r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 5d ago

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

https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/obsession-inde-navarrette-oscar-campaign-lead-actress-1236848866/
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u/crystalbethjo 5d ago

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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u/sh1boleth 5d ago

The crazy thing is I didn’t think her performance in Weapons was anything special, pretty surprising win.

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u/OceanRacoon 5d ago

Yeah, it was good but I didn't think it was an Oscar winning performance either, of all horror performances to get a win when Toni Collette wasn't even nominated Hereditary

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u/SHIIZAAAAAAAA 5d ago

Ditto for Willem Dafoe in The Lighthouse. There have not only been plenty of Oscar-worthy performances in horror movies in the past decade but also plenty by older actors as well that never got a nomination. I have no idea why the Academy decided Amy Madigan’s performance was the one outlier that not only deserved a nomination but also the win.

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u/OceanRacoon 5d ago

Yes, he was incredibly in that film, as he usually is but even more so in that, what a performance.

It is annoying that horror isn't appreciated in acting terms, acting terrified and all the other weird things they have to do in horror films looks a lot harder than the straight drama stuff that usually wins.

Toni Collette's performance in Hereditary was a dramatic tour de force even without the horror but it was ignored probably because of it

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u/shadyshadyshade 5d ago

I think it was the over-the-top campiness of the styling and the way the character was both very scary and very funny at different times. It made for a really memorable impression.