It's always hard to pinpoint a moment or a movement or a new era until you're looking in the rearview a bit but there is an UNDENIABLE new era of horror from a new generation of filmmakers that is taking shape quite literally right now. Like specifically this month. You feel it?
Obsession, to me, is a loud condemnation of fakeness and inauthenticity. How the fear of being genuine and “cringe” alongside the unwillingness to see people as they are vs. how you feel about them can make you a much, much worse person. I do hope more people talk about that.
Curry Barker says ensuring that Nikki is accurately portrayed as a victim in ‘OBSESSION’ was just as important as making her scary in the film.
“What you’re left with is a really tragic story about a man & a woman & leaning into the realism of that was really important.”
I'm glad he said this because it's MY biggest takeaway from the film. Obsession is ultimately a tragedy where a woman is stripped of her autonomy for the sake of fulfilling a "nice guy's" fantasy.