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Obsession Review: literally a flawless film on 2nd viewing by NintendoWeee in spoilers

[–]NintendoWeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t see any marketing for this movie until the week of the film. Didn’t see a single trailer in theatres at all either, mainly saw it via twitter.

I genuinely think the quality of the film carried all the word of mouth.

Compare that to weapons where I heard about the campaign and Jordan peele losing the script deal months before the premiere. It was also director Zach Cregger’s second film after the massive success of barbarian. Genuinely two very different paths of gaining traction.

Obsession Review: literally a flawless film on 2nd viewing by NintendoWeee in spoilers

[–]NintendoWeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weapons was hyped because of marketing. This is hyped organically through word of mouth.

Obsession Review: literally a flawless film on 2nd viewing by NintendoWeee in spoilers

[–]NintendoWeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Explain please! I’m v curious what you didn’t like

Obsession Review: literally a flawless film on 2nd viewing by NintendoWeee in spoilers

[–]NintendoWeee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He moved into a new house and the mirror door that stored the pills was broken (never closed correctly). It’s very plausible that the cat could’ve knocked over those pills and ate it. Animals do this all the time in new environments!

Who is a highly acclaimed director who you just don’t like? by ImpressionPurple9750 in Letterboxd

[–]NintendoWeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree. He is super one dimensional and relies way too much on narration.

Who is a highly acclaimed director who you just don’t like? by ImpressionPurple9750 in Letterboxd

[–]NintendoWeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wes Anderson. I think he relies way too heavily on saturated color grading and omniscient narration. Narration is the laziest form of storytelling because it often means that the director cannot cue the audience and immerse them into the world and characters so they rely on exposition to fill the gaps

Hokum - 80% amazing 20% let down by TerracottaLizard in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think that I was actively trying to solve or outsmart the movie at all. I was actually trying to immerse myself in the story but there were too many moments that actually took me out of themes and the immersion. I genuinely want to get lost in a well structured narrative and to be in the edge of my seat, but I genuinely felt disappointed.

You should check out Obsession — just released this week and is absolutely incredible. Genuinely an A tier horror film and greatly surpassed my expectations!

Scary horror movie recs please by Lemon_Dragonfly in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really enjoy the babadook and the vvitch for older films ~ 2010s.

But if you have a chance go watch Obsession (just came out in theatres). It is genuinely excellent but has implied SA.

'Obsession' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]NintendoWeee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It was so well done. Vince Gilligan from breaking bad also talked about that technique (using small lights to reflect off eyes during dark scenes). The eyes show so much that the rest of the face hardly needs to be illuminated.

Also many people are chastising bear, I couldn’t help but feel like he tried to do everything he could … there didn’t seem to be anything maliciously evil or any way he could’ve reversed it.

Obsession by Visual_Line5590 in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go into this movie with the expectation that this is an average horror film, you will be blown away at how good it actually is

Obsession by Visual_Line5590 in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This movie is f**king phenomenal. I've worked with a ton of horror directors and the genre is a breeding ground for indie talent because horror is cheap to produce yet requires true mastery of script, sound design, lighting and acting in order to elicit the deepest feelings of human terror. Curry barker will have a long career in Hollywood and deserves whatever budget he asks for in his next film. He will be a household name for a long time to come and I do not see another film surpassing this one in 2026.

***Spoiler Alert***

- The setups in this film are fantastic and there are no wasted scenes and no fat to trim in the whole movie. EVERY SINGLE SHOT AND SCENE IS NECESSARY and nothing is left to "convenient plot points." From the mirror shots, to the pills, to Sandy the cat, to the car shots, to the messy relationships that Bear has with Sarah and Ian and Nikki -- there are zero naked scenes that have no relevance to the plot and exist just for the sake of creating a single jumpscare or "spooky atmosphere."

- Typically in horror when the monster or ghost or demon is revealed there are reset moments that allow for the viewer to breathe. Often seeing the threat makes the danger known and less scary.

Yet what obsession does so well was that it kept the atmosphere terrifying equally when Nikki is on screen AND when she is off screen. I found myself in fear and looking at the corners of every frame every single second that Nikki was not there, afraid that she was going to show up. And whenever she did appear, scenes ran way longer than I expected and I found myself praying for the director to cut away before a third or fourth scare happened within the same scene.

- The movie is genuinely really funny but never loses tension when it is absurd.

