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Movie ID: 252
RT slug: obsession_2025
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/obsession_2025
Release year: 2026
Runtime: 108 mins
Wide release date: 2026-05-15
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: 96%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Horror
Directors: Curry Barker
Writers: Curry Barker
Producers: Christian Mercuri, Haley Nicole Johnson, James Harris, Roman Viaris
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-05-12 15:03:48
Updated: 2026-06-07 23:58:09
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.
Taking an icky conceit and twisting it to deviously crowd-pleasing ends, Obsession is dauntingly disturbing while also skillfully amusing and thrilling.
Canonical reviews: 316
Canonical fresh: 296
Canonical rotten: 20
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 94%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-14 10:26:42
Snapshot Tomatometer: 94%
Snapshot review count: 315
Snapshot fresh count: —
Snapshot rotten count: —
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #2746 (delta_update)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Focus Features | distributor |
| Blumhouse | production |
| Capstone Studios | production |
| Tea Shop Productions | production |
| Under the Shell | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curry Barker | — |
| 2 | Michael Johnston | Bear |
| 3 | Inde Navarrette | Nikki |
| 4 | Megan Lawless | Sarah |
| 5 | Cooper Tomlinson | Ian |
| 6 | Andy Richter | Carter |
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| 267 | processed | — | 2026-05-12 15:03:48 | Processed successfully into movie_id=252 using update_mode=merge_non_empty. |
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| 2401 | 2026-07-30 06:34:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-30 11:34:02 | 94% | 310 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 5 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=5, fresh=5, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=5, fresh=5, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=311 reviews, 293 fresh, 18 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.212%). WARNING: entered headline 310 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 311 reviews / 94%. |
| 2264 | 2026-07-22 18:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-22 23:20:19 | 94% | 305 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 9 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=9, fresh=8, rotten=1, tomatometer=89%. Net new reviews added=9, fresh=8, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=306 reviews, 288 fresh, 18 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.118%). WARNING: entered headline 305 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 306 reviews / 94%. |
| 2148 | 2026-07-13 12:11:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-13 17:11:25 | 94% | 296 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 9 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=9, fresh=9, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=9, fresh=9, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=297 reviews, 280 fresh, 17 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.276%). WARNING: entered headline 296 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 297 reviews / 94%. |
| 1948 | 2026-07-06 10:30:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-06 15:30:40 | 94% | 287 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 6 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=6, fresh=6, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=6, fresh=6, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=288 reviews, 271 fresh, 17 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.097%). WARNING: entered headline 287 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 288 reviews / 94%. |
| 1780 | 2026-06-29 08:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-06-29 13:50:43 | 94% | 281 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 10 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=10, fresh=10, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=10, fresh=10, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=282 reviews, 265 fresh, 17 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.972%). WARNING: entered headline 281 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 282 reviews / 94%. |
| 1569 | 2026-06-22 07:13:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-06-22 12:13:19 | 94% | 271 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 8 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=8, fresh=6, rotten=2, tomatometer=75%. Net new reviews added=8, fresh=6, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=272 reviews, 255 fresh, 17 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.750%). WARNING: entered headline 271 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 272 reviews / 94%. |
| 1307 | 2026-06-14 20:43:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-06-15 01:43:44 | — | 263 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=2, rotten=1, tomatometer=67%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=2, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=264 reviews, 249 fresh, 15 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.318%). WARNING: delta batch had no complete entered headline values, so no rt_score_snapshot row was created. |
