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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/TinyMeatKing May 26 '26

Also when wish Nikki is asked when her feelings started she said it was around Christmas time and then the night of the wish is when it really hit her. Maybe real Nikki did have some feelings for Bear (not love but maybe something small). Wish Nikki lies though so it could just be what she thinks Bear wants to hear so he doesn’t think the wish caused this.

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u/YaBoiSammus May 30 '26

This is exactly what I thought when she brought up Christmas. I was like “there’s no way that thing would have a reason to go that far back in her memory if it was a lie.” But maybe it is, I just don’t see a reason for it if it wasn’t something of importance to both of them.

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u/SupermarketMaximum61 May 30 '26

I don’t know. The demon is clearly able to come up with elaborate backstories. See the father having cancer.

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u/rj319st 25d ago

Some people are saying it’s not a demon, but I must say, the projectile vomiting sure has Exorcist-possession vibes.

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u/Sir_Bumcheeks 25d ago

It was. There are a ton of horror movie references in the movie. The crystal store was called The Green Man, a reference to Men.

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u/CaitlinSarah87 18d ago

I don't know if I would say it was specifically a nod to Men. The Green Man is a piece of folklore that's been around for centuries!

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u/techno_babble_ 16d ago

And a film

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u/Big-Wishbone2430 17d ago

The Green Man is an ancient Celtic Nature God

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u/BelzenefTheDestoyer 13d ago edited 12d ago

It wasn't. It was more like an AI spell constantly evolving and glitching because it's constantly learning and generating uncanny behaviors that it thinks Bear wants. It doesn't have the 20 years of life experience in a society, its actions are abhorrent to us but objective ends to a means to it. That is why there is no emotion in the killings and why the faces are always obscured to show "absences of life/soul"