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The video features a detailed reaction and analysis of the horror film *Obsession*, which has rapidly evolved from an underdog indie project to the top-grossing original horror movie of the 2020s. The host, who waited until the film's cultural momentum peaked before reviewing it, notes that public opinion has swung from enthusiastic recommendation to claims that the movie is overhyped and merely a "mid" film. Directed by YouTuber Curry Barker, the movie centers on two main characters whose relationship deteriorates as one character becomes increasingly obsessed with the other through a supernatural wish-granting mechanism. The host emphasizes their lack of bias toward the director, noting they had never seen his previous content, and invites viewers to predict whether they will enjoy the film before diving into the specific narrative elements.
As the review progresses, the host highlights the film's intense exploration of themes regarding autonomy, body horror, and the violation of personal boundaries. A significant portion of the analysis focuses on the psychological distress experienced by the female protagonist, who feels trapped within her own mind as a parasitic entity fights for control over her physical form. The reviewer finds particular unease in scenes where the character's free will is compromised, noting that even without the supernatural element, the male lead's initial obsessive behavior and awkward confession would be unsettling. The host argues that the film effectively portrays the feeling of being paralyzed and violated, drawing parallels to real-world experiences of sexual assault and the loss of independence, which they believe resonates deeply with current societal fears about technology and human rights.
The discussion also delves into the moral ambiguity of the characters, specifically debating whether the male lead is an innocent victim of a curse or a villain who takes advantage of his partner's altered state. The host concludes that his intentions were never pure from the start, as his obsession stemmed from loneliness rather than genuine love, suggesting that the universe naturally rewards him with the very nightmare he wished for. While acknowledging that the movie is not the best horror film they have ever seen and lacks the jump scares that typically induce nightmares, the reviewer praises the strong ensemble cast and the effectiveness of its moral concepts. Ultimately, the host views *Obsession* as a significant entry in modern horror that reflects the current climate's focus on autonomy and possession, potentially influencing the genre's future landscape much like previous films did for their respective eras.
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>> [screaming]
>> I'm laughing cuz it's uh
>> [laughter]
>> You guys have been asking for this video
since the movie hit theaters. Opening
weekend, you guys were asking me, "Tren,
watch Obsessed. Tren, watch Obsessed.
Tren, where's the Obsessed video?" And I
made a decision very early on when
Obsessed came out that I was going to
wait to do my first time reaction on
camera for you guys. I've seen every
single phase of Obsessed as a pop
culture phenomenon over the past month
that it's been out. It's gone from being
the underdog, "Oh my gosh, have you
heard of it? Have you heard of Obsessed?
Are you going to go see Obsessed?" Then
it became, "You have to see Obsessed.
You have to watch it. Everybody has to
go see Obsessed even if you hate
horror." And then it turned into
everybody seeing Obsessed. And if you
haven't seen Obsessed, you're out of the
loop. And now we've gotten to the point
where Obsessed is the top grossing
original horror film of the 2020s,
beating out Sinners. The pendulum has
swung all the way from obsessed fans
with Obsessed all the way to now people
are saying it's overhyped. It is not
that good and that it actually is a mid
movie. But no one's allowed to make a
final decision until I have. The movie
is directed and written by Curry Barker,
who was a and is, I guess, still a
famous YouTuber. So this was kind of
like a YouTube summer of backrooms with
Cain Parsons and then Obsessed with
Curry Barker. I never watched Curry
Barker's YouTube videos. I didn't know
he was a YouTuber and I've never seen
any of his stuff before this. So, I'm
not like a fan.
And not in a mean way, I just I don't
have any bias towards this person or
have any wishes for him to succeed.
I have wishes for people to succeed. And
it starts Indie Naverette and Michael
Johnston. And like me and Michael
Johnston go way back. Like me and
Michael Johnston, I know him.
He was the gay boy on Teen Wolf. You
think I would have forgotten that?
