Obsession(2026)
2026 · Curry Barker · 109 min
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Horror · Thriller
8.25.2k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Obsession scares
It starts as an awkward, almost comedic wish-gone-wrong setup before slowly tipping into something much darker and more uncomfortable as the story goes on. The scares lean more into unease and dread than jolts, built around watching a small bad choice spiral out of control. There's a sinister, cursed-object kind of horror running underneath the romantic-comedy surface, with some disturbing personal moments mixed in. It feels like it's aimed at people who like their horror a bit off-kilter and psychologically uncomfortable rather than loud or gory.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Obsession rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts light and almost quirky, then steadily tightens into a nasty, escalating back half that doesn't let up until near the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is Obsession?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Obsession rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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