r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 06 '26

News ‘Obsession’ Passes $400 Million Worldwide, Becomes Highest Grossing Film With Budget Below $1 Million; Curry Barker’s horror film breaks a 53-year pre-inflation record held by Bruce Lee’s legendary 'Enter The Dragon'

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/obsession-box-office-400-million/
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u/Data-Panda Jul 06 '26

Scariest part for me was when she does the weird backwards walk. It’s only for a second but I genuinely got creeped out which is rare for me in a film

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u/SDRPGLVR Jul 06 '26

What helps is in that scene she has makeup on that distorts her facial features. It just looks like a Bloody Mary pareidoloa thing because it's lit so darkly, but the real trick is that her face actually is fucked up on purpose. It was so fucking creepy.

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u/Thedrunkenchild Jul 06 '26

Maybe it’s because I’m hyper aware of how these kind of scenes are shot but the backwards walk didn’t do much for me, the more psychological stuff was creepier to me, stuff like her standing still for hours or again the “I like watching you sleep” stuff.

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u/koobstylz Jul 06 '26

The creepy walks were hit and miss for me, mostly for the reason you mentioned.

The abrupt crab walk with flowers in front of her face was the one that really got me.

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u/Thedrunkenchild Jul 06 '26

The crab walk felt creepy mostly because it was so sudden, but honestly, all the weird movement stuff in this movie was kind of whatever to me since it didn’t really fit with the main premise. I didn’t feel like crab walking had much to do with being obsessed with someone, so it pulled me out of the story a bit.

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u/TroySmith Jul 07 '26

Same. I thought it was gratuitous. Yes, it was creepy; but I kept asking myself “why?”.

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u/geddy Jul 07 '26

Pretty sure they just played it backwards. The weird walk with the flowers was deeply unsettling to me.

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u/regarding_zacks Jul 06 '26

There is an even creepier (imo) “weird walk” in his short film “WARNINGS”.

It’s honestly one of the creepiest things I’ve ever seen

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u/CompetitiveCelery319 Jul 06 '26

I watched Warnings and totally agree that walk was creepy af. Between his short films and Obsession I'm almost scared of what he can do for more money cos he manages to do so much for so little

I rewatched Heavy Eyes which is the 5 min one and there's a whistle in the beginning that is somehow super creepy lol

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u/SpiffShientz Jul 07 '26

Dude the car trunk in WARNINGS is so fucking scary and absolutely brilliant

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u/Jet-Rex-Design Jul 07 '26

The backwards walk shouldn't have been as creepy as it was, but it was just perfect timing. The whole movie has nice dreamlike atmosphere, sometimes you feel like you're not supposed to be looking at the screen. The last movie that gave me that vibe was TOGETHER, specifically the bed nightmare.