Review For Obsession Focus Features and Blumhouse

 

Here is our Honest review of Obsession but first a little bit of info and synopsis. 

Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker. The film follows Bear (Michael Johnston), a music store employee who buys a supernatural toy that grants his wish for his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) to fall in love with him, resulting in horrific consequences. Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter appear in supporting roles.

A guy named Bear is in love with his friend Nikki. After chickening out on telling her again he goes to an apothacary to find her a gift and finds the"One wish Willow" a magical branch in a box. After his last failed attempt to tell her he jokingly makes a wish on the willow and breaks it wishing for Nikki to love him more than anything in the world. This hopeless romantic gets what he wished for and so much more. Be careful what you wish for. A dark, psychological horror mixed with a little bit of the supernatural and romance.

Non Spoiler review.

This movie was definately a thrilling movie. It blends really well with a psychological and supernatural horror movie. Curry Barker did a great job on his first real big project. The ending was something left to be desired for us personally but non the less still good. The withering of Nikki aka Freaky Nikki and the unravelling of Bear was hard but thrilling to watch to say the least. There were many twists and turns and things you find out that made our face scream....oh shiiiiiiite!! We do feel like it was a little over hyped because i mean we have seen this concept played out in alot of movies and well shows for example Supernatural did a good one that was very very similar " Wishful thinking" Season 4 Episode 8. In both the episode and the movie, the plot kicks off with a magical or cursed object (a wishing coin in the show, a "One Wish Willow" in the movie) that allows a hopeless romantic to make his crush fall in love with him. In both stories, the wish comes true, but it strips the girl of her free will, turning her unnervingly obsessed with the protagonist. Of course this movie was way more gory , intense and well new . However what sets this apart is the acting honestly and the ending. The actors and actresses were really stellar in this movie and we believe they are going to go very far. 

Overall we give it a 8.5/10 

Thrills: 8/10

Horror: 8/10

Originality 5/10

Acting 10/10

Cinemotography 9/10

This was a well written, directed, and played out movie. We will be watching this again.

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We were impressed by the movie but to be honest with you it wasnt the movie that made us go bleh... it was the people who watched it. The amount of unnessisary philisophical bickering people did over the movie was crazy. The movie was great but they were tearing it apart and made it into a whole men vs women thing and the man and the bear thing...Curry Barker said it was about co-dependency, poseessive love, and toxicity of some relationships and how far it can go. Along with that it was about being careful what you wish for and from a Simpsons episode ( Treehouse of Horror 11 ) that he had seen with a monkey paw.  He avoided making Nikki's transformation look like a standard spiritual possession, aiming instead for a deeply unsettling but realistic psychological deterioration. He didn't have a deeper meaning than that. He likes to leave things up to interpritation stating that maybe the one wish willow was not all bad it just depended ont he wish.The guy at the apothacary made a wish and his wish came true and it has worked out well for him as well as when bear forced his friend to make a wish and it was for a billion dollars and that came true. Sadly for Bear he was selfish and obsessed with Nikki so his wish of " I wish Nikki loved me more than anything in the world " was taken very serious in the willows eyes and became something possessive, obsessive, and took away her free will and the ability to live for herself... her obsession created by him became something very scary when the wish Nikki took over. Leaving the real Nikki unable to break free and be herself , who mind you she was sleeping with his best friend and neither of them told him , obviously was not in love or even liked Bear . She kept snapping into the real Nikki and at one point asked Bear to kill her because she didnt want to be a slave to the wish anymore. Bear in this aspect was again selfish and instead of wanting to reverse or fix it he kept trying to make it work event hough he knew her feelings were not real...they werethe wish Nikki...which made everything worse. UNTIL She killed the one girl that actually liked bear alot and wanted to be with him. He then started to think well now i gotta fix this. He should have done that from the start and none of it would have happened and would have went back to normal. At the end he put the one wish willow down on the table and left the room to go end it all ( overdoe on his meds) when after taking them wish Nikki breaks the willow causing bear to become in love no matter what with her...wish Nikki and Wish Bear were together....however him dying from Overdose caused the wish to leave and the real Nikki was back in the real world having to deal witht he consequenses of someone elses actions. Which for her that must really suck.

Anyways. The movie was good only one sex scene which was kinda uncomfortable because he is having sex with someone he knows is being held against her will but at the same time not. The real Nikki didn't want it but the wish Nikki did and so that part was uncomfortable to think about. In Bear's defense he didn't thhink it was actually real however he should have found a way to stop it when he found out she didn't aactually love him and it was just the wish. 

People are comparing it to the man and the bear and in this aspect i understand why but at the same time it isn't a man vs women war it is a take on toxicity in relationships when you both feel trapped by your feelings and yet you stay together when you know you shouldn't. Anyways, it is a great watch and i highly suggest people seeing it. It was alot of fun!