I remember. And I think he was I'm
thinking he was a chimera. In my brain,
I'm thinking he was a chimera in Teen
Wolf. Um so, Michael Johnston was a main
character on the Trend Level channel
10 years ago. And he's coming back. He's
coming back to us. Before we get into
the video, I want you guys to leave your
predictions down below whether you think
I'm going to like the movie or dislike
the movie because I feel like you guys
know me pretty well, and you guys
usually only like request stuff that you
either think I'm going to very much like
or dislike. So, I want to see what your
predictions are for this movie in the
comment section down below. So, before
you watch it, leave your guesses down
below whether I'm going to like the
movie or dislike the movie. And we'll
see who's the psychic.
>> You're the only person that I've ever
Sorry, this is weird. I I don't talk
like this.
>> No, it's okay.
>> I don't like him.
>> I think about you all the time, Nikki.
You were the only person who was nice to
me when I moved here. And at first I
thought maybe
>> Oh.
My god.
>> that I would choose you over everything.
>> Oh,
>> [crying and laughter]
>> that's everything.
>> No. No, stop. Okay, that that that
>> That was scary. That was really scary
and really rancid, and I didn't like it.
>> Did you do that?
>> No, it's okay. You're okay.
>> It just pretend like
>> You're good.
>> Like why is he sweating? He's actually
sweating. Like he looks very disheveled
already, and the movie hasn't even
started. He looks like a mess.
>> All you have is time. If she means this
much to you, and I know she does,
wait.
>> I just don't think any girl would love
to be like
I don't think anyone
>> [clears throat]
>> would love to be like confessed to that
extent
ever.
>> Then I would choose you over everything.
>> Even if you do like someone back,
hearing that they're like obsessed with
you, I don't think would ever feel nice.
Even if I did like someone and I was
kind of like crushing on them crazy,
too, I don't even like even I would be
weirded out and I'm crazy. I'm actually
psycho. Even if someone matched my
energy, it would just be too much for
me. It's okay when I do it, it's not
okay when you do it. Even if someone I
really loved said that I was their
everything before we were ever
romantically involved, I don't think I
would move forward with that connection.
Why is the cat dead?
I didn't want to see that.
>> I needed a good day off.
>> Oh, yeah, definitely. You work so hard.
>> You know I do.
>> [laughter]
>> You know I do.
I I don't I don't think I can tonight.
I'm just catching up on some stuff.
>> I'm bored. Let's clean the apartment.
>> I don't know.
Yeah, we're kind of running out of time,
Bear. So, you know, might want to skip
that stuff you're working on.
>> That's a really awkward conversation and
not just on his end. That was like weird
on her end as well. Why did she just
start randomly going about like we don't
have time? What's she talking about the
trivia? I actually don't know. I need to
pay attention.
>> Energy, like good vibes.
>> Probably the citrine. I mean, it's
basically sunshine in a rock.
>> Sunshine in a rock.
>> Well,
it's ugly.
So, I don't know what type of good
energy it's giving if it's ugly.
That's what I would say. I'm bored.
Let's take a shower, dude. Like I'm so
bored. Let's like go take a shower and
wash our hair.
Only $6.99? You can get a wish for
$6.99? At least $10.
>> They're mad cuz it doesn't work.
>> Yeah, or whatever.
>> Or it does work and like ruins their
lives.
>> Or they die, or wish they were dead.
>> Yeah. Okay, yeah, it seems like every
conversation we have is a little bit
awkward.
And not just cuz of him. I have to
emphasize that. It's not just cuz of
him, and because he's weird.
>> I was just saying,
um
I I'll just I'll tell you what it is.
It's fine. I I I went to the same
>> we were all taking a field trip to the
bar?
>> Oh my god, he is so weird, and he acts
so secretive and weird, and it's like in
a friend group, it's like really
off-putting.
>> To Sandy.
>> Oh. To Sandy.
>> Sandy died.
>> What?
>> Yeah.
>> Really? [laughter]
>> Why did he only tell her?
She's the only one he trusts. Oh, he's
really sad. Oh, wait.
That's the person that likes him.
>> Annoying, you can't say anything.
Get your girl home safe.
>> Ew, don't say it like that.