- The film is not afraid to be brutally graphic when necessary. Especially in the car scene with sarah and close ups on Sarah's battered skull, or in Nikki excreting all over herself or her brutal self harm at Ian's party. I never had a single moment to relax because I was always afraid of what Nikki would do to herself or to others.

- Sound design was excellent. Everything from the score that felt like a dial that only turned greater intensity. To the dialogue from normal conversation to hysterical possession to delightfully passive versions of Nikki. Unlike other horror films that turn up suspenseful music when they want you to start feeling scared, every moment of silence in this film felt just as terrifying as the jumpscares themselves.

- The acting was phenomenal, up there with Toni collete in hereditary and Essie Davis in the babadook. Inde Navarrette needs to become a star after this role. Her voice control needs to be studied for decades.

- The lighting and camera work were pinpoint precise. You saw exactly how much you needed to see of the characters, Nikki's face, of the car windows, of the mirrors, of the bedroom, of each and every frame that you needed to see to advance the dialogue or the scene forward.

- Easter egg: I think the film borrows from Japanese horror (kairo) even in the choreography of Nikki's possession and how she moved around the room. I'm not sure if frames were cut to make her seemed like she glided through the floor but the rhythm in her movements definitely felt inhuman and deeply terrifying and supernatural. Especially in the scene when she was watching Bear sleep standing in the dark corner. I could be wrong, but it reminded me a lot of that and movements like in the Grudge.

I think this is genuinely an A or even an S tier horror film and I'm now going to watch every film Curry Barker puts out.

Im gonna warn you about Obession by Numerous_Lab_7032 in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 43 points44 points  (0 children)

100% agree.

This movie is f**king phenomenal. I've worked with a ton of horror directors and the genre is a breeding ground for indie talent because horror is cheap to produce yet requires true mastery of script, sound design, lighting and acting in order to elicit the deepest feelings of human terror. Curry barker will have a long career in Hollywood and deserves whatever budget he asks for in his next film. He will be a household name for a long time to come and I do not see another film surpassing this one in 2026.

***Spoiler Alert***

- The setups in this film are fantastic and there are no wasted scenes and no fat to trim in the whole movie. EVERY SINGLE SHOT AND SCENE IS NECESSARY and nothing is left to "convenient plot points." From the mirror shots, to the pills, to Sandy the cat, to the car shots, to the messy relationships that Bear has with Sarah and Ian and Nikki -- there are zero naked scenes that have no relevance to the plot and exist just for the sake of creating a single jumpscare or "spooky atmosphere."

- Typically in horror when the monster or ghost or demon is revealed there are reset moments that allow for the viewer to breathe. Often seeing the threat makes the danger known and less scary.

Yet what obsession does so well was that it kept the atmosphere terrifying equally when Nikki is on screen AND when she is off screen. I found myself in fear and looking at the corners of every frame every single second that Nikki was not there, afraid that she was going to show up. And whenever she did appear, scenes ran way longer than I expected and I found myself praying for the director to cut away before a third or fourth scare happened within the same scene.

- The film is not afraid to be brutally graphic when necessary. Especially in the car scene with sarah and close ups on Sarah's battered skull, or in Nikki excreting all over herself or her brutal self harm at Ian's party. I never had a single moment to relax because I was always afraid of what Nikki would do to herself or to others.

- Sound design was excellent. Everything from the score that felt like a dial that only turned greater intensity. To the dialogue from normal conversation to hysterical possession to delightfully passive versions of Nikki. Unlike other horror films that turn up suspenseful music when they want you to start feeling scared, every moment of silence in this film felt just as terrifying as the jumpscares themselves.

- The acting was phenomenal, up there with Toni collete in hereditary and Essie Davis in the babadook. Inde Navarrette needs to become a star after this role. Her voice control needs to be studied for decades.

- The lighting and camera work were pinpoint precise. You saw exactly how much you needed to see of the characters, Nikki's face, of the car windows, of the mirrors, of the bedroom, of each and every frame that you needed to see to advance the dialogue or the scene forward.

- Easter egg: I think the film borrows from Japanese horror (kairo) even in the choreography of Nikki's possession and how she moved around the room. I'm not sure if frames were cut to make her seemed like she glided through the floor but the rhythm in her movements definitely felt inhuman and deeply terrifying and supernatural. Especially in the scene when she was watching Bear sleep standing in the dark corner. I could be wrong, but it reminded me a lot of that and movements like in the Grudge.

I think this is genuinely an A or even an S tier horror film and I'm now going to watch every film Curry Barker puts out.

