{"id":700900,"date":"2026-05-29T05:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700900\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:33:09","slug":"curry-barker-says-anything-but-ghosts-is-in-obsession-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/700900\/","title":{"rendered":"Curry Barker Says &#8216;Anything But Ghosts&#8217; Is In &#8216;Obsession&#8217; Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSPOILERS: This post contains details about the final scene of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/obsession\/\" id=\"auto-tag_obsession\" data-tag=\"obsession\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Obsession<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith the success of his directorial breakout in Focus Features and Universal\u2019s Obsession, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/curry-barker\/\" id=\"auto-tag_curry-barker\" data-tag=\"curry-barker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Curry Barker<\/a> is teasing his horror followup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe writer\/director recently revealed that his next film <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/anything-but-ghosts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anything-but-ghosts\" data-tag=\"anything-but-ghosts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anything But Ghosts<\/a> exists in the same universe as Obsession, noting a direct reference to the film currently in theaters, including a nod to Nikki\u2019s (Inde Navarrette) fate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s like a news article thing on the next movie where you hear a news anchor talking about a triple homicide [by] a woman,\u201d Barker told an audience during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@libbysreid\/video\/7641950739253824790?_r=1&amp;_t=ZP-96kb0HkdaV5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">post-screening Q&amp;A<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAt the end of Obsession, the spell cast over Nikki by Bear\u2019s (Michael Johnston) is broken when he takes his own life. But the damage is done after her obsessive rage drives her to kill their friends Sarah (Megan Lawless) and Ian (Cooper Tomlinson).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn Anything But Ghosts, Barker\u2019s upcoming collaboration with Focus and Blumhouse Atomic Monster, two con artists posing as ghost hunters end up in a dangerous situation when they come face-to-face with an actual dark entity.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780032789_283_MCDOBSE_UC013.jpg\" alt=\"Inde Navarrette in 'Obsession'\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"577\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tInde Navarrette as Nikki in \u2018Obsession\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFocus Features\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs well as co-writing with Tomlinson and directing, Barker stars in the movie with his longtime comedic partner. The cast also includes Aaron Paul, Bryce Dallas Howard and Violet McGraw.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILERS: This post contains details about the final scene of Obsession With the success of his directorial breakout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[67949,49,48,65684,75,337,68813],"class_list":["post-700900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-anything-but-ghosts","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-curry-barker","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}