Episode 433: Obsession

This week talk concert etiquette, the loss of a genre, and we roll into summer genre blockbusters discussing Curry Barker's 'Obsession'.

 

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0:00 Cold open
0:34 The Avett Brothers, a Yes Day, and a drunk guy at the pit
7:30 RIP Sam Neill
10:00 Housekeeping: the Allentown saga and the SD card mystery
14:00 Staff Picks: The Love Witch and Willow Creek
25:00 OBSESSION review begins
29:00 Who is Curry Barker
34:00 The art department pay controversy
42:00 Spoilers begin
1:08:00 Final ratings

OBSESSION (2026) is a supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker, starring Inde Navarette and Cooper Tomlinson. Barker and Tomlinson are the duo behind the sketch channel That's a Bad Idea, the horror short The Chair, and the viral found footage feature Milk and Cereal. Barker is attached next to Anything But Ghosts and a Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.

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TALKING POINTS
The comedy to horror pipeline (Jordan Peele, Zach Cregger, Jim Cummings, and now Barker), the Monkey's Paw and Treehouse of Terror origin of the wish premise, the Sally Choi art department pay conversation and Barker's response, and where OBSESSION sits in the current wave of low budget horror breakouts.

This is an Audio Wool Original.

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