This review is based on a screening which took place at the 2025 Fantastic Fest Film Festival. But for many, Obsession will be their first taste of the maverick actor and filmmaker's dark sense of storytelling…and what an introduction. Nikki reappears out of nowhere, and from then on – with no boundaries – Bear's wish comes true. “ One minute, Nikki's a fantasy housewife, glued to Bear's side; the other, she's a sleep paralysis demon. Obsession is also a fantastic take on toxic relationships from the outside in, thanks to Cooper Tomlinson's Ian and Megan Lawless' Sarah.