This weekend at the box-office Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu hasn’t been downed by The Galactic Empire or another Disney-owned IP, but by Gen Z filmgoers turning up in huge numbers to support two critically acclaimed horror films. The results are extraordinary. A24’s Backrooms took a whopping $81 million at North American ticket offices, […]
Movie Review – Obsession (2025)
Obsession, 2025. Written and Directed by Curry Barker. Starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, Haley Fitzgerald, Darin Toonder, Anthony Pavone, Justice, Anthony Casabianca, and Chloe Breen. SYNOPSIS: After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for […]
Bryce Dallas Howard joins Aaron Paul in Curry Barker’s Anything But Ghosts
While director Curry Barker is getting ready for the wide release of his feature debut Obsession, he is already prepping his next feature Anything But Ghosts., and the upcoming film has just gained an Academy Award nominee with Bryce Dallas Howard joining the cast. Howard will star alongside Breaking Bad veteran Aaron Paul, Barker and Cooper Tomlinson from […]
A24’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reimagining finds its director in Curry Barker
A24 are revving up the motor on yet another remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by announcing that Curry Barker is set to head to the Sawyer residence to reskin Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic once again. Variety reports that the up-and-coming director has been tasked with “reimagining” Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel’s iconic […]
Be careful what you wish for in new Obsession trailer
Focus Features and Blumhouse have released a new trailer and poster for Curry Barker’s debut feature horror film Obsession. The film features Michael Johnston (Teen Wolf) and Inde Navarrette (Superman & Lois) as Bear and Nikki, a pair of friends though Bear has romantic feelings for Nikki. After he purchases a ‘One Wish Willow’ that will […]
Curry Barker horror Obsession unleashes new trailer
Focus Features has released a trailer for writer-director Curry Barker’s upcoming horror Obsession. Michael Johnston stars as Bear, a young man who after years of struggling with unrequited love, uses a “One Wish Willow” to gain the love of the girl of his dreams, unaware that his desire comes at a sinister price. Joining Johnston […]
Movie Review – Obsession (2025)
Obsession, 2025. Directed by Curry Barker. Starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, Chloe Breen and Darin Toonder. SYNOPSIS When a hopeless romantic makes a wish that his long-time crush falls in love with him, a sinister enchantment ensues in writer-director Curry Barker’s freaky and frightening feature debut. We all know […]
