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Obsession
After breaking a mysterious trinket called the “One Wish Willow” to make his lifelong best friend fall in love with him, a shy music‑store romantic gets exactly what he asked for—until her all‑consuming devotion curdles into something terrifying and he realises his wish has stripped her of any ability to choose.
Director
Curry Barker
CAST
Michael Johnston • Inde Navarrette • Cooper Tomlinson • Megan Lawless • Andy Richter
RATING
VA
Violence, horror, sexual material & content that may disturb
RUNTIME
1h 48m
COUNTRY
United States
GENRE
Horror, Thriller
LANGUAGE
English
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Obsession
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FILM NOTES
A darkly funny, deeply unsettling cautionary tale about consent, control and the danger of getting the love you think you want.
Obsession is the feature debut of writer‑director Curry Barker, expanding the premise of his viral short Milk & Serial into a full‑blown supernatural horror about wish‑fulfilment gone wrong. Set largely in and around a suburban music store, the film follows Bear (Michael Johnston), who has been quietly in love with his friend and co‑worker Nikki (Inde Navarrette) for years. When he stumbles on the One Wish Willow in a weird little shop, he impulsively wishes for Nikki to love him above all else – and wakes up in what first feels like a romcom fantasy: constant affection, endless sex, total attention.
The tone gradually curdles as Nikki’s personality is swallowed by her fixation: she stops seeing friends, forgets her own interests and seems to “glitch” into something feral and violent whenever Bear tries to pull away. Barker leans into practical gore and uncomfortable, claustrophobic set‑pieces as Bear realises that he has effectively destroyed Nikki’s agency and may have invited something parasitic into their lives. Executive‑produced by Jason Blum and distributed here by Rialto, the film has become a word‑of‑mouth horror hit, with audiences responding to both its nasty set‑pieces and its queasy metaphor about consent and entitlement. It’s best suited to viewers who enjoy intense, modern supernatural horror with a strong psychological edge.