Obsession

Horror movies by new directors in the past two years became unmissable theater experience for me, I’m not a fan of this genre but I ‘m a fan of the new direction it’s taking. The psychological phenomenon of “obsessive love “ taking its extreme form till the point of being a genuine horror, is an incredible idea to start with, but how can you take it to this extreme without adding a fictional match to light the whole thing up, and that’s where the wishing willow comes and strangely makes sense. He wished for her to love him more than anyone else not thinking what this selfishly means, and how horrible it would be. What I find interesting is given the fact that he is a male, even when it was extremely creepy he still thought “ what so terrible about loving me this way ?”, like bro she’s no longer herself what do you mean…. , he only started to see how horrible it was when shit gone completely south. The two leads were both phenomenal, he was able to act horrified, hopeful and absolutely pathetic in a very balanced way, but she was the real star, she changed from one emotion to another so seemingly, she didn’t simply act possessed but also completely powerless and creepy at the same time, that is a real acting challenge. Simple shots, setups and camera movements made the actors abilities more essential to deliver all the emotions, and they did. Walking out of the theater i was thinking of a line from a poem” Some persons are captive to love, others would make the beloved a captive. Which one are you?” but extra creepy given the film context .