Big-screen toxic masculinity generally involves some combination of brashness, insensitivity, entitlement, and egomania. And yet Obsession imagines the flip side to that corrosive coin, focusing on a meek, insecure, needy loner whose unhealthy covetousness is as damaging as any sexist boorishness.
A twist on a classic monkey’s paw story whose grim humor is almost as sharp as its shocks, Curry Barker’s stellar thriller—in theaters May 15, following its premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival—is a deliriously pointed cautionary tale about the perils of getting what you want, and an instant contender for classic midnight-movie status.
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