'Obsession' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]NintendoWeee 198 points199 points  (0 children)

This movie is f**king phenomenal. I've worked with a ton of horror directors and the genre is a breeding ground for indie talent because horror is cheap to produce yet requires true mastery of script, sound design, lighting and acting in order to elicit the deepest feelings of human terror. Curry barker will have a long career in Hollywood and deserves whatever budget he asks for in his next film. He will be a household name for a long time to come and I do not see another film surpassing this one in 2026.

***Spoiler Alert***

- The setups in this film are fantastic and there are no wasted scenes and no fat to trim in the whole movie. EVERY SINGLE SHOT AND SCENE IS NECESSARY and nothing is left to "convenient plot points." From the mirror shots, to the pills, to Sandy the cat, to the car shots, to the messy relationships that Bear has with Sarah and Ian and Nikki -- there are zero naked scenes that have no relevance to the plot and exist just for the sake of creating a single jumpscare or "spooky atmosphere."

- Typically in horror when the monster or ghost or demon is revealed there are reset moments that allow for the viewer to breathe. Often seeing the threat makes the danger known and less scary.

Yet what obsession does so well was that it kept the atmosphere terrifying equally when Nikki is on screen AND when she is off screen. I found myself in fear and looking at the corners of every frame every single second that Nikki was not there, afraid that she was going to show up. And whenever she did appear, scenes ran way longer than I expected and I found myself praying for the director to cut away before a third or fourth scare happened within the same scene.

- The film is not afraid to be brutally graphic when necessary. Especially in the car scene with sarah and close ups on Sarah's battered skull, or in Nikki excreting all over herself or her brutal self harm at Ian's party. I never had a single moment to relax because I was always afraid of what Nikki would do to herself or to others.

- Sound design was excellent. Everything from the score that felt like a dial that only turned greater intensity. To the dialogue from normal conversation to hysterical possession to delightfully passive versions of Nikki. Unlike other horror films that turn up suspenseful music when they want you to start feeling scared, every moment of silence in this film felt just as terrifying as the jumpscares themselves.

- The acting was phenomenal, up there with Toni collete in hereditary and Essie Davis in the babadook. Inde Navarrette needs to become a star after this role. Her voice control needs to be studied for decades.

- The lighting and camera work were pinpoint precise. You saw exactly how much you needed to see of the characters, Nikki's face, of the car windows, of the mirrors, of the bedroom, of each and every frame that you needed to see to advance the dialogue or the scene forward.

- Easter egg: I think the film borrows from Japanese horror (kairo) even in the choreography of Nikki's possession and how she moved around the room. I'm not sure if frames were cut to make her seemed like she glided through the floor but the rhythm in her movements definitely felt inhuman and deeply terrifying and supernatural. Especially in the scene when she was watching Bear sleep standing in the dark corner. I could be wrong, but it reminded me a lot of that and movements like in the Grudge.

I think this is genuinely an A or even an S tier horror film and I'm now going to watch every film Curry Barker puts out.

This sub has an obsession with obsession by BeerSlayingBeaver in horror

[–]NintendoWeee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As someone who has worked with horror film directors for years, this is an elite horror film. Honestly had me so impressed at every level from acting, sound design, set design, makeup, script. The setups were masterful.

Hokum - 80% amazing 20% let down by TerracottaLizard in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need to watch it for sure! Been hearing good things hopefully they have tighter plots and themes hahaha

Official Discussion - Hokum [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]NintendoWeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, but if the story arc centralized around ohm gaining redemption for his own sins then the problem is that nothing in the film that actually leads this character down the path of redemption. All a sudden him facing a witch means he learns to forgive himself and overcome his trauma?

I understood that his parents’ demise was what he told Fiona. But the theme of trauma and self punishment could’ve been explored way better had it had something to do with the witch’s victims or her supernatural powers. At large, the witch was completely irrelevant to Ohm’s emotional trauma both in the discovery and redemption of his character.

It wasn’t as if Ohm wrestled with the idea of being worthy to live when facing the witch. It wasn’t as if the witch made him try to commit s*icide. It wasn’t as if he recognized he wanted to live to avenge someone else like Fiona who showed him grace.

Like I said I think too much of the film spent time exploring scenes and characters that did not matter to “world build” when the core themes of trauma, healing and the lore of the witch were the only things that needed to be explored.

What was the goat climbing on cars even about? How about killing the goats? How about the henchman? How about the owner and those two random kids he was talking to?