| 999 | 2026-06-07 18:55:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-06-07 23:55:37 | 78% | 18 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 18 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=18, fresh=14, rotten=4, tomatometer=78%. Net new reviews added=18, fresh=14, rotten=4. Current canonical totals=261 reviews, 247 fresh, 14 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.636%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (18). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (78%). |
| 831 | 2026-06-01 11:49:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-06-01 16:49:38 | 100% | 27 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 27 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=27, fresh=27, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=24, fresh=24, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=243 reviews, 233 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=96% (95.885%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (27). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (100%). |
| 666 | 2026-05-25 16:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-25 21:20:12 | 100% | 10 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 10 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=10, fresh=10, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=10, fresh=10, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=219 reviews, 209 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.434%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (10). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (100%). |
| 593 | 2026-05-22 16:10:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-22 21:10:23 | 100% | 3 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=209 reviews, 199 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.215%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (3). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (100%). |
| 547 | 2026-05-21 08:48:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-21 13:48:35 | 100% | 11 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 11 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=11, fresh=11, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=11, fresh=11, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=206 reviews, 196 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.146%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (11). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (100%). |
| 501 | 2026-05-19 08:31:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-19 13:31:31 | 96% | 17 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 17 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=17, fresh=17, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=17, fresh=17, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=195 reviews, 185 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.872%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (17). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 100%. |
| 472 | 2026-05-18 09:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-18 14:01:48 | 96% | 5 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 5 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=5, fresh=5, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=4, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=178 reviews, 168 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.382%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (5). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 100%. |
| 456 | 2026-05-17 10:06:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-17 15:06:12 | 96% | 2 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=174 reviews, 164 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.253%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (2). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 100%. |
| 441 | 2026-05-16 11:46:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-16 16:46:22 | 96% | 3 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=173 reviews, 163 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.220%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (3). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 100%. |
| 430 | 2026-05-16 08:08:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-16 13:08:10 | 96% | 8 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 8 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=8, fresh=7, rotten=1, tomatometer=88%. Net new reviews added=8, fresh=7, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=171 reviews, 161 fresh, 10 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.152%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (8). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 88%. |
| 424 | 2026-05-15 15:56:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-15 20:56:20 | 96% | 25 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 25 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=25, fresh=23, rotten=2, tomatometer=92%. Net new reviews added=25, fresh=23, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=163 reviews, 154 fresh, 9 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.479%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (25). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 92%. |