Backrooms A24 Review

 

 We went to see the Backrooms the past weekend and we don't have alot to say but we will say it anyways lol.

First lets give a synopsis shall we and a little backstory but i wont go into detail because i know too much and can talk about it forever.                                                                                                               

This movie is done by A24 and Kane Parsons, who is known as Kane Pixels on YouTube. Who did a bunch of found footage, movies or little shorts about The Backrooms.

Just a little back story on the Backrooms they were invented in 2019 on a thread on an image board website called 4chan , and the Backrooms were usually portrayed as like impossibly large , extra dimensional complex of empty rooms, Liminal spaces and empty and eerie vibes. They're in the creepy pasta genre. At this point there are thousands of levels. Each level has a different intensity and has different monsters in it. Some are safe zones, some are slightly safe, and then there are some that are danger zones , and then some that are just run , get out. You know , clip in , which is basically you just fall into these rooms , universes , worlds dimensions , and you never know which one you're gonna end up in , but the most known is level zero , which is that yellow toned office , liminal space that you see in the movie.

Okay, now back to the movie. So this movie had a lot of good points to it , which are they got the look and the eerie feeling down very well. They also got that since of someone is watching you feeling correct as well. The bad thing is, is they focused on this man's back story for about an hour of the entire movie and when he found the back rooms it kind of went into that a little but then it didn't really tell you anything about the place they were in unit the very end. This man goes on a journey after he's getting divorced and finds this room inside of his furniture store in the wall started glowing. So he walked through it, then he started getting curious and kept going back and then he brought other people in and then they found the monster which the monster was incredibly disappointing because I was expecting a certain thing considering we've seen and read all of the back history that I could. Then he stays and leaves this weird message on his therapist's answering machine. So she goes to find him at his furniture store and ends up finding the Backrooms where he taped a door and goes inside, ends up finding him and strange things happen and then she has to run from this monster, which was incredibly disappointing. Then she ends up where the workers are and they tell her a little bit about the space, but they also don't know much and then it just ends. They could have literally done this movie in 30 minutes. They went into none of the other spaces , really , except for a brief five minutes where they went through maybe two other zones , but it was all connected to level zero , which makes no sense but ok. It was basically, here's this guy, he's going through a hard time, he's an alcoholic, he finds the Backrooms and he goes in and goes nuts. Then this person comes looking for him and finds him and he's nuts , then she finds the workers and boom done the backrooms. This should have started. The movie should've started when she found the workers. Honestly, the entire movie could have been down to 30 minutes as an intro to the actual movie. Or if this is going to be a series, I can see it being a start to a franchise. However, It took way too long to get to the point and I literally wasted about an hour of my time. The I could have squished it together in thirty minutes would have been fine.

Aesthetically , 8/10

Eerie vibes 7/10

Cinematography. 7/10

Plot ....5/10 felt unfinished

Horror 2/10 had no horror to it really

Overall 5/10 dissapointing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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Scream 7 No spoilers ( Shorter version )

 

Scream 7 was finally here and we get to see it in all its glory. We have waited to see what they are going to do with this one and with the recent boycotts becausse of a boycott campaign protesting the November 2023 firing of actress Melissa Barrera. Spyglass Media Group dropped Barrera from the franchise following her social media posts concerning the Israel-Hamas war, which the studio described as antisemitic also causing Jenna Ortega and the original director Christopher Landon to quit as well. 

Their counter was bringing back Neve Campbell and Mathew Lillard along with a new Director who wrote the 1,2,4, and 7 screenplays for it. Despite all the boycotts it is hard to get die hard Ghostface/Scream fans to not go see it because the movie and i quote " The movie is not a reflection of the actions that had happened prior and while we all hate the things that transpired and we love when people stand up for what's right, we still are allowed to enjoy something that we as millennials and some after grew up loving. Its is a part of our life and to be able to see these characters come back, the nostalgia it brought to our hearts , and the sheer love we have for our original soundtrack,  ( which we get to hear a few songs that hit home so hard) , and original actors coming back....mostly Mathew Lillard (we all love you Mathew) was to hard to pass up." Now was it worth it??  Well lets talk about it.

This movie was all the above and kept you on a wild ride. Took you back into memory lane bringing in a lot of people that we had previously seen and even some we saw die. For me even though i don't like some of the characters that they brought back it was still fun to see them. 

Plot " When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, she must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all. " Now diving deeper into the plot.

The movie was so good and interesting. nostalgic and just great chase scenes, brutal kills and the slash factor was pretty awesome but the reveal was TERRIBLE!!  The Ghostfaces were unrelatable, nobodies, that made no FREAKING SENSE!! I was so frustrated seeing who the killers were that it made me almost so done with the movie. However .... the ending with Sid telling Gale that she loves her, trusts her and all that was really sweet and heart touching. You also see that some people survived you didn't expect to. It was a happy ending for everyone while also not being because Tatum is now traumatized just like her mom was...the cycle had restarted. 