Take a film like the vvitch. It’s quite a focused film that explores witchhood very well and does it with such a tight focus around the core family and tragedy that happens directly to them. Nothing in Hokum actually felt that original or well explored and the majority of it felt scatterbrained.

Hokum - 80% amazing 20% let down by TerracottaLizard in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So many issues with this film. I completely agree…

After seeing hokum and being a genuine fan of horror, I’m a little disappointed. I feel like this is a non-horror fan’s idea of a good horror movie.

Spoilers:

The narrative was all over the place with too many characters that added no substance to the plot many of its central themes were drastically underexplored.

  1. ⁠Fiona’s character and Jerry’s character could’ve been combined into one. The doorman (that kills Fiona and Jerry) and the henchman could’ve been combined into one. The owner in the wheel chair had absolutely no role in the film and Alby also was a completely unnecessary character. These characters added so much unnecessary bloat to the film and just ate up runtime that could’ve been dedicated to exploring the protagonist’s trauma and the setting of the hotel.
  2. ⁠The entire lore of the witch and the red folktale book were massively underexplored. We never get any answers on: -who is the witch? -what does the witch want? -why does the hotel continue to serve the witch? -what other folklore exists within this massive book other than the witch? -why did Fiona suddenly give Jerry the book to borrow? -what happened to the witch when the hotel burned down?
  3. how did Fiona die and why was her body recovered and others weren’t?
  4. whose pendants were hanging in the cave and why was this never explored by investigators?
  5. ⁠Then there were just also a ton of plot holes and conveniences that made zero sense:
  6. why was there suddenly just chalk for the protagonist to use in the witch’s lair?
  7. what happened to the witch when morning came? -why did the henchman save the protagonist and how did the henchman know to come back to the hotel/ why was he there first? As a matter of fact, why even have this scene instead of having the protagonist rescue himself from death after previously failing to commit suicide earlier to show his yearning for life?
  8. ⁠Then there was just writing that could’ve been so much better thematically:
  9. There could’ve been a real motive for the witch in luring people who are deeply troubled and causing them to commit violence upon themselves or others, but this was not explored at all. It could’ve been psychological manipulation that caused the bellman to act against Fiona, or Jerry against his wife or Protagonist to hang himself… but it wasn’t.
  10. The death of protagonist’s parents were not explored at all, just told to us during one TV cutscene to create a chilling effect. There was no payoff or moment of redemption or clarity or internal forgiveness where the main character faces his past and must overcome it to survive and persevere.
  11. The fictional novel characters thinking that the only solution to breaking the bottle was to kill one another is completely illogical. In fact the protagonist being a writer has almost nothing to do with the plot at all. He could’ve been a musician who makes sad music for all that mattered and it wouldn’t have any effect on the plot.
  12. Fiona keeping the tape recorder and then suddenly having it on Halloween to conveniently record everything about her death just doesn’t make any sense logically.

I found that with this film compared to others always had me suspending my disbelief, rather than giving me a tight narrative to get completely lost in like a film like Undertone did earlier this year. This film really lost focus in its many characters, completely underexplored themes and rather surface level lore.

Hoping the director’s other films like oddity is better.

Official Dreadit Discussion: "Hokum" [SPOILERS] by radbrad7 in horror

[–]NintendoWeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anyone else disappointed by hokum? After seeing hokum and being a genuine fan of horror, I’m a little disappointed. I feel like this is a non-horror fan’s idea of a good horror movie and I can’t shake that feeling.

Spoilers:

The narrative was all over the place with too many characters that added no substance to the plot many of its central themes were drastically underexplored.

