Bob Rao

Just an absolute joke of a movie, terrible dialog, terrible acting, a barely understandable story with no stakes. No ability to relate to or bond to any characters, or appreciate any characters development or progression. This movie gives you nothing outside of some gore, and I mean nothing. The kindest thing I can say about this movie is that it's so bad it'll make you laugh sometimes, but it's not in the "so bad it's good" camp, the laughs are also painful and seldom. I don't understand how movies like this get made, I genuinely want to know what the actors in these projects think as they spew their written lines, knowing it's absolute drivel. I wish I could forget having ever seen this...

Obsession is everything a horror movie should be, engaging, unsettling, relatable and eerie. The horror of the movie came from the thinking of the plight of the obsesser and the control of the object of obsessed. How easily people can be swayed to do wrong when there is even the slightest plausible deniability, anything you can cling to, to make sure yourself feel like you're not the villain. Inde Navarrette was unbelievable in the movie, and beyond the original screen play, and the completely unhinged visuals, she carried the film. She was charasmatic and charming as herself and absolutely terrifying as the possessed. The movie kept you wondering how much further the obsession could go, how much more could she debased herself, how much longer would the main guy allow it to continue. Everytime it managed to surprise and disturb. Throughout the movie they kept the light air and occasional humor which kept the movie from spiraling into outright darkness and holds to Barkers comedic roots. Obsession is one of the best times I can remember having in theatres and I'd recommend it to anyone, whether they like horror or not, it deserves to be watched. Great movie, and an amazing directorial debut.

A great example of a way to start a movie and thrust the audience directly into the heart of it. Sam Rockwell excels in being this eccentric man, who looks significantly homeless, on a rant about timelines, AI and saving the world. It's a heavily comedic intro but it pulls the viewer in, you want to know about this world, about the characters in this diner that are apparently integral to saving the future of humanity, and whether or not Sam Rockwell's character is full of shit or not. The way we got separate background stories for a few of the characters was interesting too and also helped flesh out the world, although we did start to get increasingly outlandish as time went on (which may have been the point?). Once the character backgrounds are done the movie feels like it slowly drags you to the finish line and then ultimately leaves you frustrated and unsatisfied. The movie could have been something so much more but it just felt like they didn't know where to go with it. The demon cat thing with the giant dong just felt cheesy and kind of lame, instead of the hilarious obsurdity they wanted it to be. In the end I think it was a classic cautionary tale of technology and our reliance on it, and the main character being stuck in this perpetual loop just to satisfy his own desires, in that this is an AI world created for him to play hero in. It's a decent movie and a good time with real flashes of greatness sprinkled in, it just couldn't pull it all together, so it lands in the upper tiers of mediocrity.