NOW FOR MY THOUGHTS!!!

Slash Factor : 8/10 some brutal kills and some awesome sound and special fix. 

Horror : 8/10 it gave you horror , suspense , thrills and chills,

Reveal : 2/10 worst reveal in the series...at least the others made sense

Plot: 8/10 till the ending 5/10

Overall movie gets a 7/10 

This movie was great for your nostalgia, great for the kills, thrills, and suspense. All up until the end of it i was invested. The characters ( except the Ghostfaces ) were all well developed and i liked the mix of older characters and the new characters. I absolutely think the best thing to happen to Scream 5 and 6 was The twins Mindy and Chad and was pleasantly surprised when i saw them come back. It was nice because i adore those and it was a nice way to feel like Randy who was one of my favorites and who is literally me come back too. Gale was there representing herself and Dewy ( rip my handsome sweet cop ) .  The Chase scenes were also fast paced and pretty epic.  Also something about Sidney being such a bad ass made my heart thump not gunna lie. Goes to show you that you should always be honest with your kids for the most part and if they someday may be chased by a Ghostface teach them how to defend themselves. Is this the last one? 

Kevin Williamson indicated that Scream 7 is not the final chapter, suggesting the story could continue beyond this installment. Neve Campbell, who returned to star as Sidney Prescott, has reportedly already pitched ideas for a Scream 8.  Despite controversies, Scream 7 performed well at the box office, making a, which makes a, which makes a "Scream 8" a very likely, possibility..

So who knows however in my opinion...please stop...PLEASE STOP!!! The only way i would like to see a new one is if  a certain someone ( previous Ghostface ) actually came back and there was a standoff with Gale, Sid, the Ghostface and t ends where it started. That would be watchable. No new people just the people who have been in it previously 1-7. Anyways, i encourage you to go see it if it is a thing you have loved since day one because you will enjoy it more than those who just started watching it when Scream 5 and 6 came out. Old school fans appreciate it and new people don't understand the role it played in our lives growing up so they don't have that time to appreciate it plus they came in on a whole different plot and storyline that i personally didn't like as much. However we will get to rating the Scream Series in another article. Please watch and enjoy and if you don't enjoy it i get it but to each their own. 

Happy Slashing my friends!!!

Scream 7 review

 

Scream 7 was finally here and we get to see it in all its glory. We have waited to see what they are going to do with this one and with the recent boycotts becausse of a boycott campaign protesting the November 2023 firing of actress Melissa Barrera. Spyglass Media Group dropped Barrera from the franchise following her social media posts concerning the Israel-Hamas war, which the studio described as antisemitic also causing Jenna Ortega and the original director Christopher Landon to quit as well. 

Their counter was bringing back Neve Campbell and Mathew Lillard along with a new Director who wrote the 1,2,4, and 7 screenplays for it. Despite all the boycotts it is hard to get die hard Ghostface/Scream fans to not go see it because the movie and i quote " The movie is not a reflection of the actions that had happened prior and while we all hate the things that transpired and we love when people stand up for whats right, we still are allowed to enjoy something that we as millenials and some after grew up loving. Its is a part of our life and to be able to see these characters come back, the nostalgia it brought to our hearts , and the sheer love we have for our original soundtrack,  ( which we get to hear a few songs that hit home so hard) , and original actors coming back....mostly Mathew Lillard (we all love you Mathew) was to hard to pass up." Now was it worth it??  Well lets talk about it.

This movie was all the above and kept you on a wild ride. Took you back into memory lane bringing in alot of people that we had previously seen and even some we saw die. For me even though i don't like some of the characters that they brought back it was still fun to see them. 

Plot " When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, she must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all. " Now diving deeper intot he plot.

Starting with Sidney and her daughter Tatum which we find out the whole reason Tatum was named Tatum, obviously because of Sidney's best friend who was with Stu in the first Scream, and you see Sidney works and owns a cute little coffee shop. She has not told Tatum anything about her past trying to protect her ( it bites her ass in the end ) The husband is Cheif of police which makes sense for her to marry that lol. You see Tatum and her friends hanging out just like Sid and her friends at the same age. Senior year just like Sidney and we know Ghostfaces seem to be sooooo sentimental lol. So we know how that goes am i right? She gets a call one day and its from...dundun duuuuuun Woodsboro, California.. Low and behold the biggest screams, gasps and love when our boys pops up on Camera....Stu Macher. Seeing Mathew Lillard again made my heart sing. He tells her he is at her daughters high school and he is going to take her and her friends down just like he did to all her friends back then.

