Disturbing!
I managed to feel a lot of the hype around Obsession without finding out any details. This was both very pleasing, but also unsettling. I might have liked a bit more notice.
Because due to it’s movement, sound design, overall intensity, and stand out performance from Inde Navarrette, Obsession is really bloody freaky and had me squirming on my sofa. She is able to move from affectionate to terrifying so quickly and with such conviction. Woah.
At the beginning I was trying to empathise with how things could be difficult for Michael Johnston’s “nice guy”. But ultimately the sheer number of questions raised by, and number of implications brought about by his wish, are overwhelmingly negative. He deserves it!
It’s not the goriest like Terrifier, and it won’t have me looking over my shoulder like Halloween. But there’s such an upsetting tone regarding autonomy, set around a pretty classic monkey’s paw situation, that it’s hard to feel anything but sadness ultimately. Not something I usually get from a horror film.
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