Review: Obsession

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Official synopsis: After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's (Inde Navarrette) heart, Baron (Michael Johnston) finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

I'll admit, when I first saw the trailer for this film, I wrote it off as "horror Ruby Sparks" but when the reviews came out, it piqued my interest and here am I today being humbled. 

If you saw my last review for Backrooms, know that Obsession completely rinsed out the bad taste in my mouth from that film. Not only is Obsession effectively scary, it has an actual ending! Imagine that.

This film likes to play with shadows and unnatural movements and that's when it's at its most unsettling. It's been a while since I've been genuinely creeped out in a horror film, but there were parts of this film that I was definitely thinking about later when I'd wake up at night. It relies on that more than gore.

What makes this film work is the stellar performance by Indie Navarrette. She is giving Oscar level work in this film. Nikki didn't ask for this curse to be placed on her, and I liked that the film included parts where she snaps out of it briefly or tries to fight it. It enriches her performance even more. Johnston is also very affective as Baron, who is a character you kind of want to strangle about half way through this film for the choices he made. 

When it comes to gore, there's only a few instances of it here, but they are pretty intense. Someone in my theater actually screamed during one of them and I was like "...yeah, that's justified" This is absolutely a must for a theater watch.

Grade: B+

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