[0:00] Okay, so one of the most twisted parts 
of Obsession happens in what's probably  
[0:03] the movie's most famous scene. No, no, no.
[0:11] In it, Bear confronts Nikki about her faking her 
dad's cancer, and we see her breakdown because  
[0:15] they were having a nice time. How about 
rather than denying or saying he's wrong,  
[0:19] she simply says something so they can go back to 
the fantasy. Nikki's asking him not to break the  
[0:25] illusion because this is what would 
destroy Bear's wish. She even asks,  
[0:29] "Then why does it matter?" Because if things 
seem right on the surface, then what does it  
[0:34] matter if something darker is going on behind 
it? This is also something that Bear accepts  
[0:38] as well because it's easier than dealing with 
the reality that she lied. Bear is also happy  
[0:42] to stay in the fantasy because in his mind, this 
is everything he wanted. However, it's all fake.  
[0:48] And this is exemplified when we jump cut to the 
pair having sex. Nikki clearly isn't enjoying it,  
[0:53] but is just going through the motions much like 
Bear. The fact that Nikki asks why does it matter  
[0:58] as well is showing that she's really asking Bear 
how much he's willing to ignore and ignore things  
[1:04] he does. Though the real Nikki constantly leaves 
clues throughout that she isn't in control, Bear  
[1:09] ignores this to keep up the illusion. Bear knows 
that Nikki just doesn't love him without the wish,  
[1:14] which also stops him from really connecting to 
her. Nikki also can't connect with Bear because,  
[1:18] as we know, this isn't the real Nikki. But to 
bear, he's got everything he wanted. And the  
[1:23] movie is all about how much he's willing to ignore 
things and put up with this fake Nikki. One of the  
[1:28] creepiest ones happens when Nikki's asleep, and we 
see she begs for death. Bear once more chooses to  
[1:34] ignore it, though, and this leads to the death 
of Sarah and even himself. Had the character  
[1:39] respected Nikki's wishes rather than his own, 
then he wouldn't have damned everyone to a life of  
[1:43] despair. Nikki ends up becoming his prisoner, who 
puts on a happy face because it's what Bear wants.  
[1:49] She completely loses her autonomy and becomes 
trapped in this vessel behind something that  
[1:53] looks human. Now, another big moment happens 
when she stands in the corner of the bedroom.  
[1:57] She looks otherworldly, which is a testament to 
the makeup artist Kate Algera. Fantastic effect,  
[2:01] and there's obviously a lot of subtext here with 
her basically losing her humanity completely,  
[2:06] which is why the face looks off. It's uncanny and 
distorted with it appearing almost mannequin-like,  
[2:11] and mannequins are, of course, figures that 
look human, but they obviously have no autonomy  
[2:15] or agency. It also plays into Bear's desires 
to strip her of who she really is. He's taken  
[2:20] her personality, her dreams, and desires, and 
reduced her to what an empty husk. Even the no
[2:33] feels like a direct nod to Get Out, which 
also tackles similar things. No, no, no,  
[2:42] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 
Beyond that, I think the film tackles the idea  
[2:47] of how obsession is a poison chalice. Sure, if 
someone's obsessed with you, they might love you  
[2:51] and hit the thumbs up, but you have to wonder 
what it's like for them. Obsession can lead to  
[2:56] that person feeling anxiety and fear. And when 
they think the person doesn't love them back,  
[3:00] it then puts them in a position where they then 
desire control. Thus, they'll go to more extreme  
[3:04] things to try and get the person to love them 
and control what they want. And ultimately,  
[3:08] this destroys everything around them. This is even 
explained away at one point when Bear looks up the  
[3:13] conditions that Nikki's shown. Now, this site 
details the effects of Molly, which initially  
[3:17] is used to explain why Nikki is acting like she 
is. However, these side effects are also similar  
[3:23] to mental health issues with there being anxiety, 
mood swings, paranoia, and confusion, which are  
[3:28] all things Nikki exhibits. Barker explained how 
when two people are obsessed with each other,  
[3:32] how they'll end up being destructive. Also 
think that the film focuses on how love  
[3:36] makes you blind and what you'll be willing to 
put up with just to be with the one you love.  
[3:40] Bear is the only perspective that we follow 
throughout the movie. And at no point do we cut  
[3:45] to any other characters. We only ever see things 
through Bear's eyes and only get his perspective.  
