One of many Finest Horror Motion pictures You have Not Seen But Lastly Has a Launch Date

In 2026, we all know a lot of the large films we’re trying ahead to: The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Avengers: Doomsday, Supergirl, and so on. However mark our phrases. After we hit this time subsequent yr, and we begin to look again at the most effective style movies launched in 2026, one phrase is sort of actually going to be on that record: Obsession.

Obsession is a brand new horror movie from writer-director Curry Barker with a largely unknown forged. It debuted earlier this yr on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition and was shortly scooped up by Focus Options. Now, Focus has lastly discovered when it’s going to unleash this beast onto the world, and it’s on Might 15, 2026.

Mark your calendar. Significantly. We’ll wait proper right here. As a result of Obsession is a messed-up, disgusting, terrifying movie. It’s a few younger man named Bear (Michael Johnston) who has an enormous crush on his good pal Nikki (Inde Navarrette). Nikki considers Bear only a pal, although, so someday Bear finds a trinket and desires for Nikki to like him greater than something on the earth. And it really works.

However what Bear doesn’t contemplate is what that would imply. Sure, his crush now feels the identical method. However it’s greater than that. She loves him greater than something. Something. And the locations that Barker goes with the story will chill you to the bone, make you just a little sick, and have you ever begging for extra by the tip.

I noticed Obsession at Improbable Fest 2025 and raved about it. It then performed an occasion in Los Angeles known as FocusFest, and I noticed that as an ideal alternative to see an superior film once more early and likewise to indicate it to my spouse. What I didn’t contemplate is that my spouse likes scary films however not brutal films, and really shortly she was watching me, not the film, out of anger and terror at what was unfolding on display. If Obsession was brutal for me, it was method an excessive amount of for her, and she or he was not happy.

However when you’re studying this, we do assume you’ll be happy. Focus should be. Obsession is opening the identical weekend as Mortal Kombat II and one week earlier than The Mandalorian and Grogu. We’ll most likely have a trailer (and new promo picture) early subsequent yr, so hold a watch out. However, for now, simply prepare. Obsession is coming.

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