>> Oh, she hates him. Oh, she hates him,
and she thinks he's he's disgusting.
>> Ew, don't ever refer to us as a couple.
That's disgusting.
>> Bro, don't do that.
>> Oh, um
don't let me forget. I I
I got you something.
>> Ew, no. That
Why does that make me nervous?
>> Because she finds you repulsive.
>> [laughter]
>> Cuz I got you a gift from someone you
don't like is really creepy.
>> [laughter]
[gasps]
>> I got you something from someone you
don't like is
actually really annoying and really
scary.
>> All right, freaky Nikki.
>> Oh my god.
>> Do you like me?
>> What? [snorts]
>> Cuz if you do, now's the time to tell
me.
>> Oh my god.
>> I think we're good friends.
>> He's so scary.
>> Oh, [ __ ]
Why?
>> And that could not be his confession.
Even if it was, even if he did just
respond to her and say like, yes, I do
like you. Like that couldn't be their
story because he looks
really bad. And that whole scene with
the freaking Nikki was just not it.
Right before he said he liked you, he
insulted you.
No, that couldn't be your story.
>> I wish Nikki Freeman loved me more than
anyone in the [ __ ] room.
>> It's like a wishbone, right?
>> Hey, uh I just had a full erection.
>> had something for me?
>> Like I already used it, sister. Like
it's gone.
>> I mean, I did just lose my cat, Bear.
>> I mean, I mean, you lost your cat.
>> What in the world?
>> Do you want to come inside or
>> This is like her like fighting the spell
or something. It sounds like she's her
like brain is fighting the spell.
>> We can have some drinks and talk about
your cat.
Yeah.
>> What do
>> I'm sorry.
Yeah.
>> Thank you.
>> Oh my god.
>> She just
>> It's like a robot.
>> I think you're drunk.
>> No, I'm not actually. Wait, what the
[ __ ]
>> He What the [ __ ] [laughter]
>> What the [ __ ]
>> No.
>> Why are
>> No, no.
>> Oh my god, her body is fighting it.
>> I know what you're trying to do.
>> Oh my god. That's not funny. This is
actually really [ __ ] scary.
>> My dad's dying.
>> I'm so sorry.
>> I took one step inside my house and I
couldn't
>> Where do you want to go?
>> It's even worse that it's not just like
fully taking over. It's like you can see
the turmoil between like the original,
the host, and the like parasite like in
her. Like it's like very much like
obvious the two entities fighting.
>> Smells like you.
>> Like [ __ ]
>> What do you mean? Just
>> Like straight up ass, though.
>> No, just you.
>> not smell good in there. I know. with
the dead cat, not with the hoarder's
nest of pills, not with his disheveled
look right now. And I don't mean to say
that to be mean, but he does look
disheveled. Like that's the only way to
describe what he looks like. Just cuz it
was grandma's house does not mean we
needed to keep it like grandma's house.
Like we could have changed something.
Just a little bit. I just wouldn't want
to have sex with them after they were
acting so weird, uh right? What the
[ __ ]
>> Oh my god, I'm so sorry.
>> The host does not like it. Oh my god,
that's actually so [ __ ] weird.
Ew, like she like she like blacks out
and blacks in and then she [ __ ] comes
back and then she's like [ __ ] making
out with this guy and she doesn't know
where she is. Oh my god, that's actually
so [ __ ] scary. Oh my [ __ ] god. Oh
my [ __ ] god. What the [ __ ] is a
probe?
>> What were you doing?
>> Oh my god.
>> Can you live with me?
>> No.
I mean, that's my whole thing is that
like even if like you do like her and
like this is your dream come true that
she's kissing you, I just don't think I
would want to kiss someone after they
were acting so weird. Like
even without the one wish willow
thing. Just in general, if someone's
acting weird, like I don't think I would
want to make out with them.
Like it's just like
the energy is not there.
>> Oh, no.
No, you're supposed to like it.
It's a memorial. I
>> The fact that she could even access the
cat
is upsetting. The fact that she could
access it means you didn't properly
dispose of the cat in the first place,
which is weird. That's [ __ ] up. Even
burying her. We need to realize who the
real enemy is here within the household.