[3:50] So everything is his self-centered worldview 
where he and his wishes are the most important  
[3:55] thing. It's the ultimate tale of Be careful 
what you wish for. And throughout this video,  
[3:59] we're going to be breaking it all down. Welcome 
to the Heavy Spoilers Show. I'm your host,  
[4:03] Paul, and my one wish is that you follow us 
through this video as we go through obsession.
[4:12] It's a horror that along with back rooms has lit 
up the box office and might even be a sign that  
[4:17] cinema is changing. Made on Omega $750,000, it's 
now become one of the most profitable movies of  
[4:24] all time. Beyond its accomplishments, though, I 
think the reason for the film's success is the  
[4:28] fact that it's got so much going on with it. 
There's hidden details, lots of things you'll  
[4:32] miss, and just tons of talking points going on 
beneath the surface. In this video, I want to  
[4:37] analyze the movie and talk about everything 
that this film has going on with it. Also,  
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[4:54] this get made. Now, Obsession was written and 
directed by Curry Barker, who made his name with  
[4:58] a sketch comedy channel. That's a bad idea. This 
is something he worked on with his friend Cooper  
[5:03] Tomlinson who also plays in in this movie. Now 
Barka is the latest sketch comedy filmmaker to  
[5:09] make superb horror movies with Zack Greger putting 
out Barbarian and Weapons. Jordan Peele of course  
[5:14] cut his teeth in comedy and I think horror is 
just a natural evolution. To me, comedy requires  
[5:20] really good timing, which is something that horror 
requires as well. Lingering on that creepy moment  
[5:25] for a second too long, dropping the scare at the 
perfect moment. They're all things that rely on  
[5:30] timing. Comedy can also lower the audience's 
guard. And when it's used in the horror,  
[5:35] it can really heighten the scares. But it's clear 
that Barker wanted to follow in Peele's footsteps.  
[5:40] And he even said on the Dead Meat podcast that 
the biggest influence in his career has been Key  
[5:44] and Peele. Speaking with The New Yorker, Barker 
also explained that he grew up being obsessed  
[5:48] with horror movies starting in 2003. That was 
with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. Uh,  
[5:54] and it's something that's going to prove 
quite handy as he's also helming A24's reboot  
[5:58] of it. But Obsession is a film that I've become 
obsessed with myself. And throughout this video,  
[6:03] we're going to be going through it all. No one on 
this earth will ever comprehend what it feels like  
[6:09] to love someone as much as I love you. Now, we 
open the movie with Bear spilling his guts to what  
[6:15] we're supposed to think is Nikki. Well, that is 
if you hadn't seen the trailer and the countless  
[6:20] memes flooding the internet. I was actually h on 
holiday when this movie dropped. So, I didn't see  
[6:24] it opening weekend. to air. But yeah, by Monday, 
I think myself and everyone had seen Nikki's face  
[6:29] a thousand times. Thematically, this also sets 
up what the movie is about and perfectly plays  
[6:34] into how we'll not really see the real Nikki. The 
person opposite him isn't who he thinks she is,  
[6:39] and that's something that's a key point throughout 
the film. Bear is still spilling his heart out,  
[6:43] though, but he's keeping up the act he loves her 
when really he knows it's not her. So, this just  
[6:49] lays the groundwork for everything to come, 
and it's the perfect way to open up the film.  
[6:53] One thing I like is how he's sitting in a diner 
as well, which is something that's used in lots  
[6:57] of different romcoms, and most notably in When 
Harry Met Sally. He's also placed on the same side  
[7:02] of the table as the restaurant later on, and it 
just nicely lays the groundwork for that scene. As  
[7:06] he spells his guts, I also feel like he's trying 
to write a romance story. This is something that  
[7:11] he and Nikki talk about later as we learn she's 
writing a love story, which bear conflates with  
[7:15] a romance. One shows though that the pair on 
different pages with romance and love being two  
[7:21] different things. Romance to me, if you're asking, 
uh, that's always been that passionate spark where  
[7:26] there's an excitement and you do gestures to show 
that you care. On the flip side of this, though,  
[7:32] love is a steady and more meaningful foundation 
that goes beyond just superficial acts. Now,  
[7:37] to me, the wish currently makes someone fall 
in love with you, but it can make it seem like  
[7:40] there's a romantic connection between you. But 
I feel like Bear doesn't really understand love,  
[7:45] so he mistakes romance for that, just like 
he does with his story. It's a romance. No,  
[7:50] it's not a romance. It's a love story. Isn't that 
the same thing? What's really cool as well is that  
[7:57] Bear says he doesn't talk like this and almost 
snaps out of his monologue. This is something that  
[8:01] we see Nikki do later on when the real Nikki wakes 
up and is horrified at what's happening. His words  
[8:06] also kind of echo what the wish did to Nikki. 
