Curry Barker’s Obsession is exactly what it looks like on paper: a slick, high-concept horror movie built around a killer idea.
The setup is simple and deliciously dark: Bear (Michael Johnston), a painfully awkward music store employee, has been quietly in love with his best friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) for years. But instead of, you know, just telling her like a human, he stumbles across a cursed little trinket called the “One Wish Willow” and does what any horror protagonist with zero foresight would do: He wishes she loved him more than anything in the world.
Surprise! It works. Actually, it works a little too well.
Nikki’s affection quickly morphs from adorable and cute into something clingy, erratic, and eventually terrifying, turning a dream-come-true into a full-blown nightmare about control, consent, and the absolute horror of getting exactly what you asked for.
For a while, the movie is kind of a blast. The concept is strong, the tone swings nicely from rom-com awkwardness to full-on dread, and there’s a mean streak running underneath it all that keeps things interesting. I know I’m not the only one who has a toxic relationship in their past, so there were aspects of this film that were highly relatable.
But then … it just keeps going.
At around the one-hour mark, you’ve pretty much gotten the point. The film keeps escalating Nikki’s behavior and Bear’s panic, but it starts to feel like variations on the same beat instead of new ideas, and you wonder when the inevitable bloody climax will begin. The tension flattens a bit, and what started as sharp and uncomfortable turns slightly repetitive.
Still, there’s enough style, humor, and twisted charm here to make it work overall.
Obsession is a fun, nasty little morality tale about wish fulfillment gone wrong. It’s not bad. It’s not great, either. It’s just … it is what it is.
I’m giving the movie a B–.
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