\n\tAccording to the listing, the film includes extras when you buy the title, which are not available when renting it. Obsession can be rented for $19.99 or purchased for $24.99. For physical media fans, a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD release is slated for July 14. There is no word yet on a streaming<\/a> release date; it\u2019s a Focus Features release, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, meaning it\u2019s most likely to end up on Peacock<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe film was written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker in his debut, and quickly became a box office smash, raking in over $370 million against a reported budget of $750,000. Obsession follows Bear, played by Michael Johnston, who\u2019s hopelessly infatuated with his co-worker Nikki, played by Inde Navarette in a chillingly good performance. Bear stumbles upon a novelty \u201cOne Wish Willow\u201d and wishes Nikki would fall in love with him. He gets a little more than he bargained for when Nikki becomes obsessed with him, at the expense of their friendships, her own well-being, and a few more grisly consequences.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s a classic monkey\u2019s paw conceit, but twisted to unsettling new heights, and Barker said he was inspired by a classic Simpsons \u201cTreehouse of Horror\u201d episode. The success of Obsession and Backrooms<\/a>, both original horror films helmed by under-30 directors with backgrounds on YouTube, kicked off a conversation about what\u2019s driving the Gen-Z horror renaissance: \u201cThe question is whether this moment is going to evolve into a bona fide movement,\u201d wrote Rolling Stone\u2019s David Fear<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019d bet a supply of cursed monkeys\u2019 paws that the answer is yes.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe director\u2019s next film is Anything But Ghosts and will star Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard, and Barker teased that his next film will take place in the same universe as Obsession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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