Cuz you were
okay with kissing and smooching while
there was a dead cat rotting in your
[ __ ] house.
Oh, okay.
You freak.
>> I know you like me there.
>> No, I
>> Why would you say no?
I don't like you. Do you like me or
something, dude? What the [ __ ] Bro,
like I I'm bored. Let's turn on the
lights.
>> Yeah, I do.
>> [music]
>> Huh?
Huh?
What in the world? The AI.
>> [laughter]
>> Me when AI is like, "Okay, like yes,
couple things." Like, "Yes." He's got to
be the dumbest [ __ ] ever to
believe this. I don't know. It's like
she acts crazy one night and is like
freaking out and you're like, "Oh, yeah,
she would obviously want to confess to
me." Men are so stupid that they would
believe this would happen to them. You
would think after they got together he
would make himself look a little bit
more like put together. I think he looks
handsome. I think he's a handsome
fellow. I don't think this man is ugly.
I just think that he looks a bit like
Like he looks a little
like
you know?
>> I looked into Nikki's dad having cancer
[music]
and he's healthy as a baby.
>> A baby?
>> He's been to work like every day.
>> You know what? You're just trying to
[ __ ] ruin this for me. You're
jealous.
You're jealous of my new relationship.
Why would you [ __ ] make that [ __ ] up?
>> I love it when that happens in a movie.
>> No.
No. No. No.
>> I've heard this one before. I've heard
this sound before.
>> I thought we were having a nice day.
>> We we are. We are.
>> Why does it matter? I thought we were
having a nice day.
>> We are.
We are. We are.
We are.
It's okay.
We are.
>> Then why does it matter?
>> And you know what? Like you Why does it
matter? I support women's rights and
their wrongs as well.
Oh my god.
>> [sighs and gasps]
>> Oh, that was amazing, baby. [laughter]
>> Pause.
Okay.
No. Wait. Take a second.
Think about it
before you speak. Ew, that kind of
actually
um
Wait, why am I getting emotional? Wait,
why am I getting I
I'm kind of getting really uncomfortable
by that and really actually kind of
emotional about that. Um
Oh my god.
I'm laughing cuz it's
>> [laughter]
>> Wait, I think it's contagious. That's
crazy. That's happening through the
screen.
I think it's actually contagious. Wait.
No. Okay. It's making me emotional
because
Uh I don't even know how to explain it.
Like I
It's like very drastically showing the
feeling of being trapped in your own
body as you experience kind of this like
violation of your body. And it's not
that it's like this like crazy like
first time we've ever had like
um analogies or different forms of
showcasing sexual violence or sexual
assault within horror. I feel like
that's a very prominent figure and um a
prominent um theme within horror movies,
especially to women, is this way to
showcase sexual assault and kind of that
trauma that you go through in a lot of
different horror uh stories, classic
horror stories of women getting their
their their bodies violated. Uh okay, I
guess let's
watch the movie again.
Just a Just an extremely visceral
reaction
that came for me. Let's get back into
the movie. Like let's just ignore that
that happened. Just an extremely
visceral reaction for me. Needed to take
a second. My stomach hurts. Let's Let's
just watch this dang movie.
Like it's not mutual.
No, I
I do.
Just come back to bed.
Please.
This is like really gross.
Do you think her like
one wish Willow entity starts like
breaking and cracking when her original
version starts realizing what's
happening to her and they're like
fighting and so then she starts like
tweaking out in real life because the
two can
>> [screaming]
[music]
>> Nikki?
Nikki, where are you?
Why would you guys do that to me? That
was actually the loudest thing that's
ever happened in life and that scared
the [ __ ] out of me. He just looks at
like he's constantly sweaty in this
movie.
And I think that's the point. I think
he's supposed to look like he's like in
distress all the time, but damn. As I
was saying earlier before she scared me,
I do think that it's the
>> [screaming]
>> It's like she doesn't want me to speak.
>> [laughter]
>> It's like she actually doesn't want me
to speak.
