Obsession (2026)

darkmiasma · Jul 29, 2026

Drinsic said:
She's horrified because she's been getting raped. "Now's the time to say something if so," wouldn't be needed if she was just going to clarify that her feelings are only ever going to be platonic. Also, the literal director and writer has confirmed this. Think you what you want.

What are you basing that on? Barker specifically said he filmed it both ways so that it wouldn't be clear, and that the movie was filmed from Bear's perspective to make it extra confusing. I've never seen an interview from him where he said what you're claiming.

'Obsession' Blended Takes Where Nikki Liked and Didn't Like Bear to Keep Fans Guessing

Did 'Obsession's' Nikki actually like Bear? Curry Barker blended takes that said yes and no to keep fans guessing.

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Obsession 2026's Inde Navarrette Confirms If The Real Nikki Had A Crush On Bear

A star behind 2026's horror hit Obsession confirmed a key detail about Nikki's true feelings.

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Answered: Did Nikki like Bear before the curse in Obsession, and was she actually possessed?

It's what we've all been wondering

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Drinsic · Jul 29, 2026

darkmiasma said:
What are you basing that on? Barker specifically said he filmed it both ways so that it wouldn't be clear, and that the movie was filmed from Bear's perspective to make it extra confusing. I've never seen an interview from him where he said what you're claiming.

'Obsession' Blended Takes Where Nikki Liked and Didn't Like Bear to Keep Fans Guessing

Did 'Obsession's' Nikki actually like Bear? Curry Barker blended takes that said yes and no to keep fans guessing.

www.dreadcentral.com

Obsession 2026's Inde Navarrette Confirms If The Real Nikki Had A Crush On Bear

A star behind 2026's horror hit Obsession confirmed a key detail about Nikki's true feelings.

thedirect.com

Answered: Did Nikki like Bear before the curse in Obsession, and was she actually possessed?

It's what we've all been wondering

thetab.com

Fair enough, confirm wasn't the correct word. I agree that things are filmed to be ambiguous and the dialogue is mostly ambiguous, but again - "Now's the time to say something if so" is the giveaway. Plus her body language at his response, like he mentions here.

Gutterflesh · Jul 29, 2026

This is one movie I wouldn't have mind the creators not explaining. The Tarantino briefcase annoyed the fuck out of me when I first saw Pulp Fiction. I was young and needed to know WTF was in that briefcase, but as I've gotten older I can appreciate the approach of letting me decide what I just watched. It's not a documentary. It's a movie to entertain me.

Then again if they hadn't clarified some points of the movie this debate would rage on for another 10 pages.

Aldarion · Jul 29, 2026

Drinsic said:
It was certainly vague in the rest of the dialogue, but no woman is going to say "Do you like me? Now's the time to say something if you do" if they weren't looking for a yes. That's really the one line that tells you she liked him despite all the rest.

Wat?

That scene was crystal clear. 1000% friendzone. This is an interesting Rorschach test.

I watched part of your clip. I see that the director intends ambiguity on this point. But what I'm saying is, watching that scene, it didnt seem even a little bit ambiguous to me.

Void · Jul 29, 2026

I know there are conflicting inverviews and such, but I really don't think she actually had a crush on him. (Aldarion posted while I was posting this, so I'm repeating his basically).

If she knew he liked her, and she liked him, she had zero reason to be randomly hooking up with Ian. Women that friendzone dudes fuck other dudes, not women that have secret crushes.

Before I found out she was hooking up with Ian, I thought it was going to end up that she liked him all along, but to me that's a pretty clear indicator that she only sees him as a simp/friend.

Gutterflesh · Jul 29, 2026

Void said:
I know there are conflicting inverviews and such, but I really don't think she actually had a crush on him. (Aldarion posted while I was posting this, so I'm repeating his basically).

If she knew he liked her, and she liked him, she had zero reason to be randomly hooking up with Ian. Women that friendzone dudes fuck other dudes, not women that have secret crushes.

Before I found out she was hooking up with Ian, I thought it was going to end up that she liked him all along, but to me that's a pretty clear indicator that she only sees him as a simp/friend.

Ian is clearly a douche in the very first scene, so I wouldn't consider this a spoiler.

Worst bro ever.

