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Early Reviews Lift Obsesión, Curry Barker’s Low-Budget Horror-Comedy Breakout

Critics praise Inde Navarrete’s performance, signaling a breakout for writer-director Curry Barker.

Overview

  • Reviews published this week by Argentina’s La Nacion and Clarin rate the film highly and highlight its tight craft and nerve-jangling tension.
  • Obsesión follows Bear, a shy music-shop worker who uses a “One Wish Willow” trinket to make his longtime crush love him, only to trigger a wish-gone-wrong nightmare.
  • Publimetro Mexico reports a May 21 theatrical opening in that country and features cast and director interviews on the film’s balance of uneasy humor and psychological horror.
  • La Nacion lists a 108-minute running time and an adults-only rating, while Clarin notes screenings in Buenos Aires venues including Cinemark Abasto and Cinépolis Recoleta.
  • Coverage frames the project as Barker’s step up from viral microbudget work, with a reported production cost near $800,000 and influences that nod to the Monkey’s Paw premise.