I think the two are conflicting inside
of her. Like um Ooh, if you guys
remember the movie Host with Saoirse
Ronan, when the two hosts like fight,
it's like that. Like I think they're
having
a boxing match inside her brain.
>> You what?
>> How's this?
Great.
>> [laughter]
>> Great. Great. Yes. I love it.
>> Maybe I can pop by.
>> No, no. Just make yourself at home.
>> Love you.
>> Love you. How are you?
>> not see that before.
>> Bye, Bear.
>> Oh my god.
Oh my god.
>> [gasps]
>> The one wish Willow part of her is not
letting her go pee because she has to
stay loyal to Bear and be obsessed with
him. And I know the one wish Willow does
not let her poop.
I know.
>> Steph,
>> [snorts]
>> you're
the last one.
>> No, one more.
Loser.
>> And that girl did it out of her own
will.
>> [music]
>> Think about that. There was someone that
wanted to be around you
from their own will, out of their own
will.
And honestly, you don't deserve that.
>> What?
>> What does that mean?
What's the verdict, Cat?
>> [laughter]
>> What does that mean? What's the verdict,
Cat?
>> That is so [ __ ] weird.
>> Don't tell me she cooked the [ __ ]
cat.
>> Bear, what does that mean? [music]
>> Why is she so obsessed with the cat? Is
the her original body trying to feed him
the cat to poison him? And why do we
still have access to the cat? How are we
still accessing the cat to feed it to
you? And I think it's her original body
trying to poison and kill him.
I think it's her original mind trying to
do that to him.
>> It kind of looks like you're taking
advantage of the situation and I say it
with love, bro. I'm saying it with love.
I'm on your side, but it's a bad look.
What do you think this is going to look
like to other people?
>> Cuz because he's eating because even if
it's not One Wish Willow, anyone would
see that and see someone having some
sort of mental breakdown and someone
trying to reap the benefits of their
mental state of manic behavior.
Which is [ __ ] up. You see a person
that is acting completely different than
how they usually do and you just so
happen to be the love of their life
within that moment where they are acting
completely different than how they
usually do. Right? Cuz even without the
One Wish Willow of him taking advantage
of her knowing that he wished that upon
her, it's still [ __ ] up.
Yeah.
>> It's a bad look, man.
>> unfair, dude.
She's the one who won't leave me alone.
>> Well, then you should kill yourself.
And you should just [snorts] kill
yourself. Because essentially the night
that she was drugged and acting weird,
she's only acted that way since, which
essentially means that she's
in an induced state throughout the
entire thing.
>> If you have any questions about how the
wish works or
if you read the back of the box.
>> it even real?
>> Yeah, it's real.
>> No, I I know that the
>> Why is One Wish Willow just like a guy?
>> Well, yeah. I mean, as long as you live.
>> As long as I live?
>> You have to kill yourself. I knew it. I
[ __ ] knew it.
>> When you die, the wish will go away.
>> And if we were on Teen Wolf, we would
stop your heart and resuscitate you and
it would be a loophole. Oh,
I know they did that on Teen Wolf. They
did it to Scott.
>> What? Who?
>> You want to talk to him?
>> [screaming]
>> Who is that?
>> Nikki.
>> [screaming]
>> What the [ __ ] are we doing? Trapping
souls and taking names? What's
happening? Like what the [ __ ] They just
like lit they
They're like in little jars like Ursula
kept the souls. What the hell is
happening?
>> And so, come lie with me like the old
woman taught us when we were children.
>> She's a keesh. She's actually so funny.
That's actually really funny. Whatever
the dare was to do this is hilarious.
>> He would relent and choose to be inside
me like he had many nights before.
>> And nobody wants to recite stuff like
this anymore. Nobody wants to do this at
parties.
>> Brother, you will be inside me tonight.
[music]
>> Nobody wants to read incest smut anymore
these days.
>> I'm working on? I don't drink.
>> That's her book? Incest smut is what
she's working on?
>> Kiss the
person on your left.
>> [music]
>> Oh my god.
>> Who's the prettiest girl in the room?
