Obsession

it’s not a romance. it’s a love story such a fantastic experience. Insane performance from navarrette and an incredible feature directorial debut from barker. such a painful metaphor for rape/abuse - Bear’s decision to take away a woman’s autonomy and ruin her life directly mirroring what happens to a victim of abuse even down to craving love and care from the very person who ruined her. (i know that was down to the wish and was the “entity” and not her but i think the similarity was clear) furthermore, him asking her to “be nikki” and her screaming that she can’t was heartbreaking and so was her begging to just be killed. She was forced to live as a projection of love created by some fucking loser with no idea about love who was selfish and a LOSER!!!! He continuously showed that he was obsessed with nikki and when that came back at him he only wanted to cancel the wish after learning he couldn't alter it so better benefit him - he never cared about her he cared about what he wanted from her and clearly was willing to take that at any chance he got. glad he killed himself. prick. also dislike both of their friends Sarah immediately took the opportunity to try and sleep with Bear, and Ian just stirred the pot and lied to Bear also? albeit neither of them deserved to die but they enabled a lot of what was going on. if Ian was transparent with Bear instead of selfishly “protecting his feelings” maybe the wish would never have been made in the first place. the soundtrack was also top notch and the car scene had me flying into the air.