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This week we’re unpacking Obsession (2025). We examine how the One Wish Willow turns longing into control, praise Inde Navarrette’s unnerving performance, and assess how the film unravels its central antagonist. This episode contains spoilers, beginning at 30:37.
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Watch the Movie
• Obsession (2025) (https://letterboxd.com/film/obsession-2025-2/)
Related Episodes
• 298: Hereditary (2018) (https://www.hackorslash.live/videos/298-hereditary-2018/)
• 248: Terrifier 2 (2022) (https://www.hackorslash.live/248-terrifier-2-2022/)
Main Episode
• Obsession’s Filmmaker Takes Horror to the Next Scary Level (https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/obsession-s-filmmaker-takes-horror-to-the-next-scary-level)
• Together (2025) (https://letterboxd.com/film/together-2025/)
• Twilight (2008) (https://letterboxd.com/film/twilight-2008/)
• Wayne’s World (1992) (https://letterboxd.com/film/waynes-world/)
• The Housemaid (2025) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Housemaid_%282025_film%29)
• Aventura feat. Judy Santos — “Obsesión” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsesi%C3%B3n_%28Aventura_song%29)
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"Hack or Slash" by Daniel Stapleton
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Music Credits: "Hack or Slash" by Daniel Stapleton