Obsession
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Michael Johnston
- Inde Navarrette
- Cooper Tomlinson
- Megan Lawless
- Andy Richter
- Haley Fitzgerald
- Darin Toonder
- Chloe Breen
- Anthony Pavone
- Justice
Moviegoers are saying
Audiences are rattled and hooked by this one: the creepiness lands, the jump scares hit hard, and a surprising number of viewers can't shake it a day later. Reviewers keep circling back to the 'be careful what you wish for' hook and the lead actress's unnerving performance, while the story's thinness around the wish-stick and a slightly underwhelming ending are the most common complaints. Oddly, the numeric ratings cluster around 4 to 5 out of 10 even when the text is ecstatic, so the written praise tells a far stronger story than the scores do.
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4.1
5.8M
586.4K
2.3M
- May 6, 2026
a man will put you through every circle of hell imaginable and still have the audacity to ask “what’s so bad about being with me?”
-ˏˋ mak ˊˎ-May 15, 2026Awesome movie about how rapists should kill themselves
Megan BitchellMay 13, 2026nobody take this in any way but bear looks exactly like if dave franco and charlie kirk had a baby
⋆˚࿔ abigail 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ - May 13, 2026
men will literally do anything but confess their feelings
frejaoneillMay 15, 2026even in death, an insecure man will still be the most selfish person in the room
cerysMay 17, 2026“man or bear” well…
⋆˚࿔ abigail 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ - May 11, 2026
As a film lover, I was thrilled. As a cat lover, things were harder.
Benedict TownsendSep 6, 2025one man has a crush and makes it everyone’s problem
moeMay 12, 2026What hit me most about Obsession is that a day later, I still cannot stop thinking about it. And I think that’s because the film is operating on a much smarter level than its premise initially suggests. This is the kind of setup that could have gone wrong in so many obvious…
Paul Thomas
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- Tate lovedObsession
If I had one wish, I’d use it to stop seeing Charlie Kirk’s face every time I look at Bear A great new idea for a horror, loved it. Good tension, jumps, and gore. The plot was also fun and well paced. Both Bear and Nikki did an amazing job as their roles and had so many awesome scenes. Some of…
blue cat lovedObsessioneveryone who’s saying that bear is the victim in this film missed the entire point. niki was the victim, she was raped, sexually assaulted, and taken advantage of without being able to do anything about it cause she was possessed. bear knew this. he knew that the woman he was with wasn’t niki, but…
Lady Rokujo lovedObsessiontypical “nice guy” smh 😭😭😭
- Thomas Joyce is "meh" onObsession
I feel gaslit, I refuse to believe I saw the same film as everyone else that’s getting this much praise. Easily one of the most predicable movies I’ve ever seen, insanely so, each major moment plays out in the most obvious way you’d think - all the way up to the ending which I subconsciously…
flittle lovedObsessionType of movie that’ll have you in silence for 30 minutes after it ends
Garmelie lovedObsessionIt’s hard to understand where to begin when the only thing I aim to accomplish here is gushing at how amazing this film was. This is an olympic long jump into the uncanny valley, it’s excruciatingly haunting in how it portrays people, it feels dirty, almost evil to take part in the movie because of…
- zxki likedObsession
Slight spoiler, but the second I saw the One Wish Willow, I knew I had to prepare myself for whatever was coming. As predictable as monkey paw plots are, the only real predictability was in the deteriorating spiral. You expect the situation to worsen but are uncertain about exactly how. Great…
ItssKillie lovedObsessionBear literally had the chance to tell Nikki how he felt but instead he chickened out & wished for it instead?! I called tea from the start.. Ian is a piece of 💩!! Justice for my girl Sarah. And since nobody gave me a TW⚠️.. they say KYS quite a lot😵💫 Anyways this movie was a TRIP!!
caroline is "meh" onObsessionI think the praise this movie gets is from people who see horror films to be shaken rather than witness a good story. Parts of this movie are likable, and all of it is creative despite some cliché. But nothing makes this movie life-changing except maybe the paranoia I now have. 😭
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- JWJoshua Webb
I know that horror is subjective and what may be scary to one person may not be scary to another but for the first time in easily a decade, this film shook me to the core and genuinely terrified me. Seriously super creepy!
TMTaylor MarkoWhat a terrible movie. All the reviews so far are fake and AI. Don’t waste your money
AGAntonio GreenDifferent typa scary movie. Pretty unpredictable.
- MRMarcus Rodriguez
Absolutely insane psychologically
ADAnsernis DelossantosThis movie is wild af
CMCinthia MichelleSuper creepy, really good jump scares. Main actress did a phenomenal job
- LVLisa Velez
This movie definitely was 10/10 . The type of movie you leave from and feel disturbed/ changed . Movie definitely had a jump scare that made my husband fly out of his seat 😂
SSsujith sujithDo not miss watching this movie. The best horror of this decade
RFRyan FucaloroHighly recommend. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
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May 14, 2026
Barker shows real promise as a horror storyteller; his instincts about when to hold back and when to plunge the knife are scalpel sharp. If only the sexual politics at play in Obsession didn’t feel so callow.
Erik Piepenburg
The New York Times
May 11, 2026
Perhaps it isn’t such a terrible thing to remind us that this is, essentially, just a dark exercise in genre: a romcom gone horribly, upsettingly wrong. In this sense – and we suspect Barker would take this as a huge compliment – Obsession is the worst date movie imaginable.
Dan Jolin
Time Out
May 11, 2026
Obsession’s big set-piece sequences are as chilling in their effect as they are confident in their execution.
Marshall Shaffer
Slant Magazine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Obsession (2026) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Obsession (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 48min long.
What's Obsession (2026) about?
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.
Who's the cast of Obsession (2026)?
- Michael Johnston as Bear
- Inde Navarrette as Nikki
- Cooper Tomlinson as Ian
- Megan Lawless as Sarah
- Andy Richter as Carter
- Haley Fitzgerald as Vivian
- Darin Toonder as Harry
- Chloe Breen as Ruthie
- Anthony Pavone as Reggie
- Justice as Joe
Who's the director behind Obsession (2026)?
Curry Barker directed Obsession (2026).
Who produced Obsession (2026)?
James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson and Christian Mercuri produced Obsession (2026).
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