Obsession (2026) Review

Obsession really is as great as what people are saying and it’s also breaking studio norms.

Obsession (2026) truly is one of the best horror movies in a long while, and it did this with under a $1 million budget. This is something completely unheard of as well; budget films never make a lot of money at the box office.

But as of now, we’ve had a decent amount of low-budget movies making great money at the box office. We had Iron Lung, which was self-financed by the YouTuber Markiplier, which ended up having a great box office run.

We are having a resurgence of sorts. The new Star Wars Mandalorian film got knocked off of the box office top charts by Obsession (2026), a movie that had nowhere near as much of a budget as Obsession (2026) had and was also in its third week of being in theaters while the new Star Wars film was in its first week.

Obsession is proving that people are wanting original ideas in film.

I love Star Wars, and I’m excited to see the new film, but Obsession (2026) might be the movie of the year. The film has such a simple premise, but of course, it executes its details.

Movies like this can fall apart with bad acting, bad directing, or bad editing. But Obsession (2026) had such great performances from actors and actresses that no one has really heard of.

Everyone in Obsession (2026) will go on to do all kinds of big other projects. It’s very rare we see a movie like this that doesn’t have the star power in it to do as well as it does. The word of mouth is super strong for this movie, as it seems like it keeps making more and more money. They even had a delay for the digital release of the film as it was doing so well in theaters. If you look up some of the people in this film you might have seen them in some VO roles or some small parts in TV, but that is it. 

This film was pretty easy to follow. Obsession (2026) is just about a guy getting a wish for his dream girl to love him. But things go south once that wish proves to be more than what he bargained for. It’s a story we've definitely heard before and seen before numerous times. But of course, this film does a great job of executing that idea and adding its own flair to it.

Obsession (2026) gets to the point, it’s under two hours, and you can’t look away from it. It has a great way of keeping your attention without it being an ADHD mess that so many movies are nowadays. It doesn’t have to explain every little thing because it’s simple and doesn’t have to give a massive war backstory to its story as well.

They decided just to have a simple premise and run with it. And with horror, that’s the best. This movie can be watched by anyone who enjoys movies in general. Even if you’re not the biggest horror fan, I think you’ll find a lot to like about this movie.

I’m hoping that this movie will spawn more original ideas for movies in theaters.

Obsession (2026) wasn’t a typical massive Hollywood blockbuster, and I’m curious to see what their reaction will be to this movie. We kind of saw this happen with The Blair Witch Project back in the day. For me it has inspired me in many ways and now has become the most profitable movie ever. To see this happen with a under million dollar movie is special. Let alone it being horror, my favorite genre. 

In the case of Blair Witch, the creators ended up selling the rights to the movie and didn’t end up making anything else worth as much as Blair Witch, unfortunately.But the director of Obsession (2026), Curry Baker, has a bright future in front of him.

He was a YouTuber that ended up making shorts and films online that were low budget but seemed to get people’s attention. I had heard of him, but I think many people had really just seen him do small funny skits online and didn't know of him as a filmmaker. 

I’m sure everyone’s going to watch the movies he made before Obsession (2026), but I’m excited to see him make more films that play in theaters. We shall see how much of a budget they will give him for his next movie. I am curious to see how much control they will give him also. As with this film he really seemed to do what we wanted to do. A lot of times the studio comes in with all kinds of ideas, good and bad. But Curry Baker turned down a lot of the studios input for this film.

Because of that we got a film that showed his whole vision. With his next film they will for sure give him a lot more money as they know his next project will make a crazy amount of money just because it is a follow up to Obsession (2026). I would think maybe his next film would be like 20-30 million dollars? They know it will make a lot of money so they might even give him more. But the more they give him, they might not give him as much control. We saw that he could do something special with so little money, so it will be cool to see what he does with a larger budget.

It was such a great movie all around, but I’d like to touch on something that I didn’t see many people talk about online. The music in this movie was so good. It really helped elevate a couple of scenes early on to help us identify with certain characters.

When there’s romance, the music gives us some beautiful pieces that really help you feel the beauty in the scenes. When it wants to get scary, it definitely does, but when it wants to be tender, it definitely does that as well.

In horror movies we always have the super loud jump scares and loud music popping in and out. But this time they decided to do something different and somewhat more traditional.

Obsession doesn't rely on jump scares or these big loud music cues that are pretty cheesy.

Instead, they had a very well-made score that will definitely end up inspiring other scores in films. I thought the music was definitely one of the best parts of the movie, and hopefully more people will listen closely next time they watch the movie and appreciate it. It seems some people online are enjoying a couple of the songs from the score, I hope they do some sort of cool release of the music so I can buy it on CD or Vinyl. 

Of course, so many people are talking about the acting in Obsession (2026), especially Inde Navarrette, who plays Nicki in the film. She has to play so many different emotions in the film. Without giving too much away, she really was able to get into some dark places and make it look believable. I think she really might have given one of the best horror performances in a long, long time. It's one that feels special and unique. 

The acting in the film is so good and might have fell apart if it wasn't good. That happens a lot with indie film. But they really pulled together a great cast in this film. It's not like they didn't have to give big preformances and could just coast in the film so to speak. Instead they really had to give it all in many scenes. You really see all sides of some of these actors and actresses in this one. 

Horror is sadly known for not having the best acting, especially when it comes to slop that Hollywood puts out. But Obsession (2026) is one where the acting was so good in it that I think it might get some award recognition.

Of course the Oscars and Golden Globes would never nominate a horror movie like this, but she might end up getting some attention at the SAG Awards or some other kinds of awards. I could see this movie getting nominated for the blockbuster achievement award that the Oscars have. 

Obsession is definitely one of the best and most original horror movies in the last couple of years.

It is a sort of revolution in the filmmaking world, and I’m so excited to see it. With this and Backrooms playing in the theater at the same time, it feels like some sort of change in the world of movies is happening.

The only thing I can say that isn't good about Obsession (2026) are the times where there is something obivous for someone to do that would fix eveything. But they don't even think to do it until it's too late. Or a few cases in the film, don't even consider. It'd be a big spoiler for me to say what they, are so I won't. 

Beyond that the film really does fire on all cylinders. The film itself also has a great rewatchable value. There are a lot of things you can catch on the second or even third viewing. With a film that has a couple things left up to interpretation, there are many fun things to find.

I got a chance to see it twice and saw some hidden details. I also missed some small parts of the film that made me love it even more. There are some cool stories they can tell with the "One Wish Willow" and it's effects if they choose to do another movie. It does seem that Curry Baker is planning on making another movie that is in the same universe of Obsession (2026). 

Where Curry Baker really is just getting his foot in the door, I think he is gonna do a lot of really cool things. Being able to write, direct and even edit your own movie is a big task. Coming from the indie film world myself, I have found that it really is one of the hardest things to do as a artist mentally, when it comes to wearing so many hats. But when you don't have a big budget, you really have to just do what you can with what you have.

Time will tell as to what will come next in the horror movie world and who else will be getting chances to make something unique and original. It’s time to give young people a chance to make great stories, and you don’t even really need to give them a bunch of money. At a time where it’s so expensive to go to the movies. Obsession (2026) is definitely one that’s worth going to.