>> Oh my god.
>> I dare you to kiss the prettiest girl in
the room on the lips.
>> Oh, that's [ __ ] up.
>> Oh my god, she's going to beat her up.
And period, this seat is yours, queen.
Like I do not want to kiss this man. I
do not want to kiss this man. I can
assure you that, sister. I do not want
to kiss him. You eat those lips are all
yours.
Right, pucker up.
What are you doing, tigers?
I was just about to say.
>> Yes, daddy.
>> [screaming]
>> I was that's so crazy funny. Not that
what just happened, but I was just about
to say I wish they had her like blacking
back in
because I thought those moments were so
strong within the movie where she blacks
back in and it's very scary and you see
her like in this like frantic mode
trying to figure out where she is.
And then it happened. I think having
that parts of realization of herself and
realizing that it's not her is so strong
within the movie and it makes it all
that more scary that it's not just this
person has been
changed, that this person has been taken
over and that there's a another person
trapped within there. And I think that's
very very interesting to see in that way
of the conflicting personalities.
Why did she just back rooms?
Why did she just go back rooms on me and
get weird?
Baby's caked up. What the hell? He is
caked up three cup, bro.
Bro,
double cheeked up.
>> Kill me, please.
>> That's so sad.
>> She's sleeping.
It's me. Just
kill me.
>> What's so bad about being with me?
>> Bro.
Bro, that being your first question is
craziness, bonkers. What's so bad about
being with me? [ __ ] What the [ __ ] are
you talking about? I've just been
pissing and [ __ ] all over myself
because I have no control of myself.
What What are you talking about?
This is not about you. I'm not worried
about you. I am I'm worried about you
and being romantically involved with
you. I'm worried about being of my own
mind and free will. That's actually what
I'm worried about.
>> Your letter from Luther?
>> Yeah. It's my last chance.
Figured we could open it together.
>> Oh, [ __ ]
>> Like you're not going to go to college.
You're not going to go to college.
You're going to get accepted, but you're
not going to be able to go because Nikki
has going to kill you.
>> It was what?
>> The game.
>> Oh.
>> Like she was actually in love with you.
Like since the beginning, before you
even [ __ ] before you even got the
wish.
>> You're supposed to kiss me.
>> [groaning and screaming]
>> I'm so sorry you had to see that, baby.
>> I'm so sorry that I had to see that,
baby. What about me? What about me,
Nikki? What about me? The fact that
Sarah even liked you is a miracle
because you before Nikki one wish
Willow, you were freak. Even before
that, you were weird. Before you made
the decision to do that to someone.
Damn.
>> [screaming]
>> Stop.
Oh, she dressed up like Sarah?
Oh my god.
>> [screaming]
>> It would just be better if she killed
herself. OG Nikki asked you to kill her.
>> [music]
>> If space is what we need, then take it.
It's going to be okay.
>> [ __ ]
[ __ ]
You saw what happened to Sarah. You
can't even shoot yourself. You did all
that and you can't even shoot yourself.
But then what's going to happen to her
if she just like returns back to her
body that she just committed all these
crimes and killed all these people? Like
what type of life is coming back to that
either? And what type of life is coming
back to that even regardless if she
wasn't incriminated for the crimes that
happened. If he was actually putting
everybody out of their misery, he would
have killed her and himself.
She wished for him to love her and be
obsessed with him uh uh or be obsessed
with her. And period, he like should
have to suffer the same cards he dealt
her. Yep, I agree. I actually agree. Now
they're both trapped.
>> [laughter]
>> Thank god.
>> [screaming]
>> Period.
>> [screaming]
>> Like how do you even live with that
afterwards?
Like is Bear all that great for killing
himself at the end if he didn't put her
out of her misery as well? Was it a
movie?
Yes. Was it scary?
Aside from the like me actually
screaming at the jump scares, no, it
wasn't scary. Like I don't think this
would be a type of movie to like give me
nightmares because I guess there's more
of an understanding of the premise of
the horror within the movie.
