{"id":893050,"date":"2026-03-19T12:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/?p=893050"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:30:53","slug":"obsession-sxsw-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/obsession-sxsw-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsession (SXSW) Review: A Slam-Bang Indie Horror Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OBSESSION (2026) A Brutal, Twisted Indie Horror Hit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzhF9F6fVgw?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PLOT:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bear (Michael Johnston) is a shy music store employee with a monster crush on his long-time friend and co-worker, Nikki (Inde Navarrette). Too shy to confess his feelings\u2014and possibly aware that she only thinks of him as a friend\u2014he innocently makes a wish upon a dime-store \u201cone wish willow\u201d that she\u2019d \u201clove him more than anyone else in the world.\u201d His wish comes true\u2014and the consequences are nightmarish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REVIEW:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Obsession<\/em>&nbsp;is going to strike a chord with a lot of viewers. I think everyone, at some point in their lives, has had a crush on someone who didn\u2019t share their feelings, making Bear\u2019s initial predicament easy to relate to. Others may also relate to Nikki, who\u2019s perhaps been the object of affection from someone they simply aren\u2019t interested in.&nbsp;<em>Obsession <\/em>becomes a nightmare for both halves of the equation, with Nikki utterly robbed of her agency, choice, and consent in order to fulfill someone else\u2019s fantasy, while Bear\u2014who thinks of himself as a \u201cnice guy\u201d\u2014becomes a predator, and eventually a victim himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a lot to chew on, and it marks the arrival of a major new talent in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/obsession-trailer\/\">director Curry Barker<\/a>. Stylishly directed and often darkly humorous,&nbsp;<em>Obsession<\/em>&nbsp;is a slow burn that pays off with an increasingly horrific final act. It includes one of the most memorable gore scenes in recent memory\u2014so intense that Barker reportedly had to trim it to secure an R rating, and Focus gave it a wide summer release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s exceptionally well-acted by both of its stars. Inde Navarrette is a hoot as the increasingly unhinged Nikki, yet she maintains your sympathy at all times, as you\u2019re constantly aware she\u2019s being manipulated by a force she can\u2019t control. It\u2019s almost a Linda Blair\u2013esque performance, and it should put her on the map in a big way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inde-obsession-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Obsession\" class=\"wp-image-893051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inde-obsession-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inde-obsession-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inde-obsession-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inde-obsession.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet of the two, Michael Johnston has the trickier role, playing a character most audience members will grow to despise without losing his humanity. In many ways\u2014especially early on\u2014Johnston\u2019s Bear is as much a victim as Nikki, initially guilty of nothing more than making a dumb, throwaway wish on a gag toy he never expected to work. Yet at a certain point, he decides to go along with it, with a smash cut at one pivotal moment revealing that, despite thinking he\u2019s a good man, he utterly lacks scruples, becoming a willing participant in Nikki\u2019s tortured existence. Of course, things start to go wrong, and he tries to undo the wish\u2014but as anyone who\u2019s seen a horror movie knows, that\u2019s easier said than done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barker guides the film with a sure hand and doesn\u2019t shy away from hammering home his message about the difference between real love and obsession. Many will note the movie\u2019s gallows humor, with gore-heavy moments happening so randomly and brutally that you can\u2019t help but laugh at how demented they are\u2014only to realize moments later that what you\u2019re watching is, in many ways, a classic horror tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The supporting cast is excellent, with Megan Lawless a standout as Sarah, another record shop employee who would be a much better match for Bear if he could get over his obsession with Nikki. Cooper Tomlinson plays his more effortlessly charismatic friend, Ian. Also keep your eyes peeled for Andy Richter in a small role as the owner of the music shop they all work at (which feels like a cursed version of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joblo.com\/rex-manning-day-kurt-cobain\/\">Empire Records<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">If Focus plays its cards right, it might have the next indie horror sleeper on its hands with&nbsp;<em>Obsession<\/em>.<\/span> It played like gangbusters at both TIFF and SXSW and is a great movie to see with an audience. 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