{"id":601355,"date":"2026-05-24T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601355\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:50:11","slug":"obsession-director-admits-plot-hole-in-his-own-horror-hit-it-really-doesnt-make-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601355\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsession director admits “plot hole” in his own horror hit: ‘It really doesn’t make sense’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horror flick Obsession hit cinemas last weekend and has already proven to be a big hit with movie-goers and critics<\/a>. After grossing $17 million in the US on its opening weekend, it’s no surprise that talk has now turned to a follow-up. <\/p>\n

The film’s writer-director Curry Barker has already expressed interest in doing a sequel, however he does admit there’s a major plot hole in his writing. <\/p>\n

Obsession follows Baron “Bear” Bailey (Michael Johnston) who has a crush on his childhood friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) but cannot bring himself to admit his feelings. Bear then purchases a “One Wish Willow” in a new age shop, which promises to grant a wish when broken.<\/p>\n

\"michael<\/p>\n

Focus Features<\/p>\n

Related: Best streaming services<\/a><\/p>\n

Fustrated over Nikki, Bear wishes for her to love him more than anyone else in the world and, judging by the film’s title, you can guess how that turns out. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Total Film<\/a>, Curry admitted that the One Wish Willow’s powers don’t really make sense and that could impact any potential follow-up.<\/p>\n

“I mean, it\u2019s kind of a plot hole. It\u2019s something I don\u2019t like to think about too much, because it totally doesn\u2019t make sense that there\u2019s a world of people just making wishes,” he admitted. <\/p>\n

“It really doesn\u2019t make any sense at all. If the One Wish Willow actually works, which it does in this lore, and people are just making wishes left and right, there would be some crazy\u2014like, dragons would exist. And none of that. The world is pretty normal from what we see in this movie. So, it doesn\u2019t really make sense.”<\/p>\n

Curry continued: “Here\u2019s my take; every time someone makes a wish, they enter into an alternate reality where their wish comes true, so you\u2019re not experiencing everybody\u2019s wish at the same time. <\/p>\n

“And that\u2019s why\u2014but that doesn\u2019t make sense because the money falls from the ceiling. Yeah, it\u2019s broken,” he added, referencing a scene from the film. <\/p>\n

But despite Curry’s admissions about the potential problems, the writer seems open to further exploring the Obsession universe. <\/p>\n

\"inde<\/p>\n

Universal<\/p>\n

Related: The best horror movies that are actually good and terrifying<\/a><\/p>\n

“I obviously have a couple more things that I\u2019m excited about next, but I do see Obsession 2, maybe,” Curry added. <\/p>\n

“Or even what really is exciting to me is maybe an anthology, like a one-hour episode. Each episode is a different wish that goes completely off the rails. <\/p>\n

“Maybe I\u2019ll direct the pilot with the same DP, and you could invite other filmmakers to kind of give their spin at it. That would be really cool.”<\/p>\n

Obsession is out now in cinemas.
<\/p>\n

Visit our Streaming Guide<\/a> now to see at a glance where you can view ALL your favourite shows and movies.<\/p>\n

The new edition of Living Legends, a collector’s edition exploring the royal family, is here! Buy The Royals in newsagents or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Headshot<\/p>\n

Reporter, Digital Spy \u00a0<\/p>\n

Stephanie is a freelance news writer, who previously covered WWE and AEW for Digital Spy.<\/p>\n

After graduating with a degree in history from Queen Mary University, London, she studied journalism at Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n

Outside of her work at Digital Spy, she writes about pop culture, with a special focus towards Irish media and how it intersects with politics.<\/p>\n

You can read more of her work on her Substack<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Horror flick Obsession hit cinemas last weekend and has already proven to be a big hit with movie-goers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[147950,379,205312,381,96,190731,1156,2839,205311,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-601355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-e1bc6255-2db5-4dc3-a7f0-0822fb15faa3","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-obsession-director-admits-plot-hole-in-his-own-horror-hit","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}