Performances were great. I thought that
the acting was great by everyone. It's a
small tight ensemble and I think they
all did a really good job. I think that
Indie gets a lot of praise for her
performance obviously because she does a
lot within this movie, but I think that
like Michael's awkwardness and this like
high amount of stress that he holds
throughout the movie is really good as
well. Was this like the best movie I've
ever seen? No, I don't think it was the
best movie. I don't even think it's the
best movie that I've seen this year. But
it was fun and I also like horror
concepts like this. I think that these
kind of wishes gone wrong or cautionary
tales that kind of take something really
simple and turn it into something really
sinister are very interesting to me. I
think that depending on the experiences
you've had, you might view this movie in
different ways. For me, it really did
showcase and have very strong visuals
and themes and narratives of feeling
trapped within your own body and kind of
this frozen, paralyzed feeling you have
uh while suffering from sexual assault.
This waking up in your own body and
realizing something has happened and
you've been violated. I think that it
like that is what struck me the most
within watching this film and what
honestly kind of
impacted me the most while watching this
film. I think that Bear's character is
so interesting because it is these
it's not an innocent thought. Like the
thing is is that the thought that he has
at the beginning of the movie that he's
even the initial confession scene that
he has in the diner is weird and
obsessive. Like he exemplifies obsession
from the very beginning and that means
that his love from the beginning was not
even pure.
And so that means his wish therefore is
not pure and that's why he got what he
got because his love for her came out of
his sad, lonely life. This depression
that he faced, that he couldn't even see
what was actually going on for the
people that actually did like and care
for him. So when he makes the wish, it's
not out of pure love for her. It's like
this pure love for the idea of her, for
the concept of having someone be your
everything and saying that she is
everything to him, even in that first
initial confession scene, it's not
well-intended.
Even though I think a lot of people
through the movie will say that like,
well, he didn't know what the wish was
going to do and he didn't know that that
was going to happen, so
he's not the villain.
And I you know, I think we get into a
lot of weird discussions within movies
nowadays of who's the overarching
villain and who's the bad guy of the
movie and I think sometimes think we get
too caught up on who is the bad guy and
really just looking at it from a you
know, just a normal like narrative like
standpoint because I feel like most
movies nowadays try to have this like
morally gray character at the center of
the story for you to follow. And with
Bear, I think that a lot of people see
him as this innocent
person affected by this wish gone wrong
when I think that when it your
intentions aren't clear and when your
It's like with manifestation, right? If
your intentions aren't clear and your
intentions aren't pure, the universe
will reward you or give you something
that matches that, right? And that's why
manifesting harm amongst people or you
know, manifesting ill intentions towards
people will reward you and give you
something of equal value, right? I do
believe in manifestation and I do
believe in like the universe balancing
itself out and finding ways for you to
get what you give in a lot of different
ways. And so I think that is kind of
where my
where my start of Bear was from the very
beginning. Not even once he made the
wish, not even once he realized the wish
and what it truly meant
uh for her to be obsessed with him. Once
he started believing that the wish
worked, I think that he started
believing it sooner than when the movie
tells you he starts believing it.
Because again, like I said earlier, if
we took out the wish entirely and he
didn't make that wish and then one day
she started acting completely different
from how she normally acts, not just
with him, not just saying that she loved
him all of the sudden, but she's acting
manic, she's in distress, she's
constantly going in and out of extreme
happiness to extreme sadness, she's
overprotective, she's codependent, she
can't do anything on her own again,
she's lost all independence of her life.
If I saw that, regardless of the wish
that he makes, even if she just started
acting like that one day, and for him to
take the opportunity of that being the
time where she loves him,
and taking advantage of that, is still
taking advantage of someone. I would
love to like talk to more people about
this movie now that I've seen it because
I've just seen so many like discourses
around it. I've just seen so much
discourse around this movie ever since
it came out and I really kind of either
just like kind of mozyed on by it. When
my friends talk about it, I'm like I
just like tune out like no spoilers,
please, no spoilers. And I just haven't
really had any in-depth conversations
about it. I kind of knew a similar thing
about people kind of having this debate
over who the villain was. I really don't
think it's a debate on who the villain
is. I think it's just
watching these characters as they are
and as they make mistakes and their true
intentions behind what they're doing.