| 402 | 2026-05-15 09:03:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-15 14:03:47 | 96% | 27 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 27 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=27, fresh=26, rotten=1, tomatometer=96%. Net new reviews added=27, fresh=26, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=138 reviews, 131 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.928%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (27). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (96%). |
| 390 | 2026-05-14 11:00:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-14 16:00:37 | 96% | 10 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 10 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=10, fresh=8, rotten=2, tomatometer=80%. Net new reviews added=10, fresh=8, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=111 reviews, 105 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.595%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (10). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 80%. |
| 382 | 2026-05-13 16:24:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-13 21:24:22 | 96% | 9 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 9 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=9, fresh=9, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=9, fresh=9, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=101 reviews, 97 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=96% (96.040%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (9). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 100%. |
| 362 | 2026-05-13 08:44:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-13 13:44:06 | 96% | 9 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 9 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=9, fresh=8, rotten=1, tomatometer=89%. Net new reviews added=9, fresh=8, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=92 reviews, 88 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=96% (95.652%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (9). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 89%. |
| 361 | 2026-05-12 17:19:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-12 22:19:16 | 96% | 6 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 6 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=6, fresh=6, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=6, fresh=6, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=83 reviews, 80 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=96% (96.386%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (6). WARNING: entered tomatometer 96% did not match parsed batch 100%. |
| 352 | 2026-05-12 10:00:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-05-12 15:00:05 | 96% | 77 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 77 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=77, fresh=74, rotten=3, tomatometer=96%. Net new reviews added=77, fresh=74, rotten=3. Current canonical totals=77 reviews, 74 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=96% (96.104%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (77). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (96%). |
| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243236 | Robert W. Butler | Butler's Cinema Scene | Fresh | B | 2026-08-12T21:29:24.000Z | 2026-08-12 21:29:24 | One generally does not turn to horror for great performances, but Navarette approaches Oscar-level intensity as Nikki, turning on a dime from caring cajoling to screaming threat. |
| 243237 | Bruce R. Miller | Sioux City Journal | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-08-10T02:00:26.000Z | 2026-08-10 02:00:26 | "Obsession" may be the most financially successful film of the summer, but it’s also one of the best. |
| 243238 | Matt Pais | MattPais.com | Rotten | C | 2026-08-07T12:58:57.000Z | 2026-08-07 12:58:57 | Points at something without trying to understand it. |
| 243239 | Noah Berlatsky | Everything is Horrible (Substack) | Fresh | — | 2026-08-06T14:59:55.000Z | 2026-08-06 14:59:55 | The moral is obviously "be careful what you wish for." But the film is so effective because the wish in question is a kind of cultural default—a story we tell ourselves about how love, and life, are supposed to go. |
| 243240 | Jeffrey Overstreet | JeffreyOverstreet.com (Ghost.io) | Rotten | C | 2026-08-03T17:07:47.000Z | 2026-08-03 17:07:47 | It’s a shame that so much style and cleverness is in service of such a fundamentally flawed storyline. ... My product review for the One Wish Willow: 'Defective.' Justice for the real Nikki! |
| 207178 | Vera Wylde | Council of Geeks | Fresh | — | 2026-07-30T01:47:53.000Z | 2026-07-30 01:47:53 | It is elevated greatly by a lot of care put into the direction and some phenomenal performances. |
| 207179 | Sammie Purcell | Rough Draft Atlanta | Fresh | — | 2026-07-29T14:19:19.000Z | 2026-07-29 14:19:19 | "Obsession" cleverly uproots the idea of who we should be rooting for in a horror movie on its head, and delivers a star-making horror performance from [Inde] Navarrette in the process. |
| 207180 | Matt Brunson | Film Frenzy | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-07-27T22:55:06.000Z | 2026-07-27 22:55:06 | Yes, it’s "The Monkey’s Paw" all over again, but with a modern twist. |
| 207181 | Alise Chaffins | MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-07-27T14:11:37.000Z | 2026-07-27 14:11:37 | This psychological horror film is an exceptional examination of modern dating, combined with a unique look at consent. |