Sorry, this is weird. I I don't talk like this.  
[8:11] No, it's okay. Which is something he struggles 
with throughout the speech. He knows this isn't  
[8:15] how he should be acting, but he puts himself back 
on track to try and show he loves her. How about  
[8:20] he breaks throughout the movie before fully 
coming unraveled at the end, much like Nikki,  
[8:25] he's even coaxed along by Ian, who if we seen 
this scene as being a metaphor for the movie,  
[8:30] um you could see Ian as being in the situation. 
I feel like I'm coming apart. This obviously  
[8:38] also foreshadows Nikki's mental state. This 
speech is all about obsession and how he's  
[8:42] losing control of himself thinking about Nikki. 
So, in order to gain this, he makes the wish,  
[8:47] which ultimately gives him complete power over 
her. It's also a speech where he says how she did  
[8:51] nice things for him, but in Bear's view, kindness 
means that she must like him. Nikki even seems  
[8:56] to treat him like a friend and was constantly 
checking up on him when he moved. As we learn,  
[9:01] she's estranged from her dad as well and possibly 
came here alone in a similar situation. We then  
[9:05] get to see that he's just talking to a waitress, 
which is a great way to show how his image of love  
[9:10] is all in act. How about the waitress opposite 
loves the monologue, and he probably could have  
[9:15] even hooked up with her. There's also the 
character Sarah, who we discover likes him  
[9:18] as well. And this is the first hint that he could 
have broken out of his loneliness and found love  
[9:22] with someone who loved him back, but he's just 
got that tunnel vision for Nikki. An obsession,  
[9:26] if you will. The obsession at this point exists 
solely on his side. And this leaves him an anxious  
[9:31] wreck that's constantly thinking about her, even 
saying he thinks about her with every song. Then  
[9:36] I would choose you over everything. Bear is of 
course the villain of the movie though, and he  
[9:40] completely strips Nikki of her agency and makes 
her a slave. I also wonder if the name bear was  
[9:45] uh meant to be a play on that recent question or 
survey thing. Can't remember exactly what it was,  
[9:50] but about how women would rather be left alone 
in the woods with a bear than a man. You know  
[9:55] the one, it went viral. But the point is, bears a 
wolf in sheep's clothing and a bear is of course  
[10:00] a predator. So his name highlights the danger that 
he brings. Ian then snaps him out of the monologue  
[10:04] by saying that it's cringey. Ian seems to know 
what Nikki would like and says how she'd vomit at  
[10:09] this kind of thing. as we learn he's actually been 
sleeping with Nikki behind Be's back for 2 years,  
[10:14] all while coaching Be on how to get with her. 
How about there is a read here that he's actually  
[10:18] sabotaging Be's chances, especially because he 
suggests calling her freaky Nikki. According to  
[10:24] Ironb trivia, this is what her bullies used to 
call her at school, and this is why she hates  
[10:28] the nickname. So, yeah, not a good move there. 
Not a good plan. Cotton, let's see if it pays  
[10:32] off for him. Upon second viewing though, you 
can see the major disparity between the pair  
[10:37] as a distinct lack of understanding of who Nikki 
is. Ian thinks he knows what his friend should do  
[10:42] as he's sleeping with her. However, as she later 
says, she's looking for love, which he's not able  
[10:47] to provide. The waitress also suggests getting 
her something nice, which he does later on, going  
[10:51] against Ian's advice of just being less sappy. 
The waitress then reels off ideas, and Ian just  
[10:56] dismisses her by saying, "Flowers, the candy that 
she said she likes." Okay, thank you. What? Thank  
[11:06] you. He then pretty rudely h just brushes her 
away and it shows how women are just objects to  
[11:11] Ian. Nikki ends up becoming this to bear as well 
and Ian's nature starts to seep into how he acts.  
[11:16] But like Nikki, the waitress is just a prop for 
them and is sent back to her job as soon as she's  
[11:21] not needed. And I bet they didn't tip her either. 
Bear also says, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I made you  
[11:26] do that." No, it's okay. You're okay. just pretend 
like you're good. Foreshadowing that he will make  
[11:32] Nikki do things later on. What I like as well is 
that Bear is thoroughly pathetic. Like I kind of  
[11:37] expected Jack Quaid's character and companion, but 
we get a total sap. You are one pathetic loser.  