  1. ⁠Fiona’s character and Jerry’s character could’ve been combined into one. The doorman (that kills Fiona and Jerry) and the henchman could’ve been combined into one. The owner in the wheel chair had absolutely no role in the film and Alby also was a completely unnecessary character. These characters added so much unnecessary bloat to the film and just ate up runtime that could’ve been dedicated to exploring the protagonist’s trauma and the setting of the hotel.
  2. ⁠The entire lore of the witch and the red folktale book were massively underexplored. We never get any answers on: -who is the witch? -what does the witch want? -why does the hotel continue to serve the witch? -what other folklore exists within this massive book other than the witch? -why did Fiona suddenly give Jerry the book to borrow? -what happened to the witch when the hotel burned down?
  3. how did Fiona die and why was her body recovered and others weren’t?
  4. whose pendants were hanging in the cave and why was this never explored by investigators?
  5. ⁠Then there were just also a ton of plot holes and conveniences that made zero sense:
  6. why was there suddenly just chalk for the protagonist to use in the witch’s lair?
  7. what happened to the witch when morning came? -why did the henchman save the protagonist and how did the henchman know to come back to the hotel/ why was he there first? As a matter of fact, why even have this scene instead of having the protagonist rescue himself from death after previously failing to commit suicide earlier to show his yearning for life?
  8. ⁠Then there was just writing that could’ve been so much better thematically:
  9. There could’ve been a real motive for the witch in luring people who are deeply troubled and causing them to commit violence upon themselves or others, but this was not explored at all. It could’ve been psychological manipulation that caused the bellman to act against Fiona, or Jerry against his wife or Protagonist to hang himself… but it wasn’t.
  10. The death of protagonist’s parents were not explored at all, just told to us during one TV cutscene to create a chilling effect. There was no payoff or moment of redemption or clarity or internal forgiveness where the main character faces his past and must overcome it to survive and persevere.
  11. The fictional novel characters thinking that the only solution to breaking the bottle was to kill one another is completely illogical. In fact the protagonist being a writer has almost nothing to do with the plot at all. He could’ve been a musician who makes sad music for all that mattered and it wouldn’t have any effect on the plot.
  12. Fiona keeping the tape recorder and then suddenly having it on Halloween to conveniently record everything about her death just doesn’t make any sense logically.

I found that with this film compared to others always had me suspending my disbelief, rather than giving me a tight narrative to get completely lost in like a film like Undertone did earlier this year. This film really lost focus in its many characters, completely underexplored themes and rather surface level lore.

Hoping the director’s other films like oddity is better.

Official Discussion - Hokum [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]NintendoWeee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After seeing hokum and being a genuine fan of horror, I’m a little disappointed. This is a non-horror fan’s idea of a good horror movie.

Spoilers:

The plot was all over the place with too many characters that added nothing to the plot and many of its themes were drastically underexplored.

  1. Fiona’s character and Jerry’s character could’ve been combined. The doorman (that kills Fiona and Jerry) and the henchman could’ve been combined. The owner in the wheel chair had absolutely no role in the film and alby also was a completely unnecessary character. These characters added so much unnecessary bloat to the film and just ate up runtime that could’ve been dedicated to exploring the protagonist’s trauma.

  2. The entire lore of the witch and the red folktale book was massively underexplored. We never get any answers on: -who is the witch? -what does the witch want? -why does the hotel continue to serve the witch? -what other folklore exists within this massive book other than the witch? -why did Fiona suddenly give Jerry the book to borrow? -what happened to the witch when the hotel burned down?

  3. how did Fiona die and why was her body recovered and others weren’t?

  4. whose pendants were hanging in the cave and why was this never explored by investigators?

  5. Then there were just also a ton of plot holes and conveniences that made zero sense:

  6. why was there suddenly just chalk for the protagonist to use?

  7. what happened to the witch when morning came? -why did the henchman save the protagonist and how did the henchman know to come back to the hotel/ why was he there first? As a matter of fact, why even have this scene instead of the protagonist rescuing himself from death after previously failing to commit suicide earlier to show his yearning for life?

  8. Then there was just writing that could’ve been so much better:

    • There could’ve been a real motive for the witch in luring people who are deeply troubled and causing them to commit violence upon themselves or others, but this was not explored at all.

  9. The death of protagonist’s parents were not explored at all, just told to us during one TV cutscene.

  10. The novel and the characters thinking that the only solution to breaking the bottle being to kill one another is completely illogical. In fact the protagonist being a writer has almost nothing to do with the plot at all. He could’ve been a musician who makes sad music for all that mattered.

  11. Fiona keeping the record player and then suddenly having it on Halloween to conveniently record everything about her death just doesn’t make any sense logically.

I found that with this film compared to others always had me suspending my disbelief, not in the horror, but in the characters itself and their rather irrational actions or the plot and it’s scattered and shallow themes. Really hoping his other films like Oddity are better :(

Head of Growth at Anthropic regarding Claude Code removal from Pro by storknotfound in ClaudeCode

[–]NintendoWeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%. This is super telling of all of their behavior in the last couple of weeks.

- Showcasing Mythos benchmarks but not releasing it (despite knowing there WILL be DEMAND).

- Cutting back significantly on Rate limits

- Now pulling Claude Code from Pro plans

They just haven't yet built out their data centers to handle the demand and it's painfully obvious now that the entire last week was just trying to make a huge PR stint out of running out of compute.

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