TBT-TheBigToe · Aug 2, 2026

My impression of this movie;
“Hi, let’s talk”
“Okay, what do want to talk about”
“I love you”
**scary sound**
“yeah, I love you too”
**scary sound**
**scarier sound**
“My cat died”
“My dad has cancer”
**scary sound**

Dr.Retarded · Aug 2, 2026

TBT-TheBigToe said:
My impression of this movie;
“Hi, let’s talk”
“Okay, what do want to talk about”
“I love you”
**scary sound**
“yeah, I love you too”
**scary sound**
**scarier sound**
“My cat died”
“My dad has cancer”
**scary sound**

I don't think it was that bad. I watched Backrooms after it, and I enjoyed it quite a bit more between the two out of left field horror hits this year.

It's a good movie though, and I never felt it was a waste of time.

TBT-TheBigToe · Aug 2, 2026

The audio imbalance was awful and took away from us but we alll thought it was decent

Dr.Retarded · Aug 2, 2026

TBT-TheBigToe said:
The audio imbalance was awful and took away from us but we alll thought it was decent

I guess I didn't notice that, but I watch all my movies now with subtitles or closed captioning. Much easier for me to not miss anything with my hearing getting worse, but maybe that's also why I didn't notice it.

Adebisi · Aug 6, 2026

The audio was fine. Check your autism

nettripper · Aug 8, 2026

Aldarion said:
Wat?

That scene was crystal clear. 1000% friendzone. This is an interesting Rorschach test.

I watched part of your clip. I see that the director intends ambiguity on this point. But what I'm saying is, watching that scene, it didnt seem even a little bit ambiguous to me.

Exactly and once again shows why this movie should of been called “can’t get pussy: the movie”

she wanted to know so she could see if her beta orbiter still knows his place as the answer to her is for him to say no and keep the game which it is to her going

if he is dumb enough to say yes then she has to cut him loose as that is not how the look but don’t touch game of feeding her ego goes and he will be embolden to do more and then it gets too weird

reavor · Aug 8, 2026

Dr.Retarded said:
I don't think it was that bad. I watched Backrooms after it, and I enjoyed it quite a bit more between the two out of left field horror hits this year.

It's a good movie though, and I never felt it was a waste of time.

a horror movie that has loud scary noises suddenly in quiet scenes?! No wai!

Aldarion · Aug 9, 2026

nettripper said:
Exactly and once again shows why this movie should of been called “can’t get pussy: the movie”

she wanted to know so she could see if her beta orbiter still knows his place as the answer to her is for him to say no and keep the game which it is to her going

if he is dumb enough to say yes then she has to cut him loose as that is not how the look but don’t touch game of feeding her ego goes and he will be embolden to do more and then it gets too weird

Yeah. I called it a rorshach test earlier but that was wrong.

Its simpler than that. Its "do you understand the friendzone phenomenon or not?" This was blatant, obvious, crystal clear friendzone behavior.

And its necessary. People who somehow misread that scene miss something fundamental about the movie. She enslaved and abused him, he enslaved and abused her. Without this understanding he's just some one dimensional cartoonish asshole and she's just an innocent victim. Understanding what was going on made it a much richer movie.

Its interesting because I thought everyone understood friends zone after about 1999 or so but I guess some missed it?

spronk · Aug 21, 2026

finally got around to watching this at home, really enjoyed it. Stretched it out over 2-3 days because the cringe in the first 45 mins is really bad, like early Office. After the 45 min mark though the movie is just non stop tension. Not much wasted screen time and I like they don't try to over explain the wish willow stuff. The next day does make you laugh thinking about what the fuck is gonna happen in the town.

It is interesting to see Indie navaratte blowing up huge, she's been cast as Rogue in X-Men which pretty much will build her career. I thought Bear did a good job as well in a tough part walking the line between The Nice Guy and incel retard but nobody talks about him lol Bill Simmons even mentioned he didn't think the actor did a great job

if one wish willow is ever real we should get this bro to write up our wishes

spronk · 2026-09-02T23:04:45-0400

lol, wonder how many chicks are gonna go as nikki

Rabbit_Games · 2026-09-03T00:15:52-0400

spronk said:
lol, wonder how many chicks are gonna go as nikki

And will that number be higher than the Lindsay Clancy costumes?

moonarchia · 2026-09-03T00:36:07-0400

Rabbit_Games said:
And will that number be higher than the Lindsay Clancy costumes?

3 dolls with exercise bands around their necks?

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