[11:44] Ian asks Bear if he's ever even flirted with her 
and then mentions he shouldn't buy romance again.  
[11:49] He's another dude who mentions romance whereas 
Nikki said that she's looking for something more.  
[11:53] He then basically says to neg her and this is 
Ian kind of sabotaging Bear's chances as he  
[11:59] knows it's going to piss her off. Ian also says 
that Bear should ask her for a drink. But Bear  
[12:03] quickly replies saying how she always invites Ian. 
And guys, if you ask out a girl you like and she  
[12:08] replies with, "Who else is going to be there? I've 
got some bad news that you might want to sit down  
[12:14] for." Now Nikki, as we learn, is going through 
an existential crisis which is probably spurred  
[12:18] on by constantly going back to the guy who doesn't 
actually like her. Ian even says, "All you have is  
[12:24] time." Which is the total opposite of Nikki, who 
feels like time is running out. However, Barker  
[12:29] has hinted that just before the movie kicked 
off, Ian called off the secret situationship  
[12:33] uh or the entanglement, if you will. Also wondered 
if Nikki just carelessly shooting Ian at the end  
[12:39] represents a side of her that's angry that she was 
just tossed away by the character and now she's  
[12:44] also doing the same thing back with his life. But 
each of the friend group is in a similar state of  
[12:49] arrested development. And even Sarah is applying 
to college in her mid20s. Think it's such a good  
[12:54] way to open up the film though. And as he repeats 
the phrase, "All you have is time." We then cut to  
[12:59] his dead cat. Talk about the cat uh more in just 
a bit, but it's actually got a lot of hidden depth  
[13:04] to it. The reason that I want to focus on this 
opening a bit more though is because originally  
[13:08] when they were making the movie, we were going to 
have something slightly different. The movie was  
[13:12] actually going to start with the TV similar to how 
we cut to the credits at the end. A romantic movie  
[13:16] would be playing on it and the camera would then 
pan down to the cat and bear crying. This would  
[13:21] then mirror the ending where we see Nikki on the 
couch and be like a full circle moment of grief.  
[13:26] Cody thought it would be cool to have the opening 
mirror the ending. How about this was cut due to  
[13:30] test audience reactions. They were also frustrated 
that Bear wasn't trying harder to fix the wish and  
[13:36] what it had done to Nikki. How about Barker 
decided to instead double down and show why  
[13:41] he didn't want to fix the wish and instead wanted 
to sign post that he was desperate to make things  
[13:46] work even though it was hopeless. Either way, the 
cat somehow got into the pill bottles. And I love  
[13:50] how it says, "Do not eat on the bottom. You're 
supposed to put the warnings on the front, mate.  
[13:55] How's the cat supposed to read that?" But for some 
reason, he's still got all of his grandmother's  
[13:59] medicine, including her pulse. It shows how he 
holds on to things even if they're dangerous,  
[14:04] and very much establishes things with Nikki. also 
subtly shows that Bear struggles with his mental  
[14:09] health. The lid's so insecure as well, an animal 
can just knock it over. The medicine cabinet also  
[14:14] doesn't close first time, and he was barely 
keeping a lid on things which led to his cat's  
[14:19] death. And that is subtext for Nikki. Bear's 
carelessness is what caused the cat to perish,  
[14:24] though, and his carelessness with the wish causes 
everyone's death. Now, though, I don't think  
[14:28] Wish Nikki is the soul of the cat come back. 
Uh, which I have seen your theory times. Um,  
[14:33] I've read them. I'm not sure. Uh, but I do think 
the cat is here for a specific reason. Like Nikki,  
[14:39] the cat was left in the house on its own, and Bear 
tosses its body away in the bin bag, showing how  
[14:44] little regard he has for things that he loves. He 
also keeps it in the house long after its death,  
[14:49] showing how he can't let go. Should have let Nikki 
go much earlier in the movie, but couldn't bring  
[14:53] himself to do it. You can also see the cat as 
representing Curiosity, and how, say it with me,  
[14:59] curiosity killed the cat. The cat dies much like 
how Bear does because Bear is curious about the  
[15:04] one wish Willow and he sets in place a chain of 
events that will lead to his death. The pills also  
[15:09] highlight his own issues and explain why he's 
deeply insecure and controlling. We also learn  
[15:13] through this that the name of his grandma was 
Barbara and the pills helped to set up the ending  
[15:17] where he takes them to end the curse. But yeah, 
nothing's going right for him. He cries and we  
[15:22] also see photos of his friend group who are called 
the Bassclft Bandits. As we can see, they were all  
[15:26] in the school band, which is also presumably why 
they ended up working at a music store. We can see  
[15:31] the photos taken in a photo booth, and the first 
one looks like he's almost dragging Nikki in there  
[15:36] and forcing her to be there. That is subtext. 
