Curry Barker’s buzzy horror Obsession made the jump from TIFF to SXSW tonight with one change – a few less head smashes in what may be the film’s goriest scene and biggest jump scare.
In Toronto, where Obsession screened at the Midnight section, “there was about six or seven more smashes. And we were getting an NC-17 rating. And so they were like, you’ve got to take out some of the smashes. And I was like, I’m not taking out a single bash. But I did.”
Focus Features acquired the film after TIFF in a deal sources placed at $15M+. Written and directed by Barker Obsession follows a hopeless romantic who, after breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come with a sinister price.
It still feels “really f**king hardcore,”
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