Curry Barker Details 20-Day Shoot for 'Obsession' After Turning an $800 Debut Into a Theatrical Feature
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Updated · In Review Online · May 12
Curry Barker Details 20-Day Shoot for 'Obsession' After Turning an $800 Debut Into a Theatrical Feature
8 articles · Updated · In Review Online · May 12
$800 debut filmmaker Curry Barker said Blumhouse-backed horror film “Obsession” pushed him from weekend shoots into 12-hour days, five days a week, for 20 straight days.
“Obsession” follows Bear, who uses a magic “One-Wish-Willow” to make his best friend love him, only for that wish to turn her into a violent, obsessive presence.
Barker said he wanted Nikki to play as a desperate, jealous girlfriend rather than a standard demon-possession figure, keeping the horror grounded in Bear’s warped idea of consent.
Without money to build sets, Barker said the team relied on location scouting and detailed production design, including multiple retro-style One-Wish-Willow package concepts refined with his mother.
The interview frames Barker as part of a growing wave of YouTube-born creators moving into theatrical filmmaking, with “Obsession” marking his first big-studio feature after “Milk & Serial.”
From an $800 YouTube film to a $15M deal, is Curry Barker's success a fluke or Hollywood's new talent pipeline?
Will the horror hit 'Obsession', with its 'weasly' hero, be seen as a vital critique or a dangerous validation?