The second is the pair together with Bear smiling  
[15:41] while Nikki looks pissed off. The third is Bear 
looking sad while Nikki holds Ian looking happy,  
[15:46] showing where her heart may possibly lie. The 
last one has Ian with his eyes crossed out,  
[15:51] and as we know, he's killed at the end. Sarah is 
also lying across and wearing red, also hinting  
[15:57] at her death. And Nikki looks angry as Sarah's 
lying on Ian. It's an amazing bit of set design  
[16:02] and basically spells out the plot of the movie. 
Hints at Bear wasn't happy that Ian jumped into  
[16:07] the booth and ruined his moment with Nikki and 
he may subconsciously dislike him. Also, I think  
[16:11] Michael Johnson's superb as Bear throughout and 
he really plays the sniveling coward character  
[16:17] so well. Also love how the obsession titles 
stitched into the duvet cover. And we cut to  
[16:22] bear scrolling through Nikki's Instagram. You 
can see he's like the post along with Cooper  
[16:26] Tomlinson who again plays Ian. Really makes you 
think about how stalking works now though. And  
[16:31] uh like back in the day, back in the day when 
I was a kid, mate. Uh you didn't have access to  
[16:35] someone through your phone 24/7. You [ __ ] kids. 
Uh when I was young and I liked a girl at school  
[16:41] and like uh we broke up for the summer holidays. 
That was it. I didn't see her doing anything.  
[16:47] I didn't see videos of her, didn't see photos of 
her for about 6 weeks. She was gone and it was  
[16:52] a healthier way to live. Nowadays though, you can 
just crack open your phone and can instantly check  
[16:57] in on your crush. So, the obsession can become 
even stronger because this person can be with you  
[17:02] every moment of your life and yet also not with 
you. When they're on your phone though, they're  
[17:06] not really there and are trapped behind a screen 
looking perfect, much like how Nikki's trapped by  
[17:11] bear and forced to betray the image that he wants. 
Nikki then calls and my guy must have felt like he  
[17:16] was kismmet. We can also see that he's put love 
emojis in her name. Uh which is like the ultimate  
[17:21] simp move. He instantly smiles though even though 
he's grieving. Um uh but the conversation just  
[17:27] seems to be about work. They don't really have 
much chemistry on the phone either and it just  
[17:31] seems like they're friends. Now the creative team 
did say that they shot every scene twice with one  
[17:35] being where Nikki was into bear and one where she 
wasn't. Only they know how they cut them but I do  
[17:41] think it adds some ambiguity. bearing the grief of 
his cat's death, he doesn't want to go to trivia  
[17:45] night cuz he is a bit of a mess. Uh, so she then 
says she was going to tell him something, which  
[17:50] turns out that she's putting her two weeks notice. 
Hold on. Is that another romcom reference? Well,  
[17:55] her reason is that they're running out of time 
and the camera cuts to the Kit Kat clock. This  
[17:59] probably hurts more now that Sandy's dead and 
it plays in the crisis that things are finite.  
[18:04] His cat has just shown how quickly things can be 
stripped away and thus Bear doesn't want to lose  
[18:09] this chance to confess his feelings. Also love 
the music here and it abruptly cuts after he says  
[18:14] tonight's the night and Nikki drops her necklace. 
Very funny how she's having like a bit of a mini  
[18:19] crisis and he has no idea what to say. He sort of 
just stun locked by it and he seems to want her  
[18:24] to be the perfect idea of what he has in his head 
much like he does later on when he tells her to  
[18:29] be normal. Cutting to the new age hippie shop, the 
assistant is then talking to a friend on the phone  
[18:33] and asks why would she even say that. I love the 
way that she's used throughout the movie and she's  
[18:38] much like Nikki and kind of disconnected from 
everything going on around her, sort of dipping  
[18:44] in and out and she's also got a voice in her head. 
