El anhelo romántico desesperado de un chico por su amor platónico de toda la vida desencadena un siniestro hechizo: Niki se vuelve irracionalmente obsesiva hasta convertirse en la sombra de Bear. Una fantasía aparentemente inofensiva que se convertirá en una perturbadora pesadilla.
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- lydiagolsonhace 18 hI’d rate it 5 stars but I can’t figure out how. This movie kind of shook me to my core and I felt like crying after watching it in theatre. Two scenes won’t ever be leaving my head. When you watch it, you’ll probably realize which ones I’m talking about. Truly terrifying, and I rarely say that about a movie.
- vangh11 de junio de 2026This movie shines in its ability to pervade nearly every moment with an ineffable, but nonetheless palpable sense of anxiety and dread, pulling the viewer's state of mind in lockstep with Bear's. And it's all the more impressive for the fact that there's two stark moments where all of it dissipates and feels super relaxed and chill: each time Bear and Sarah have a one on one. The dynamic the two of them have sitting on the floor of the music store, and then later in the car, you can just feel how comfortable and at ease they are with each other (and we can sense it in the latter scene even though we're dreading what is surely to come. And it does, and even having expected it, it's more horrible than we'd feared) which makes the anxiousness feel even more oppressive having gotten outside of it for fleeting moments. That said, despite the fact the movie does a tonally perfect job of instilling the protagonist's emotions into the viewer, it also makes it clear that he is not a sympathetic or good character at all. There are multiple moments where, even though it's far too late to manage anything that could be considered "the right thing," he's too scared and self-conserving to make anything less terrible for Nikki or Ian or Sarah or even himself, ironically. The movie's use of near dark and near silhouette is unmatched. I've never seen anything like it. Nikki being nearly completely obscured but with just enough detail to have your mind's eye fill in a sort of distorted, creepy, monstrous version of her was perfect. And those eyes shining out of the shadows. Amazing. I don't know if Inde Navarrette just has Jim Carrey level talent, or if CG was used to help exaggerate her expressions, but either way they were legendary, the absolute perfect mix of unsettling and silly. All of her expressions, mannerisms, movements, and line delivery always perfectly toed the line between bizarre and horrifying. And the movie doesn't make the mistake of feeling the need to do a huge lore dump in the third act, which is amazing. We absolutely get enough to draw some conclusions, without spoiling any of the mystery or distracting from the horror. Just a phenomenal horror film, top to bottom.
- Zokkiiehace 1 dThis movie came completely out of nowhere. I had never heard of it, went in with zero expectations, and it hit me like a damn Tsar Bomba. Absolute shocker. I'm a horror fanatic and genuinely can't remember the last time a movie actually scared me, let alone creeped me out this much. The atmosphere is suffocating, the tension never lets up, and it gets under your skin in a way very few horror movies manage to do. The lead actress is phenomenal and completely carries the movie. Her performance feels so raw and believable that it makes everything even more unsettling. Considering the almost non-existent budget, what they pulled off here is honestly incredible. This is the kind of horror movie that reminds you why you love the genre in the first place. I'd honestly call it a masterpiece.
- eyeofthetornadohace 1 dObsession is a haunting portrait of what happens when a lonely, insecure, and emotionally fragile man falls in love not with a real person, but with an idealized version of a partner that reality can never sustain. The film’s greatest strength lies in exposing the terrifying gap between fantasy and real life. It embraces familiar psychological thriller conventions instead of trying to outsmart them, proving that clichés become powerful when they are rooted in emotional truth. Rather than asking why or how, the film simply lets obsession unfold with unsettling inevitability. That confidence is exactly what makes it so compelling. A remarkable reminder that the most dangerous prison is the one built by our own expectations.
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Obsesión was released on 13 de mayo de 2026.
Obsesión was directed by Curry Barker.
Obsesión has a runtime of 1h 48min.
Obsesión was produced by James Harris, Christian Mercuri, Haley Nicole Johnson, Roman Viaris-de-Lesegno.
El anhelo romántico desesperado de un chico por su amor platónico de toda la vida desencadena un siniestro hechizo: Niki se vuelve irracionalmente obsesiva hasta convertirse en la sombra de Bear. Una fantasía aparentemente inofensiva que se convertirá en una perturbadora pesadilla.
The key characters in Obsesión are Bear (Michael Johnston), Nikki (Inde Navarrette), Ian (Cooper Tomlinson).
Obsesión is rated 18.
Obsesión is a Terror, Romance, Suspense film.
Obsesión has an audience rating of 9.4 out of 10.
Obsesión had a budget of 750 mil US$.
Obsesión has made 426,7 MUS$ at the box office.