Ever walk out of a movie theater and think, “What the hell just happened?” And then you want to immediately watch it again because the experience was so good? That is what this movie is. A slow burn descent into terrifying, obsessive co-dependency.
Obsession follows Bear as he tries to find a way to tell friend and music store coworker Nikki how he feels about her. Their other friends, Ian and Sarah, hate the idea of the two dating. Bear chickens out more than once and resorts to buying a One Wish Willow, a novelty stick that you make a wish upon and then break in half to make the wish come true. Bear wishes that Nikki will love him more than anyone else in the world. Yeah, that’s going to work out well.
The relationship is great at first until Nikki’s entire personality changes as she becomes co-dependent and incapable of leaving Bear alone long enough to even go to the bathroom. As her behavior gets worse, other people start noticing how crazed she has become to a point where she starts hurting herself. And she doesn’t stop there. She also goes after anyone who she sees as a threat to her relationship with Bear – including their coworkers and friends. Bear tries to unwish his wish, but nothing he does works. There is only one way out. One of the two of them is going to have to die.
This movie does not hold back. From stabbing herself with a broken bottle to bashing in someone’s head unrecognizable with a brick, Nikki become’s every man’s worst nightmare. And I’m not going to ruin what she does to Bear’s dead cat. That you need to discover whilst this film unfolds because is disgustingly, grotesquely brilliant. Go into this one knowing as little as possible. It makes that first viewing all the more unnerving. The be-careful-what-you-wish-for themes are bloodied by body horror and great acting by people who fully commit as the story unfolds.
I don’t know what the deal is lately with movies about bad relationships (Companion, Keeper, Together, Renfield) but I’m here for it. I like to think these came to fruition because of Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man which brought gaslighting and obsession to the forefront of horror cinema and to Ari Aster’s Midsommar who gave us one hell of a break up movie. I hope this continues because this makes for some great horror.
4 out of 5 stars. I’ll be thinking about this one for awhile.
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Ever walk out of a movie theater and think, “What the hell just happened?” And then you want to immediately watch it again because the experience was so good? That is what this movie is. A slow burn descent into terrifying, obsessive co-dependency.
Obsession follows Bear as he tries to find a way to tell friend and music store coworker Nikki how he feels about her. Their other friends, Ian and Sarah, hate the idea of the two dating. Bear chickens out more than once and resorts to buying a One Wish Willow, a novelty stick that you make a wish upon and then break in half to make the wish come true. Bear wishes that Nikki will love him more than anyone else in the world. Yeah, that’s going to work out well.
The relationship is great at first until Nikki’s entire personality changes as she becomes co-dependent and incapable of leaving Bear alone long enough to even go to the bathroom. As her behavior gets worse, other people start noticing how crazed she has become to a point where she starts hurting herself. And she doesn’t stop there. She also goes after anyone who she sees as a threat to her relationship with Bear – including their coworkers and friends. Bear tries to unwish his wish, but nothing he does works. There is only one way out. One of the two of them is going to have to die.
This movie does not hold back. From stabbing herself with a broken bottle to bashing in someone’s head unrecognizable with a brick, Nikki become’s every man’s worst nightmare. And I’m not going to ruin what she does to Bear’s dead cat. That you need to discover whilst this film unfolds because is disgustingly, grotesquely brilliant. Go into this one knowing as little as possible. It makes that first viewing all the more unnerving. The be-careful-what-you-wish-for themes are bloodied by body horror and great acting by people who fully commit as the story unfolds.
I don’t know what the deal is lately with movies about bad relationships (Companion, Keeper, Together, Renfield) but I’m here for it. I like to think these came to fruition because of Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man which brought gaslighting and obsession to the forefront of horror cinema and to Ari Aster’s Midsommar who gave us one hell of a break up movie. I hope this continues because this makes for some great horror.
4 out of 5 stars. I’ll be thinking about this one for awhile.
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