US EditionBlumhouse Boards Curry Barker’s Romance-Themed Focus Horror Flick ‘Obsession’ — Watch The Trailer
Focus Features acquired Obsession for $15M+ after its festival success; Blumhouse joined as executive producer for a May 15, 2026 U.S. theatrical release.
- Earlier this year, Focus Features unveiled Obsession's first teaser after acquiring it at TIFF in a deal our sources placed at $15M+, with Blumhouse boarding and Jason Blum as executive producer.
- The film premiered in TIFF's midnight section, played sold-out shows at Fantastic Fest, and won Sitges' People's Choice Award, generating festival buzz that sparked Focus Features' acquisition.
- From writer-director Curry Barker, Michael Johnston stars as Bear, who breaks a `One Wish Willow` to win Nikki's love and faces dark consequences, with Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless and Andy Richter.
- Focus plans a wide U.S. release on May 15, 2026, framing it as a massive vote of confidence after festival acclaim at Fantastic Fest and Sitges.
- Producers James Harris and Haley Nicole Johnson financed the project with Christian Mercuri , which fully funded and repped rights alongside CAA Media Finance; Blumhouse partnered with Spooky Pictures on Barker's next film, Anything But Ghosts.
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Blumhouse Boards Curry Barker’s Romance-Themed Focus Horror Flick ‘Obsession’ — Watch The Trailer
Focus Features has unveiled the first teaser for Obsession, the buzzy horror film from Curry Barker that they swooped on at TIFF in a deal our sources placed at $15M+, additionally announcing that Jason Blum’s Blumhouse has boarded the project. Michael Johnston stars in the film, written and directed by Barker, as a hopeless romantic who, after breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, finds himself getting exactly wh…
Be Careful What You Wish for in the First Trailer for ‘Obsession’
We love a good teaser trailer, and the first one for Obsession is exactly that. It’s just a few shots making up one tiny sliver of the bigger picture. But within that space, your mind races with the possibilities. Just as a good teaser trailer should do. From writer-director Curry Barker, Obsession stars Michael Johnston as Bear, a man who is deeply in love with one of his friends, Nikki, played by Inde Navarrette. She doesn’t share those feelin…
Teaser Trailer: Curry Barker's "Obsession"
Focus Features has premiered the official teaser trailer for the highly acclaimed horror feature “Obsession” which first played at the Toronto film fest where it was named first runner-up for the People’s Choice Award: Midnight Madness. It marks the second film of actor turned filmmaker Curry Barker whose film “Milk & Serial” became a viral video sensation in 2024. This new film currently sits at a 97% in Rotten Tomatoes from 33 reviews. After b…
Focus Partners with Blumhouse on Curry Barker's Obsession
Focus Features has partnered with Blumhouse, the company behind some of the generation’s most iconic and groundbreaking horror films, for Curry Barker’s breakout debut, Obsession. Jason Blum will serve as executive producer on the film. Hailed at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as a shocking and unsettling descent into abject horror, the film will hit U.S. theaters on May 15, 2026, with Universal Pictures International handling wo…
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