| 207182 | Jim Schembri | jimschembri.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-07-24T07:29:02.000Z | 2026-07-24 07:29:02 | Just when you begin wondering what all the fuss about this movie is due to, you’re hit with precisely what all the fuss about this movie is due to. And, yes, it’s so good and so well done all the flaws and shortcomings that came before are forgiven. |
| 196688 | Manuel São Bento | MSB Reviews (Ghost.io) | Fresh | B+ | 2026-07-19T11:11:05.000Z | 2026-07-19 11:11:05 | This is Navarrette's film, and she treats it like the opportunity of a lifetime. |
| 196689 | Beau Behan | Patch.com | Fresh | — | 2026-07-18T23:03:49.000Z | 2026-07-18 23:03:49 | Barker’s debut reaffirms his instincts, attuned to the fissures beneath ordinary emotion and the horror that erupts when those fissures split open. |
| 196690 | John Stark | Mac the Movie Guy | Fresh | 89/100 | 2026-07-18T20:55:47.000Z | 2026-07-18 20:55:47 | Barker wrote a surprisingly thoughtful story about autonomy. What it means to have it, what it means to lose it, and and why it is so important. Inde Navarrete’s work here is extraordinary. A remarkably layered performance that never feels like a gimmick. |
| 196691 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-07-18T19:05:20.000Z | 2026-07-18 19:05:20 | Obsession turns a simple romantic wish into a tense and unpredictable nightmare, elevated by Inde Navarrette’s fabulous performance. |
| 196692 | Jonathon Wilson | Ready Steady Cut | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-07-18T14:50:13.000Z | 2026-07-18 14:50:13 | There’s a do-it-yourself quality to Curry Barker’s horror hit Obsession that feels to me like it might represent the short-term future of the genre. |
| 196693 | Mauricio Jarufe Caballero | Cinencuentro | Fresh | — | 2026-07-17T17:32:09.000Z | 2026-07-17 17:32:09 | What truly sets Obsession apart, and this is likely to be a point of consensus among viewers, is Barker's unique commitment to taking a common and predictable idea and reinventing it with his own distinctive style...[Full review in Spanish] |
| 196694 | Jared Mobarak | Hey, Have You Seen ...? | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-07-17T14:53:31.000Z | 2026-07-17 14:53:31 | It’s a truly staggering performance that will have you laughing, cringing, and praying in equal measure. Because [Navarrette is] the lead. This is a survival horror once you know where to look. |
| 196695 | Peter Howell | Night Vision | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-07-13T23:51:45.000Z | 2026-07-13 23:51:45 | This sophomore feature by YouTube-honed writer-director Curry Barker invokes a deep sense of tragedy, operating less as a shock machine -- although there are some real jolts -- than as a slow-burn moral nightmare. |
| 196696 | Yasser Medina | Cinefilia | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-07-13T19:57:04.000Z | 2026-07-13 19:57:04 | Frankly, I find it to be a psychological horror thriller that appears original, but whose narrative core becomes somewhat superficial and redundant when it tries to explore the limits of desire, consent, and codependency. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 184011 | Jeff Beck | The Blu Spot | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-07-13T15:40:15.000Z | 2026-07-13 15:40:15 | Curry Barker's Obsession is a shocking & riveting breath of fresh air for a genre that has been struggling to give audiences something truly unique & memorable lately. |
| 184012 | Grant Watson | Fiction Machine | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-07-13T01:16:28.000Z | 2026-07-13 01:16:28 | Inde Navarrette’s performance is so effective and intense that a long, successful career on the screen seems inevitable – not to mention very well deserved. |
| 184013 | Nestor Bentancor | Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood | Fresh | — | 2026-07-11T08:10:30.000Z | 2026-07-11 08:10:30 | If you crave a gripping horror thriller, your wishes have just come true. [Review in Spanish] |
| 184014 | Damian Levy | DamianMichaelMovies.com | Fresh | — | 2026-07-10T22:43:19.000Z | 2026-07-10 22:43:19 | Big Screen Watch It’s a modern day twist on the Bride of Frankenstein, one that will have you frightened, yet sympathetic, as Nikki plays the part of a monster who never asked to be made, and whose motivation is to love her creator without limits. |
| 184015 | Lexi Amoriello | Movie Recs by Lex | Fresh | — | 2026-07-10T12:21:46.000Z | 2026-07-10 12:21:46 | If there’s one thing Curry Barker is a master at it’s making films where people move in unsettling ways and smile in the creepiest way imaginable, and Inde Navarrette absolutely excels at that. |
| 184016 | Josh Larsen | LarsenOnFilm | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2026-07-09T21:21:08.000Z | 2026-07-09 21:21:08 | Riveting to the end is the acrobatic act—physically and emotionally—that Navarrette performs... |
| 184017 | Sreeju Sudhakaran | Rediff.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-07-08T09:08:52.000Z | 2026-07-08 09:08:52 | If you are watching the movie on a date, you might feel like taking separate cold baths afterwards before deciding how the rest of the evening should proceed. I mean that as a compliment for the film. |