This movie doesn't really set up as a
narrative of a villain and a hero.
It's a little bit more murky than that
as horror movies necessarily are. It's
more of power falling into the wrong
hands and an entity beyond just the two
characters there having
another layer added to it, which is how
most horror movies go.
Most horror movies nowadays are not just
like Michael Myers like coming after
you. Most of the time it's more of a
concept, a moral concept, um a wish, a
possession,
uh a haunting energy to it, rather than
just uh
one big bad guy monster. Movies in
general always kind of reflect the time
and the current climate of our world,
but specifically horror movies have
themes of horror that that reflect
the current state of the world,
specifically in America, but, you know,
kind of widespread as well. Through the
early '80s and '90s, you have a very big
surge of killers and single entity
killers coming after people, which comes
from the scariest thing that was
happening for the climate, which was a
person coming to kill you. You have the
early 2000s and 9/11 happening, and you
have this
surge of apocalyptic movies, where
that's a very prominent part of horror
movies within the early 2000s is
apocalypse. And now I think that the
current climate of the 2020s, we have
this surge of people's rights and their
autonomy, I think is a very prevalent
theme within horror, not only coming
into robots and their autonomy and their
artificial intelligence and their
humanity and what that means and this
realization of self, I think is a really
prominent theme within horror nowadays,
and a person's autonomy and what that
really means and the horrors of having
that stripped away from you, whether
that is talking about something like
technology taking away your autonomy and
taking away some of your privacy and
rights, or an actual person violating
your uh physical autonomy. And so, I
think that that's more of the horror
landscape right now, rather than I think
like even 5 years ago, where uh zombie
movies were even more popular. That came
from the pandemic, right? There was a
surge of a little bit of zombie movies
that came out and survival movies that
came out after the pandemic happened uh
that reflected that mindset that a lot
of people had. And so now we're kind of
a little bit later and I think what's
reflecting is
human rights and what that really means
and what's scary to people right now is
having freedom taken from them, which is
so interesting and I always found
reflections of climate with horror
movies to be so interesting because it
it goes back to the beginning of horror
movies and what Dracula or Nosferatu
meant to the current audience that was
watching it and what was scary to them
and what was a society's true fear at
that time. And so
I think obsession is going to play this
bigger role. It reminds me a little bit
of companion.
It reminds me of Ruby Sparks. I think
that it I think it has themes of
possession and kind of that
intruder aspect as well because we also
had a decade of horror where intrusions
were a big scary thing to the general
public. You have stuff like The
Strangers and Purge and this idea that
your house and your home being violated
like that was a very scary thing for the
general public. And now we've kind of
shifted into it just keeps kind of like
caving in on us as a society the closer
we get to what is violating and what is
truly scary to us as the watching
audience. So I'm excited to see what
that means for horror not only with the
current climate but with the success of
obsession that will really change the
landscape of horror forever. So aside
from just the movie being a movie
itself, this will kind of trigger a
butterfly effect throughout all of
horror and what that really means not
just
the writers or you know, the fact that
it was an independent film that got
picked up, um the fact that it was a
YouTuber that turned to make it.
There's so many aspects of it that I
think are going to trigger a lot of
different effects within movies in
general, but specifically horror because
horror is so much more of a
ever-evolving genre that can never stay
still for too long because so many of
the tropes
die out pretty quickly. Do I think this
was the best movie? No. I love horror,
so it's definitely not within my top
like horror movies of uh you know, the
that I've watched in my lifetime, but I
do think it's very good. Uh it's
definitely one of the top movies that I
watched of the year, but I haven't
watched that many that came out in 2026,
so
that's on me. It was definitely very
fun. I thought the performances were
really good. Do I think anyone's going
to get an Oscar? If Toni Collette
and Daniel Kaluuya cannot get Oscars for
Hereditary and Get Out, then no one
should get an Oscar for
horror performance,
>> [laughter]
>> then no one can.
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