Obsession
Holy fucking shit. I am a grown ass man and the entire last hour of this movie I was sitting in my theater seat scrunched up like a little bitch.
How can a movie be so scary and yet one of the funniest fucking movies I’ve seen in a minute? It had me laughing and scared shitless at the same time and somehow nailed both perfectly. The right word w is STRESSED! Oh boy was I stressed.
This is one of the few movies that had insane hype around it and not only lived up to that hype but completely exceeded it. It instantly made all the praise make sense.
Now you cannot write a review for this movie without mentioning Inde Navarrette. She is absolutely in the running to be an A-list actor after this. She was astronomical. Everyone else ranged from solid to good but Inde was running laps around the entire cast. Her facial expressions her mannerisms her pronunciation her charm. Every little detail was locked in. She made it look effortless.
I genuinely hope she goes down the Leonardo DiCaprio route and stays away from the giant blockbuster fandoms like Marvel and DC even though I love those worlds. I hope she sticks with great directors and prestige films. The kinds of movies that sweep award season. Because she is going to be in this industry for as long as she wants to be.
And of course the biggest credit goes to Curry Barker. Without him none of this happens. He has me as a fan for every project he does from now on. Put it in theaters. Put it on Netflix. Prime. Max. Cable. YouTube. I do not care. Let me know and I am there.
Phenomenal vision. A beautiful film. An original story made on a 750K budget. The only horror movie I have ever given a 10 out of 10. No lazy horror slop. No relying on demons creatures or the same tired horror tropes. Just an amazing story told by a person who knew exactly what they were doing and truly cared for his work. Which is exactly what the movie industry needs!
Beautiful. Phenomenal. Deserved.