We can also see that the shop is called the green  
[18:48] man, which is a folklore figure usually associated 
with rebirth. The figure also heavily centers  
[18:54] around the idea of being careful what you wish for 
as the Arurian legend has a knight beheading the  
[18:58] green man to gain glory and notoriety. However, 
he has to return to the figure one year later to  
[19:03] take his penins which ultimately leads to his 
death. Side note, we've actually been working  
[19:07] on a breakdown of the Green Knight movie h that 
we are going to drop around the Odyssey. So, make  
[19:11] sure you subscribe for that. However, I'm hesitant 
to look uh too much into at the Green Man meaning  
[19:16] here as it's actually the name of the location in 
real life. This was shot in Burbank, California,  
[19:20] and you can go there if you want. Beyond that, 
there's also the music stalker sells music, which  
[19:25] is a real place as well. You may recognize it from 
Wayne's World, and this is where Goth performs a  
[19:29] Neil Peresque drum solo and Stairway to Heaven's 
Band. But yeah, the shop assistant's great,  
[19:34] and she's also played a shop assistant in Barker's 
other work. He then asks to see the crystal  
[19:38] necklaces, and he has no idea if she's talking to 
him or not. It highlights a level of detachment  
[19:43] and how women of this world aren't really engaged 
with him. We can also see his distorted reflection  
[19:48] in the mirror, showing how at this moment, he's a 
shell of himself. This is something that mirrors  
[19:53] how Nikki looks when she stands in the corner, 
which also highlights the same idea. She says that  
[19:58] the rose quartz attracts love, but he just asks 
for good energy. She then mentions Citroen, and  
[20:03] this is known to bring wealth. Don't know if it's 
intentional or not. Uh, but obviously, you know,  
[20:07] Bear wishes for good energy in a way in getting 
love. Um, and Ian also asks for a billion dollars.  
[20:12] So, maybe it's foreshadowing that, but Bear says 
Nikki would hate that in regards to the stone. and  
[20:17] it just further shows how she's not fixated on 
money, which is why she shouldn't be with Ian.  
[20:22] He then sees the very 40s/50s toys that would be 
advertised in comic books. And this kind of fits  
[20:27] in with the art deco clock in his home. It's 
also a magic eye inspired by the eye of Horus,  
[20:32] which Nikki has a tattoo of, a chromoscope, 
a voodoo doll, and something on the right,  
[20:36] which I can't quite make out. In the middle, 
though, is the one wish Willow, which is the  
[20:40] McGuffin of the movie. This was actually inspired 
by the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode,  
[20:45] episode 2. and in that Lisa dreams that Homer had 
a cursed monkeykey's paw. Each wish was granted  
[20:50] but had unforeseen side effects such as Lisa 
wishing for world peace only for the planet to be  
[20:55] taken over by Kang and Kronos. That story itself 
was inspired by WW Jacobs the monkeykey's poor in  
[21:00] which wishes are granted that have a double-edged 
sword to them. In it, there's a father who wishes  
[21:05] for £200 to pay a final mortgage payment only 
for it to come from his son's life insurance.  
[21:09] Barker was also inspired by the idea of a what 
if Willy Wonka were evil? Hell, police murder and  
[21:17] what might happen when people are so obsessed with 
each other that kind of like an inverse of 2025s  
[21:23] together. And I will also die on the hill that 
Willy Wonka was also kind of evil. Either way,  
[21:28] the one wish Willow is intended to look like a 
cheap joke toy. And speaking with behind the lens,  
[21:32] Barker explained that he wanted the mcguffin 
to be something hokey or shop bought as opposed  
[21:37] to the usual creepy horror magic stuff. kind of 
reminds me a lot of big as well and the sort of  
[21:43] I don't know like hokey magician thing there. As 
he turns him over, we also see a cat on the back  
[21:48] as the company that makes them is called Tabbyat 
and it's curiosity killed the cat. This feels like  
[21:52] an omen though and every time there's a cat, it 
leads into Baker making the wrong choice. There's  
[21:57] also a phone number which Bear calls later and the 
voice on the other end is actually Curry Barker.  
