Obsession

For a micro-budget film, this movie really utilised every single agency and instrument it could grasp. Inde Navarette’s performance reminded me a bit of those jerky emotional shifts in Smile, unsettling, making every next moment unpredictable. That scene of her walking backwards with her crooked legs, and her emerging out of the black void at the corner of her bedroom — all these utilise extreme shadows and rapid motion to keep the momentum of the film. Curry Barker’s experience as a YouTube skit and short film maker is very evident. Obsession really speaks to me as a standard Omeleto piece — really obscure first half, film catching pace at the halfway point, and some minimal gore, all these are trademarks of a decent horror flick. I also loved the utilisation of background action in this, like the scene where Bear gets a call confirming Nikki’s lies, and Nikki just starts creeping from behind. Sometimes the scene just doesn’t need to be on the foreground. It’s been a good few years for horror. I really hope to see more fully fledged films like Obsession in theatres and OTT. What a time to be alive.