Obsession

Writter/Director Curry Barker’s OBSESSION remarkably transforms a rudimentary TALES FROM THE CRYPT/DARKSIDE “Be Careful what you wish for” premise into an absolutely fascinating, truly engaging, wildly unpredictable and surprisingly cathartic grenade of horror. I have a hunch film academics will be dissecting and analyzing its bottomless pit of potential interpretations for many years to come. I certainly felt one way about it while viewing it and then was hit with a completely different take many hours later. It rather brilliantly lures the viewer into certain areas only to bludgeon them from the opposite direction on several occasions. In fact, one of its greatest scares utilizes just such a subtle misdirection. I gotta say, it was a jolt so potent that I felt like I was being electrocuted. I probably should go see a doctor because it may be a symptom of something far more serious, but I felt bolts zapping my body like I was Wile E. Coyote and I believe if I ever want to feel that…