Obsession (2025)

 To understand the plot of the movie "Obsession (2025)" - all you need to do is watch the trailer. It's one of the few horror films I've seen that doesn't have a plot twist. What I will say, is that it's unsettling, creative and masterfully scripted. 

In the movie, we meet Bear. As his name suggests, "Bear" is a seemingly innocent young lad who works at a record store. He works with a girl called Nikki, whom he has a crush on. At the prodding of his friend Ian, Bear tries unsuccessfully to tell Nikki how he feels about her. Upon failing to do so, Bear uses a "one wish willow" - a gadget he buys from a store - to make Nikki love him more than anything else in the f******* world. Now did Bear expect this to come true? No. And neither did we (unless you watched the trailer). 

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What proceeds is quite telling. Bear wanted the "real" Nikki to fall obsessively in love with him. 

But instead, we see a totally different Nikki. She's creepy: at times walks backwards, watches him sleep and demonstrates psychopathic behavior. In one painstaking scene, she stands in the same spot in the living room for hours waiting for him to come home while smiling eerily, urinating on the floor. 

Her actions grow gruesome and quite disturbing, but there's one thing that's most disturbing of all: and that's Bear's response to all of this. I would watch to find out more... 

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Unlike what my spoilers suggest, Obsession isn't completely serious. There's an element of humor mixed into the uncanny, and the actors do a brilliant job playing to the mood. I also enjoy Indie Nazarette's performance as Nikki. She forms many micro-expressions to reveal what might be happening underneath the surface as she's possessed. 

As for the movie as a whole, Obsession begs many questions: is Bear mentally healthy? Did real Nikki potentially have true feelings for Bear? What possessed Nikki? And so if you like psychological thrillers, this one's for you.