| 184018 | Luke Y. Thompson | Mortal Cinema (Substack) | Fresh | — | 2026-07-08T03:27:00.000Z | 2026-07-08 03:27:00 | ...for a crowd-pleaser, it eschews many of the kinds of things that movie studios THINK make a crowd-pleaser. |
| 184019 | Paul McGuire Grimes | Paul's Trip to the Movies | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-07-08T01:27:14.000Z | 2026-07-08 01:27:14 | Creating tension and scares takes precision. Curry Barker has a strong knack for that despite that fact this is his second feature film. |
| 183546 | Jeffrey Lyles | Lyles' Movie Files | Fresh | 9.5/10 | 2026-07-06T14:35:37.000Z | 2026-07-06 14:35:37 | Easily stands out as one of the best thriller horror films this decade as it’s genuinely thrilling and terrifying in its exploration of love and obsession. |
| 183547 | Emily Wheeler | Emily Wheeler Movie Ops | Fresh | — | 2026-07-03T14:44:19.000Z | 2026-07-03 14:44:19 | Rides the line of playing with how women are dismissed and denigrated while firmly condemning it. |
| 183548 | Niall Browne | Movies in Focus | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-07-03T13:14:25.000Z | 2026-07-03 13:14:25 | Obsession is a film that delivers on its premise. It’s a satisfying film with strong writing and performances that offers up good character moments among the tension. |
| 183549 | Matt Orozco | Macabre Daily | Fresh | — | 2026-07-02T00:25:58.000Z | 2026-07-02 00:25:58 | "Obsession" is one of the rare films that not only lives up to its hype but exceeds it. |
| 183550 | John Serba | Decider | Fresh | — | 2026-07-01T17:21:47.000Z | 2026-07-01 17:21:47 | Obsession has absolutely earned all its hype and success. |
| 183551 | Ricardo Rosado | Fotogramas | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-06-29T17:52:49.000Z | 2026-06-29 17:52:49 | By speaking directly to the generation blamed for all of society's woes, 'Obsession' manages to lure them back to theaters, presenting itself as a funny, grotesque, and genuinely unsettling piece...[Full review in Spanish] |
| 183191 | Graeme Tuckett | The Post NZ | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-06-28T18:14:28.000Z | 2026-06-28 18:14:28 | Obsession is uneven, and occasionally our suspension of disbelief gets badly punctured. But it still works well as a dark and bloody inversion of a whole genre of fantasy teen rom-coms. |
| 183192 | Paul Emmanuel Enicola | Movie-Blogger.com | Fresh | — | 2026-06-27T23:20:49.000Z | 2026-06-27 23:20:49 | [Obsession] takes a familiar fantasy and refuses to flatter it. To be loved without risk, without consent, without the other person’s full and frightening freedom: that is not love. It is possession dressed up in romantic lighting. |
| 183193 | MontiLee Stormer | MovieReelist.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-06-27T16:14:38.000Z | 2026-06-27 16:14:38 | The most devastating aspect of Obsession is watching the catastrophic consequences of Bear’s selfish decision consume his personal life. The audience recognizes the behavior of puppy love morphing to psychosis, and like Bear, is unable to stop it. |
| 183194 | Tomás Andrés Guerrero | Sensacine | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-06-26T18:25:55.000Z | 2026-06-26 18:25:55 | This is a relentless, twisted, and devastatingly powerful film that cements Curry Barker's status as a master of horror cinema. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 183195 | Luis Martínez | El Mundo (Spain) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-06-26T18:22:00.000Z | 2026-06-26 18:22:00 | Barker revisits classic tropes, breathing new life into them and, also, a new death into them. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 183196 | Javier Ocaña | El Pais (Spain) | Fresh | — | 2026-06-26T18:21:41.000Z | 2026-06-26 18:21:41 | With bordering gore touches of violence and superb performances from the relatively unknown Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette...Obsession addresses so many terrifying themes that the list is almost endless. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 183197 | Miguel Ángel Romero | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-06-26T18:20:51.000Z | 2026-06-26 18:20:51 | Director and YouTuber Curry Barker has masterfully squeezed every last drop out of his $750,000 budget, with haunting and outstanding performances from Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 183198 | Sheraz Farooqi | CinemaDebate | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-06-25T17:17:33.000Z | 2026-06-25 17:17:33 | OBSESSION is another win in what’s been a strong year for horror. Tense, stylish, and consistently engaging, the film is elevated by a terrific lead performance that gives the story real weight. Familiar at times, but an effective thriller that delivers. |
| 183199 | Natasha Alvar | The Fiction Department | Fresh | — | 2026-06-25T12:42:20.000Z | 2026-06-25 12:42:20 | The strength of Obsession lies in its willingness to plunge its characters into a hellish reality, with no attempt to relent as we build towards the haunting conclusion. |
| 183200 | Khanaphot Saengchai | Bangkok Post | Fresh | — | 2026-06-23T16:26:07.000Z | 2026-06-23 16:26:07 | Overall, Obsession is simple, tense and creepy. It builds on a simple premise but is elevated by cinematic elements employed to draw out your emotions to great effect. |