[22:01] Beyond that, Tabby is also not to his YouTube 
channel. That's a bad idea, Tabby. But yeah,  
[22:07] Bear opts to buy the One Wish Willow and the 
shop assistant mentions that they have been very  
[22:12] popular ever since they came out. The assistant 
then hints that the One Wish Willow is real by  
[22:16] saying he shouldn't come back and complain if 
it works. It's incredibly uncomfortable though  
[22:20] as he tries to find out the truth. He jokes about 
the wish ruining people's lives and she says or  
[22:25] they wish they were dead or do die, which are all 
things that happen later. It's also just a really  
[22:29] weird demeanor with the shop assistant that 
makes it kind of feel like a sketch. The movie  
[22:34] is also deeply unsettling in the way it's shot as 
every actor is centered, leaving so much space at  
[22:40] the top, left, and right. Cinematographer Taylor 
Clemens was actually inspired by the work of David  
[22:45] Fincher, particularly Seven. And lots of this 
movie looks murky and grim like the director's  
[22:49] work. One thing I also noticed as well is that 
The Willow cost $6.99, but the assistant says  
[22:54] $7. Might be a goof. Uh, or it could be because 
not everything is exactly as it seems. And there  
[23:01] will be a hidden cost. That is subtext. Am I 
reaching? Let me know below. But we then cut  
[23:05] to Barker's pub for trivia night, which is 
of course named after the director himself.  
[23:09] The trivia host is played by Curry's father, who 
also wrote the weird story that Nikki reads out  
[23:14] later on. He's actually becoming a screenwriter 
himself and working on something with his son,  
[23:18] so expect to see more of him at the table. I also 
love how Be's isolation is on display as he's  
[23:23] centered while his friends sit around him. He's 
in the middle with Nikki and Ian on either side,  
[23:28] foreshadowing how he'll be caught in the middle 
of their situationship. The condiment bottles also  
[23:32] give us a hint at the secret. Red can mean power, 
love, or passion. All of which connect Bear and  
[23:37] Nikki. The yellow of the mustard bottle in front 
of Ian can mean betrayal, and yellow is of course  
[23:42] um a color often associated with being a coward. 
Sarah has also liked Bear in Plain Sight,  
[23:47] but is hidden by Ian. We also get the hint at 
Sarah having beef with Nikki as we learn Nikki's  
[23:51] been slacking and not tuning the guitars or doing 
her other tasks at work so she can go and write  
[23:56] her novel. Meanwhile, Sarah's dad owns the store 
and keeps moaning about them to her. Sarah likes  
[24:01] Bear though, who loves Nikki, who's banging Ian 
on the down low, so it's a messy love square and  
[24:06] one that leads to them all ending up miserable 
and dead mostly. Now, we get to Ian who can tell  
[24:11] Bear is going to confess his love, but Nikki 
notices the guy's mouthing things. here that  
[24:15] we finally see Nikki played by Indie Navarette who 
absolutely steals the show. You may recognize her  
[24:20] from 13 Reasons Why or Superman and Lois. 
And yeah, she's the real breakout star of  
[24:25] the movie. She's very much meant to be the cute 
girl next door, which is how Barker wrote her,  
[24:29] but never auditioned for her and played her more 
like a cool girl. Like if Zoe Desheld's character  
[24:35] in 500 days of summer, wore a leather jacket or 
something. Bear then asks for a pinña colada.
[24:43] I don't think it's a gay drink. Nikki roasts 
him by saying she likes a man in touch with  
[24:47] his feminine side. And I like how even the Borman 
was smiling. What is interesting though is that  
[24:51] later on at the party, Bear actually has a beer, 
showing that he's morphing into what he thinks he  
[24:56] should be for her. He does this, he says, because 
he doesn't like the taste of alcohol, but this  
[24:59] evolution shows that he's trying to become that 
person. He also says that he's been watching TV  
[25:04] all day, but we know he's been scrolling through 
his Instagram and crying over his cat. The fact he  
[25:08] can't even tell Nikki about the cat though shows 
he's putting on an act in order to seem cool cuz  
[25:13] yeah, she might potentially be put off by the 
baggage and he'd rather appear as the man that  
[25:18] he thinks that she wants. She then says, "Open 
babe to the bar man." Uh with the babe seemingly  
[25:23] flustering him. Babe is just one of those terms um 
that you know you can call whoever you want. You  
[25:29] just say it as being a friend. Um and I do think 
that because she said it to him before and is now  
[25:33] saying it to the bowman, he starts secondguessing 
things. but he is about to tell her what he got  
[25:37] for her, only to be interrupted again, this 
time by Ian. We then get a Czechov's gun,  
[25:42] or more specifically um Czechov's description of 
where the gun is as he says that Sarah's dad keeps  
[25:48] a gun in the breakroom safe. So yeah, that's how 
it comes around at the end. Sarah then appears  
[25:52] and they all do their shots except for Bear who 
slightly leaves his at the bar and this is because  
[25:56] he doesn't like alcohol. Ian and Nikki then run 
off while Sarah asks why they toast it to Sandy.  