We go through him at her high school in theater class getting ready for a play. Neve calls papa bear Police man and they all head that way only to find unalived teens but Tatum is still alive. Many call are made form Stu to Sid and many chase scenes between Ghostface and Tatum, Ghostface and Sid, and Ghostface and the other kids who were not killed. Not to mention one of our favorite reporter GALE WEATHERS ( Courteney Cox ) and 2 of my favorite people from the previous Scream. The brother and sister who were Randy's neice and nephew Mindy and Chad Meeks Martin. Roles: Mindy is known for inheriting her uncle’s role as the horror-movie-savvy expert, while Chad serves as a protector and athlete within the "Core Four" survivor group. 

The twins ended up with Gale as assistant " shadow" reporters and Camera men. They ended up hanging out with the teens and Gale of course with Sid. Gale and Sid find out some news about a mental Hospital that Stu might have been in after one of the Ghostfaces were taken out. They go up there and find out a man named John Doe was there and he looked like Stu. The guy even said that he was pleasant to be around and that John and the Ghostface they took out were best friends. SO After 30 years Sidney finally agreed to giving Gale an interview to draw out Stu or whoever is pretending to be Stu at this point they just aren't sure. Interview got hard but Sid walks off because it was getting to her when she gets another call and has to leave. They all end up leaving meanwhile back with Tatum and the others Ghostface is in action. Yes more dead teens but Some of course survive even if it wasn't without injuries. Tatum runs to the coffee shop only for Ghostface to know the code to get in. Right there we know someone under that mask is close enough to Sid to see the code... thats crazy right....ok...

Tatum ends up getting captured and roped and tied to a chair outside their house in the backyard just like the first kill ever in any Scream movie. They wanted you to feel that again and we did. 2 Ghostfaces show up and here we are to the big reveal. All while papa police man has been attacked and we think...oh no is he dead. WITHOUT SPOILERS i will say the rest. We all know Ghostfaces don't survive so i know i dont have to tell you that but in this house " finale scene" you see past killers on the tv and Sid's phone and we find out ....AI HAS ALOT TO DO WITH THIS>>>>BULL>>> Seeing the old Ghostfaces were pretty cool though. Now for the big reveal....DISSAPOINTING>>>>>>>

The movie was so good and interesting. nostaglic and just great chase scenes, brutal kills and the slash factor was pretty awesome but the reveal was TERRIBLE!!  The Ghostfaces were unrelatable, nobodies, that made no FREAKING SENSE!! I was so frustrated seeing who the killers were that it made me almost so done with the movie. However .... the ending with Sid telling Gale that she loves her, trusts her and all that was really sweet and heart touching. You also see that some people survived you didn't expect to. It was a happy ending for everyone while also not being because Tatum is now traumatized just like her mom was...the cycle had restarted. 

NOW FOR MY THOUGHTS!!!

Slash Factor : 8/10 some brutal kills and some awesome sound and special fx. 

Horror : 8/10 it gave you horror , suspense , thrills and chills,

Reveal : 2/10 worst reveal in the series...at least the others made sense

Plot: 8/10 till the ending 5/10

Overall movie gets a 7/10 

This movie was great for your nostalgia, great for the kills, thrills, and suspense. All up until the end of it i was invested. The characters ( except the Ghostfaces ) were all well developed and i liked the mix of older characters and the new characters. I absolutely think the best thing to happen to Scream 5 and 6 was The twins Mindy and Chad and was pleasantly surprised when i saw them come back. It was nice because i adore those and it was a nice way to feel like Randy who was one of my favorites and who is literally me come back too. Gale was there representing herself and Dewy ( rip my handsome sweet cop ) .  The Chase scenes were also fast paced and pretty epic.  Also something about Sidney being such a bad ass made my heart thump not gunna lie.Goes to show you that you should always be honest with your kids for the most part and if they someday may be chased by a Ghostface teach them how to defend themselves. Is this the last one? 

Kevin Williamson indicated that Scream 7 is not the final chapter, suggesting the story could continue beyond this installment. Neve Campbell, who returned to star as Sidney Prescott, has reportedly already pitched ideas for a Scream 8.  Despite controversies, Scream 7 performed well at the box office, making a, which makes a, which makes a "Scream 8" a very likely, possibility..

So who knows however in my opinion...please stop...PLEASE STOP!!! The only way i would like to see a new one is if  a certain someone ( previous Ghostface ) actually came back and there was a standoff with Gale, Sid, the ghostface and t ends where it started. That would be watchable. No new people just the people who have been in it previously 1-7. Anyways, i encourage you to go see it if it is a thing you have loved since day one because you will enjoy it more than those who just started watching it when Scream 5 and 6 came out. Old school fans appreciate it and new people dont undertadn the role it played in our lives growing up so they don't have that time to appreciate it plus they came in on a whole different plot and storyline that i personally didn't like as much. However we wwill get to rating the Scream Series in another article. Please watch and enjoy and if you don't enjoy it i get it but to each their own. 

Happy Slashing my friends!!!