| 182527 | Tim Miller | Cape Cod Wave Magazine | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-06-21T23:13:01.000Z | 2026-06-21 23:13:01 | Curry Barker blends gore and dark laughs in this chiller about a shy young music-store employee (Cooper Tomlinson) who uses a magic-shop toy to wish that the girl of his dreams (Inde Navarrette) will love him more than anyone loves anyone in the world. |
| 182528 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-06-21T16:25:53.000Z | 2026-06-21 16:25:53 | That’s the whole concept and Barker’s insight. If you want to make someone love you above all else... the only way to accomplish this is to dehumanize them, to strip away everything about them that made them someone you wanted to be with. |
| 182529 | Tom Santilli | Movie Show Plus | Fresh | B | 2026-06-17T14:35:54.000Z | 2026-06-17 14:35:54 | There's a rough-around-the-edges quality here that gives the film personality, even when the story occasionally feels familiar. |
| 182530 | Rob Dean | Bullz-Eye.com | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-06-17T13:26:58.000Z | 2026-06-17 13:26:58 | "Obsession" is a great horror tale that’s about a lot of things—men controlling women, the lies men tell themselves, the blurring of devotion to mania, the "crazy" behavior that men paint women, and the lack of owning up to the horrible messes we create. |
| 182531 | Bob Grimm | Reno News and Review | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-06-17T01:59:13.000Z | 2026-06-17 01:59:13 | Let's make this the official Valentine's Day movie going forward! |
| 182532 | Katie Hogan | She Likes Movies | Fresh | — | 2026-06-16T18:01:29.000Z | 2026-06-16 18:01:29 | Obsession still manages to provide unique scares and really does burrow under your skin. Its an intriguing horror story that isn’t so easily explained and ends on a very bloody uneasy note. |
| 182533 | Bee Delores | B-Sides & Badlands | Rotten | — | 2026-06-15T18:35:41.000Z | 2026-06-15 18:35:41 | Obsession wallows in a muddy pigpen of the male fantasy of controlling women and how we, societally speaking, have failed and continue to fail women |
| 182534 | Leonardo Garcia Tsao | La Jornada | Rotten | — | 2026-06-15T18:28:35.000Z | 2026-06-15 18:28:35 | Not funny enough to qualify as a dark comedy and not disturbing enough to work as horror, Obsession falls short. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 171249 | Evelyn Lau | The National (UAE) | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-06-11T20:53:59.000Z | 2026-06-11 20:53:59 | Disturbing, thought-provoking and anchored by excellent performances, Obsession is not only one of the year's best genre releases, but also one of the most memorable films I've seen in recent times. |
| 171250 | Rubén Rosario | MiamiArtZine | Rotten | — | 2026-06-10T16:22:59.000Z | 2026-06-10 16:22:59 | It reduces what could have been a potent deconstruction of codependency to a twisted punch line, and shows us who this rising star is on the inside. It's not a pretty picture. |
| 171251 | Emma Stefansky | The Atlantic | Fresh | — | 2026-06-09T17:21:03.000Z | 2026-06-09 17:21:03 | At 26 years old, Barker is speaking directly to his own generation -- the moviegoing Zoomers -- by making a meal out of their most pressing interpersonal crises. |
| 145086 | Brooke Obie | Black Girl Watching | Rotten | — | 2026-06-07T21:28:29Z | 2026-06-07 21:28:29 | Obsession takes "homage" to Jordan Peele’s horror masterpiece to the extreme, yet this poor man’s rip off fails to achieve the pinnacle of social commentary that Get Out achieved. |
| 145087 | David Griffiths | Subculture Entertainment | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-06-06T23:56:33Z | 2026-06-06 23:56:33 | One of the best indie horrors to land in cinemas for a long time. Brilliant performances and a story that takes its audience into some dark places - this is a film that promises so much from Curry Barker. |
| 145088 | Jared Rasic | Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | Fresh | — | 2026-06-05T22:56:26Z | 2026-06-05 22:56:26 | The film works beautifully thematically, but it functions even better as a jaw-dropping, wildly unpredictable body horror. |
| 145089 | Mattie Lucas | From the Front Row | Rotten | 1/4 | 2026-06-05T19:53:05Z | 2026-06-05 19:53:05 | An ugly, mean-spirited piece of work whose aspirations of feminism are undercut by its dogged unwillingness to grant its women any humanity at all. |
| 145090 | Lia Kim | Junkee | Fresh | — | 2026-06-05T18:40:15Z | 2026-06-05 18:40:15 | The movie did such a good job of keeping the tension insanely high through the whole story and kinda bringing it full circle with the ending. |
| 145091 | Abbey Sheather | Junkee | Fresh | — | 2026-06-05T18:39:35Z | 2026-06-05 18:39:35 | It snowballed into a much larger conversation about body autonomy, consent, and pitting women against each other — something I haven’t seen in a movie, let alone a horror movie, facilitate in such a well-crafted way. |
| 145092 | Siddhant Adlakha | Video Game Town | Fresh | — | 2026-06-05T16:07:21Z | 2026-06-05 16:07:21 | A startling, spine-chilling horror-thriller made with remarkable skill... Uses light, sound and performance to twist and tighten every possible screw. |
| 145093 | Coleman Spilde | Salon.com | Rotten | — | 2026-06-04T18:49:45Z | 2026-06-04 18:49:45 | Obsession desperately wants to be a modern film, but can’t do anything more bold than gesturing to the bleakness and incessant discourse this reality is mired in. |
