Curry Barker's OBSESSION (2026)
PLAY WISH UPON FOR ME! Obsession features a pretty fresh new voice in Horror with Curry Barker (no relation to Clive, this is ala Zack Cregger someone who came up through sketch comedy and YouTube), that is still familiar in some ways while being stronger and more engaging in others. One of the pleasant (yes, pleasant) things about the movie is that it is at heart a black-as-the-color-tone-of-many-indoor-dimly-lit-scenes comedy of romance gone bad, though if you don't find this as funny as I do I get it. The humor of the film is in watching a guy get hit in the face with like ten thousand rakes; I can picture the Coens sitting and having a good laugh at the main guy Bear's expense (Michael Johnston). This is a story that involves a young man who does one of the dumbest things he could do, and he spends much of the time - after an initial high of love and romance from his one wish for Nikki to love him more than (and I quote) "anyone in the fucking world" - paying for...
