Focus Features has unveiled the brand new trailer for Obsession, Curry Barker's buzzy festival horror hit which opens in theaters on May 15. Be careful who you wish for:
Directed by Barker (of viral found footage horror Milk & Serial fame) and starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless and Andy Richter, Obsession was apparently inspired by an episode of The Simpsons where “Bart gets a monkey paw and causes a bunch of chaos.” An official logline reads:
After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Obsession is produced by James Harris (Teashop Productions), Haley Nicole Johnson (Under the Shell) and Christian Mercuri on behalf of Capstone. Exec producers include Blumhouse giant Jason Blum, Leonora Darby (Teashop), Mark Lane (Teashop), David Haring (Capstone), Ruzanna Kegeyan (Capstone Pictures)
Shot for just $800, Barker's Milk & Serial, which follows the fallout of a surprise birthday prank gone wrong, has amassed more than 2 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube in 2024. Barker's second upcoming feature, Anything But Ghosts, was recently snapped up for production by Jason Blum and Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee and Steven Schneider (Late Night with the Devil, Strange Darling), cementing Barker as a filmmaker to watch, and YouTube as the jumping off point for a new school of exciting horror talent.
Catch Obsession in theaters this May, check out a new poster below, and for more, here's all the other horror movies we're excited for still to come in 2026.