| 145094 | Archi Sengupta | LeisureByte.com | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-06-04T04:10:34Z | 2026-06-04 04:10:34 | While its disturbing themes and shocking twists make for an engaging horror experience, the film's emotional core and cautionary message about obsession leave the strongest impression. |
| 145095 | Ty Burr | Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2026-06-03T17:22:13Z | 2026-06-03 17:22:13 | Barker doesn’t quite stick the landing, and “Obsession” rolls rather than races to a stop in its very final scenes. It still leaves audiences with enough for boyfriends and girlfriends to argue over on the drive home or on the way to splitting up. |
| 145096 | Nadira Goffe | Slate | Fresh | — | 2026-06-03T16:31:19Z | 2026-06-03 16:31:19 | There are far scarier movies than Obsession. However, the movie definitely succeeds at being unnerving, even if it isn’t the type of story that will strike a deep fear within you. |
| 145097 | Lauren Veneziani | WBAL-TV (Baltimore) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-06-02T20:14:08Z | 2026-06-02 20:14:08 | "Why don't you love me???" now lives rent-free in my head. One of the best films of the year with breakthrough performances from Inde Navarette and Michael Johnston and for director Curry Barker. |
| 145098 | Tatsam Mukherjee | The Wire (INDIA) | Fresh | — | 2026-06-02T19:16:41Z | 2026-06-02 19:16:41 | Obsession showcases male longing at its most grotesque |
| 145099 | Keith Uhlich | (All (Parentheses)) (Substack) | Rotten | — | 2026-06-02T16:55:26Z | 2026-06-02 16:55:26 | An unrepentant troll — essentially Ari Aster’s Oleanna with the battle of the sexes sympathetically slanted, as it was in Mamet’s troglodytic conversation piece, toward an odious beta misogynist. |
| 145100 | Gabriela Meza | Fuera de Foco | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-06-02T16:34:45Z | 2026-06-02 16:34:45 | The scariest thing about Nikki isn't that she's possessed. It's that she's completely recognizable |
| 145101 | Justin Chang | The New Yorker | Fresh | — | 2026-06-01T23:31:26Z | 2026-06-01 23:31:26 | [Obsession] opens in the realm of the straightforward and ultimately reveals itself to be something far more thoughtful and subversive. |
| 145102 | Saniya Patel | The Hollywood Reporter India | Fresh | — | 2026-06-01T20:33:33Z | 2026-06-01 20:33:33 | Inde Navarrette stuns in psychological horror outing that surprises in more ways than one. |
| 145103 | Abhimanyu Mathur | Hindustan Times | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-06-01T18:42:59Z | 2026-06-01 18:42:59 | To say that Obsession will go down in history as one of the seminal horror films is no exaggeration. Curry Barker’s feature film debut is everything horror needs to be - dark, tragic, scary, and discomforting. |
| 119720 | Kevin A. Ranson | MovieCrypt.com | Fresh | 4/4 | 2026-06-01T04:23:25Z | 2026-06-01 04:23:25 | Inde Navarrette is the film's secret weapon... objectified in desire to unleashing the girlfriend from hell, Nikki's arc is tragic and horrific... and viewers can't look away. |
| 119721 | Matthew St. Clair | Cinematic Words of a Chaotic Gemini (Substack) | Fresh | A- | 2026-05-31T02:16:30Z | 2026-05-31 02:16:30 | An eerie yet darkly funny cautionary tale where its messaging is as frightening as its concept, Obsession is made all the more effective by its two leading performances. |
| 119722 | Aglaia Berlutti | El nacional | Fresh | A+ | 2026-05-31T01:13:50Z | 2026-05-31 01:13:50 | In Curry Barker’s *Obsession*, a twisted romance masquerades as a fairy-tale come true and ultimately reveals something unsettling: love isn’t always innocent [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 119723 | Paul Salfen | AMFM Magazine | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-05-30T21:15:39Z | 2026-05-30 21:15:39 | This isn’t a casual date flick or something kinda spooky – it’s intense – but very effective. If you’ve wished for a true jolt from a horror film, your wish has been granted - but you have been warned of what you’re about to see. |
| 119724 | Calum Cooper | Cinerama Film | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-05-30T10:03:38Z | 2026-05-30 10:03:38 | Stellarly inventive in its use of craft and deeply provocative in its scares, it’s a masterfully alarming cautionary tale, spearheaded by a star-making turn from Navarette. |
| 119725 | Grace Randolph | Beyond the Trailer | Fresh | — | 2026-05-30T02:38:10Z | 2026-05-30 02:38:10 | Curry Barker delivers a fresh take on an old horror story - careful what you wish for - while adding interesting commentary on Gen Z. Inde Navarrette is a great find and the heart of the film. |
| 119726 | Rachit Gupta | Filmfare | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-05-29T18:38:22Z | 2026-05-29 18:38:22 | The experience of watching this film is the equivalent of riding a high speed rollercoaster and enjoying the absolute, torturous thrill. |
| 119727 | Ayaan Paul Chowdhury | The Hindu | Fresh | — | 2026-05-29T18:30:50Z | 2026-05-29 18:30:50 | You will probably leave Obsession feeling vaguely feverish, slightly nauseous, and deeply annoyed that a former YouTube prank comedian tested the very limits of soiling yourself (I failed). |
| 119728 | Shalini Langer | The Indian Express | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-05-29T18:06:38Z | 2026-05-29 18:06:38 | Barker taps right into Gen Z’s au courant crisis and places Obsession in the irresolute territory where love is an all-consuming but never-consummate emotion. |
