Obsession

By the end, Obsession proves itself far smarter, crueler, and more emotionally devastating than its straightforward title initially suggests.

What makes Obsession so fun, and so disturbing, is how it takes typical aspects of dysfunctional romantic relationships to initially comic and then horrific extremes.

Obsession should keep everyone awake long after they get home from seeing it.

While the subtextual gleanings may not be particularly illuminating or fresh, Obsession delivers everything you could want from a story that is as terrifying, maddening, and tragic all at once.

It’s horrific, gruesome at times and grim going for a “wish fulfillment fantasy” tale, even one that goes oh-so-wrong. But what shakes you is how deflatingly sad it is.

With good pacing, writing, and a stellar cast, Barker has crafted a directorial horror debut that is deliciously dark, absurd, and eerie.

The result is a film that runs far too long and rarely generates enough tension or genuine horror to justify its runtime—or, indeed, its very existence.

Best movie Ive seen in 2026 really original take on horror great acting great story.

Main character is a weak kid. Movie is carried by word of mouth, it is not scary just has good acting making it fairly disturbing.

While Inde Navarette is getting attention for committing to the shrieking, I suspect the bigger reason this has become a breakout hit is that cinema crowds are loudly responding to the cruel, pitch black, bro-centric comedy here. It’s fun with a noisy crowd. As a microbudget monkeys-paw riff it’s otherwise pretty threadbare.

I see some of the reasons for the popularity especially for the Gen Z audience regarding aspects such as incel culture. It is also undeniable that the actress for Nikki did put up a rather great performance(not generational like Glenn Close in the similar movie fatal attraction) but still excellent. Other than that I did not get much out of the movie and it was rather lazy writing in my opinion. Instead of creating a legitimate reason for the obsession as they very successfully did with Fatal Attraction, they used a magic spell that went wrong which seems kind of lazy. Moreover compared to other films such as Bring Her Back, it is clear the motivations behind the erratic behavior, not just someone acting like a crazed lunatic the entire time. Moreover should not be advertised as horror as I did not find it rather suspenseful at all.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]