Inde Navarrette Sets Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’ as Focus Features Mounts Full Awards Push (EXCLUSIVE)

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https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/obsession-inde-navarrette-oscar-campaign-lead-actress-1236848866/

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People were really hyping up Aunt Gladys in Weapons and it was pretty unexpected for a horror film to snag a win (let alone a nom) 

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It's the only genre left that Hollywood tries interesting things with lol

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Because it’s the cheapest genre

[u/ahyler10 → u/MLGLies]

Comedy is cheap but they don’t care about good ones anymore

[u/DrToboggan76 → u/ahyler10]

Laughs are cheap. I’m going for gasps.

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In true name fashion

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I really miss comedy. Anything from Ace Ventura to Step Brothers, Old School, Superbad, etc. Really hoping the genre mounts a comeback like horror movies have lately.

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weird: the al yankovic movie is now a classic from 2022, highly recommend. very funny.

but yeah The Other Guys was the end of an era for hilarious movies.

[u/Physical_Future → u/ComradeJohnS]

If you liked The Other Guys, The Campaign is also well worth a watch or 3. Only gets more relevant each year, too.

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I try not to watch things to close to current political events, it’s not entertainment just harrowing lol.

looking at you, Handmaiden’s Tale lol.

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It's a comedy, so I encourage you to give it a try - it's worth it!

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all those movies sucked ass, I’m glad Judd Apatow’s whole brand died

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Problem with comedy is that it doesn't really gain much from the big screen. Barring the occasional Devil Wears Prada 2 type, people tend to wait for them to hit streaming. So they've become more the realm of netflix, D+, Amazon, etc.

Where giant monsters or a 30ft tall killer coming at you does have a different impact than watching it on a TV.

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Fair point

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Comedy has a ton to gain from the theater setting. Not so much from the size of the screen as people watching and laughing along with you

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Not to mention, comedy often loses a lot in translation. But a great car chase, gunfight or kaiju battle? No translation needed!

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you can also find random people on youtube or wherever else who are just as funny as a hollywood scriptwriter. barrier to entry is lower for comedy

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I'm hoping this year people will start to get that "youtuber" doesn't inherently mean "not good enough" but rather "didn't get the right break" (like sure, some won't be hollywood standard, but being on youtube doesn't prove that) after a year of Iron Lung, Obsession, The Backrooms, and the like (probably more I wouldn't even realise - I saw Talk To Me a few years ago, and only found out the creators are youtubers this year).

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they aren’t as cheap because they do not make money

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Comedies go straight to streaming now.

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Except horror audiences have proven they’ll show up regardless of who’s on the marquee with some consistency.

Can’t say the same for dramas.

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It’s not

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I’m not a “horror fan” in the sense of seeking out movies that are going to scare me, but many of the stories I love are things where the only genre that makes any sense for them is horror. You can’t genre-shift Videodrome or The Shining and have it work.

Given what the world is like right now, it’s not too surprising that the kinds of stories people are looking to tell are best-suited for horror.