| 119729 | Megan Kearns | InSession Film | Fresh | A- | 2026-05-29T17:16:40Z | 2026-05-29 17:16:40 | It is not an exaggeration whatsoever. As good as the film is, I think Obsession hinges on Inde Navarrete's performance and it is so incredible. |
| 119730 | Hannah Hunt | Collider | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-05-29T14:12:56Z | 2026-05-29 14:12:56 | Every choice carries permanent consequences, and Barker builds the entirety of Obsession around the horrifying reality that emotional damage cannot be undone once it has been inflicted. |
| 119731 | Shikhar Verma | High on Films | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2026-05-29T10:56:08Z | 2026-05-29 10:56:08 | [Obsession] stops way short of terror-inducing horror because it feels like one over-stretched sketch instead of a carefully calibrated feature that surprises you beyond the jump scares, blood-splatter, and Navarrette being an absolute scream-queen. |
| 119732 | Rua Fay | Cinemasters | Fresh | — | 2026-05-28T17:24:56Z | 2026-05-28 17:24:56 | a film where the true villain is brilliantly hidden in plain sight. |
| 119733 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-05-28T14:59:58Z | 2026-05-28 14:59:58 | Curry Barker's creepy, low-budget horror movie made Hollywood history - becoming the first movie since 'Shrek' to earn more at the box-office its second weekend than its first - and its popularity with the youthful Gen Z audience is still growing. |
| 119734 | Maria Lattila | Film Stories | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-05-28T08:16:52Z | 2026-05-28 08:16:52 | Barker balances awkward laughs with some truly unsettling imagery and themes, making this one of the most disturbing films of the year. |
| 119735 | Victoria Luxford | Clash Magazine | Fresh | 7/10 | 2026-05-27T15:49:17Z | 2026-05-27 15:49:17 | Clever, funny, and blood-spattered, Obsession will prompt discussions rather than playing them out on screen, striking a balance between social allegory and chilling entertainment. At the very least, you’ll avoid novelty shops for a while. |
| 119736 | Matthew Monagle | Certified Forgotten | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-05-27T15:33:20Z | 2026-05-27 15:33:20 | It isn’t often that a film can ride a wave of festival hype into theaters and still manage to overdeliver. |
| 119737 | Brian Bisesi | Horror Movie Club Podcast | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-05-27T12:52:42Z | 2026-05-27 12:52:42 | Obsession is sneakily one of the most unsettling and disturbing horror movies in recent memory, but it also finds a way to be incredibly watchable and almost fun in a bleak, twisted way. |
| 119738 | Michael Ward | Should I See It | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-05-27T06:44:44Z | 2026-05-27 06:44:44 | ... the conversations I heard in the lobby as I walked out of the theater had people deep in discussion over the collective experience we all had just shared. |
| 119739 | Lyra Hale | Fangirlish | Fresh | A | 2026-05-27T03:07:26Z | 2026-05-27 03:07:26 | Obsession [...] takes off those rose colored glasses and makes it clear that there’s a difference between a romance and a love story. |
| 119740 | Marcelo Paredes | Cinencuentro | Fresh | — | 2026-05-26T17:56:49Z | 2026-05-26 17:56:49 | Even though the film still has several formal and narrative limitations, it does give the impression that Barker possesses very interesting tools to continue growing within the genre. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 119741 | Trace Thurman | Horror Queers Podcast | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-05-26T16:48:30Z | 2026-05-26 16:48:30 | Barker has a masterful command of tone, able to switch between the darkest of comedy and the most upsetting of horror with aplomb. Of course, none of it would work without Navarrette's career-making performance. It's a thing to behold. |
| 119742 | Ruben Peralta Rigaud | Cocalecas | Fresh | — | 2026-05-26T16:41:23Z | 2026-05-26 16:41:23 | Beneath all the blood, the cruel humor, and the supernatural possession lies a rather bitter observation about modern relationships built around impossible emotional fantasies. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 119743 | Karina Adelgaard | Heaven of Horror | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-05-26T09:50:13Z | 2026-05-26 09:50:13 | With her performance as "Nikki" in Obsession, I cannot imagine anything she [Inde Navarrette] couldn’t handle. From the physicality to the raw emotions. This is on par with the insane violence of... |
| 95071 | Sarah Vincent | Sarah G Vincent Views | Fresh | — | 2026-05-25T20:20:26Z | 2026-05-25 20:20:26 | "Obsession" will actually make you feel scared in your body even if you are a hard-core horror fan. |
| 95072 | Sean P. Means | The Movie Cricket | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-05-25T15:05:15Z | 2026-05-25 15:05:15 | What makes this disturbing and stomach-churning exercise in body horror so effective is in the ways writer-director Curry Barker goes over the top and keeps accelerating. |
| 95073 | Korey Coleman | Double Toasted | Fresh | — | 2026-05-25T01:47:32Z | 2026-05-25 01:47:32 | Inde Navarrette is so unpredictable in this movie. She gives an emotional performance that has many different layers to it. |
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