For months, we’ve been trying to explain just how excellent the new film, Obsession, is. We caught it on the film festival circuit last year, and as Focus Features picked it up and slowly began to roll out its marketing, we said it again and again. This movie is brutal, wild, and awesome. There was a very creepy teaser trailer out late last year, and now an even better teaser is here. Finally, everyone can begin to see for themselves.
Written and directed by relative newcomer Curry Barker, Obsession centers on a man named Bear (Michael Johnston) who is in love with his good friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette). Unfortunately for Bear, though, Nikki doesn’t feel the same way. So when Bear finds a gag gift called a “One Wish Willow,” he sees no harm in randomly wishing that Nikki love him more than anything in the world. What’s the worst that can happen? Wishes don’t come true, right? Right? Here’s the latest teaser trailer for Obsession.
That teaser sets the stakes and begins to hint at where everything goes, but there’s so much more. Curry Barker pushes things to the limit with the film in ways that are sure to delight horror fans but also freak lots of people out. Johnston is great in the movie as this hopeless romantic who makes a horrible mistake, but Navarrette is the true breakout. The way she portrays this woman, unable to do anything besides love this man, is chilling. Plus, the performance has some really messed-up layers to it. We think she’s got a bright future.
So get ready. This is destined to be one of the best horror films of the year. In fact, in our eyes, it already is. Co-starring Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter, Obsession opens in theaters everywhere on May 15. Here’s the killer teaser poster as well:
A new definition of horror. Trailer tomorrow pic.twitter.com/6e5H0AhkEX
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