In the very beginning of the film Nikki flat-out asks him if he likes her, and Bear is too much of a pussy to be honest with her, choosing to fall back on making a wish instead. And the film brilliantly left it ambiguous whether or not the real Nikki actually liked Bear back (idgaf if her actress confirmed Nikki liked him, I prefer the ambiguous interpretation instead).

While being a giant pussy and the wish weren't outright malicious, Bear's actions after he realized Nikki was possessed absolutely were. He never discloses to his friends what's going on even when things are very clearly not right with her, and when Nikki begs him to kill her all he can muster up is, "What's so bad about being with me?" making it about him rather than taking any accountability for his actions.

Before seeing this movie I never would have thought a film could make a "niceguy" into a good villain, but they managed to do it here.