In Obsession, director avoided making Nikki look “possessed.” “We were very specific. I didn’t ever want her to play possessed. I wanted her to play like a jealous girlfriend.” Director Curry Barker encouraged the actress Inde Navarrette to “go home and make faces” in the mirror. She experimented with contortions, different voices, and expressions to build the possessed/shadow versions of Nikki “I prepared for the role of Nikki by just allowing myself to be unfiltered and raw with the way that there’s ugly emotions that we never want to show people”

In Obsession (2026), director Curry Barker revealed the “One Wish Willow” was inspired by The Simpsons episode where Bart gets a monkey’s paw and accidentally causes complete chaos. ‘OBSESSION’ has now debuted with over $23M worldwide against the filming budget of $750K.

finished reading the obsession screenplay and curry clarifies that when nikki throws up on bear it is mostly stomach acid from lack of food, indicating further that she was so entrapped in “loving” bear that she ignored the most basic human necessities