To be fair, Curry Barker’s Obsession is undoubtedly a horror movie first (or at least upon first watch). Watching it the first time I was disturbed, anxious, and terrified. However, the film had a lot of dark funny moments. I guess it shouldn’t be surprising a former sketch comedy director/actor would end up including so much humor in their film.

It was the kind of film that just stayed with me such that I had to see it another time. Upon the second watch it felt much more familiar and while still disturbing in many ways, it felt much more like a black comedy upon the second watch. I found myself laughing out loud at moments the rest of the audience was probably feeling disturbed.

Black comedies can do that. For instance, as a big Ari Aster fan I knew he had a keen sense for including that kind of humor and I felt like the only one in my theater laughing at certain parts of Eddington (I don’t think that audience was much aware of Aster’s previous work).

It certainly seems like black comedy is becoming more mainstream see other recent hit The Drama. This seems to be more of a societal thirst as Kristoffer Borgli has had this style of humor across his films even before The Drama.

Black comedy films are some of the most fun to see at a theater because it always gets this extra punch of “you’re not supposed to laugh at this moment, your teacher just announced their child passed away and your friend gives you a diabolical look” type of moment. It’s funny how audiences almost seem hesitant to laugh until they hear someone else letting it out. You just won’t get the same feeling watching this at home on streaming. So I definitely encourage anyone to see Obsession while it is still in theaters. Also seeing it in Dolby makes a huge difference for the sound design so definitely choose that if you have the option.

There are very few moments in a horror fan's life that feel like witnessing something genuinely new. Obsession is one of them. Kelli, Leah, and I got ourselves to the theater this weekend and we have thoughts. Many, many thoughts. And possibly a new favorite movie of the year. Obsession is definitely a film worth seeing in a packed theater. It is scary, thoughtful, and ultimately HILARIOUS!

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The Midnight Madness crowd went nuts for this one at TIFF and so I knew then it was a hit but i just saw it today and WOW. THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE! Its honestly shocking that she was able to do it while being freaked out and I totally understand why she couldnt sleep for months. WHAT AN ICON omg

Who else just died at the wtf moments iykyk

Has anybody ever gotten a free item or something signed from the blumhouse bus emails? I just got one for obsession in my email and I requested a free signed poster and lobby cards. I’m mostly wondering if I should expect it to show up in the mail in a few weeks or how does it work?

Ive just watched the movie and DAMN.

Since it was a blumhouse movie I knew it would be good but damn that wasn’t expecting to be like this. I was just bored and scrolling on the movies available in the nearby theater and saw this one. Watched the trailer seemed interesting, good rating so yeah fuck it im in.

The whole movie was just overwhelming. The gory scenes, the continuous jump scares and the psychological horror was just perfect. The theater was almost full and everyone kept reacting throughout the whole movie.

Nikki gradually going from confused and having a split personality to going completely nuts was perfectly executed, the actors did an amazing job. This is one of the best horror movies I’ve seen in a while and the ending was just perfect. Beer realising he has no choice other than kill himself, tries the gun but couldn’t pull the trigger so he goes to where it all started, the damn pills that killed his cat, as he waits for his demise and you see him snap, the movie didn’t have to spell it out, just the look on his face and creepy music followed by the noise of wood snapping tells you what happened, Nikki used her wish to make bear fall madly in love with her just like he did to her. Its so good it actually makes you forget that he took a whole bottle of pills so when the overdose kicks in, it gives you yet another shock.

The movie is just perfect. And I think it will have sequels just like SMILE did, where every movie takes place in a whole new place with new people and the only common point is the one wish willow pack. Someone else will buy one and make a wish that he’ll regret. Maybe Nikki would make a cameo where we see her in a mental institute where she’s been put after she lost her mind because of the deaths of her friends and no one believes her story about some magical piece of wood that grants you any wish you want.

Anyway 10/10 movie, what did you guys think of it and would you want to see a sequel?