Overview
- Early reviews from The A.V. Club and The Independent call writer-director Curry Barker’s first theatrical feature a gripping, unsettling horror film.
- The story follows a lovestruck clerk who snaps a novelty “One Wish Willow” and triggers his co-worker’s overpowering fixation, turning a wish into a study of consent and toxic desire.
- Inde Navarrette earns standout praise for a physically intense, shape-shifting performance, with Michael Johnston playing the morally compromised lead.
- Focus Features is handling the U.S. theatrical release, while Universal Pictures India and Warner Bros. Discovery are set to roll out the film in India.
- Barker’s jump from low-budget YouTube horror, including 2024’s Milk & Serial, to a studio release reflects a wider pipeline bringing online creators into mainstream genre filmmaking, with critics noting sharp camerawork and a tense synth score.