[26:02] He actually confides in the character who offers 
him comfort and she likes him without him putting  
[26:07] on an act, but he's just too obsessed with Nikki. 
It's pretty different to Nikki's reaction later  
[26:11] on in the car as well, which when he tells her, I 
don't know, it seems a bit blaszeise. As they go  
[26:17] back to their table, we also see Nikki take Ian's 
hat, which is just another hint that there's more  
[26:22] there. When they leave, it's nowhere to be seen, 
though, showing how Ian has no issue with leaving  
[26:26] things close to him behind. He then says that he 
wants to go to karaoke, but Nikki wants to go to  
[26:30] bed and begs Ian to take her home. Highlights how 
she'll always go to him first and how they want  
[26:35] different things and ultimately aren't on the 
same page. Bear then says he'll take her home  
[26:39] instead. And we watch as Nikki goes and gives 
$20 to a homeless person. Well, I say she gives  
[26:45] $20. She takes it from Sarah and then gives it 
away. So, it's not as altruistic as you think.  
[26:50] But Bear is blinded by love and he loves her for 
her selflessness. But again, it's really Sarah's  
[26:56] and he's kind of missing the thing that's right 
in front of him. As they head out, Ian then says,  
[27:00] "Get your girl home safe." And Nikki says, "Get 
your girl home safe." Ew, don't say it like that.  
[27:05] And I thought the worst thing she could say is, 
"No." But he's finally alone with her and she says  
[27:10] to call when the loss of his cat finally hits. She 
makes a weird face though, like she's annoyed at  
[27:15] what she said. Nikki then says she's not happy 
at the store, but he says it's just a job. But  
[27:20] bear though, this is the place he gets to be with 
Nikki, so it doesn't matter if he hates the actual  
[27:24] work. It shows how different they are, though, and 
highlights she won't put up with things to be with  
[27:29] him. To write her story, she needs to feel loved 
to bring it to life, and she's clearly become  
[27:33] jaded by things with Ian. This is where they 
also talk about love versus romance. And the  
[27:37] script actually had a longer monologue here that 
explained the meaning of the movie. Nikki says,  
[27:41] "I don't think romance is real. I think love is 
real, but not romance. Makes life feel magical."  
[27:46] Then your parents split or they're so miserable 
you wish they would. People start telling you  
[27:50] love fades, it's a mirage. They're wrong. Romance 
fades. Love is a different thing. And that's what  
[27:56] I want to write. The good, the bad, the ugly. Real 
[ __ ] And shouts Jeff Barker for that. Nikki then  
[28:02] says that Be's the only person she can talk to 
about this stuff as he's not a complete brick  
[28:06] wall. This is why I feel her life changes due to 
Ian as he's just a dude bro who she probably had  
[28:12] nothing in common with. This is why I feel 
as well that she didn't in fact like Bear,  
[28:15] especially as she tries to pro him to find out 
if he likes Sarah. He says that he likes her as  
[28:20] a friend and Nikki says that when she has a crush 
on a guy, nobody knows, which exactly why no one  
[28:26] knew she was banging Ian. However, I feel like 
this is her hinting that just because she doesn't  
[28:31] make it obvious, she does actually like Bear. Do 
you like me? What? Cuz if you do, now's the time  
[28:37] to tell me. She wants him to step up though and 
confess that he does and even gives him the chance  
[28:42] to. Now, look, I know there's people who disagree 
and uh say that she's asking so she can flat out  
[28:47] reject him, but I don't know. Um doing it the day 
the cat died would be a bit messed up to me. So,  
[28:53] my interpretation is that she's asking him 
because it's like giving him the chance there  
[28:57] and then. But his failure to do so is ultimately 
what costs him. Had he actually admitted it,  
[29:03] the pair would have potentially got together, 
which I think makes the fact that he has to  
[29:06] wish for it even more pathetic. Ian even says in 
the diner he needs to do it at the right time, but  
[29:12] he misses the chance here and then does something 
evil. If he actually had a spine, he could have  
[29:17] had what he wanted there and then. Uh, so yeah, 
that's how I read it. But I know there's a lot  
[29:21] of people that think the opposite. I can totally 
see why as well from your point of view. But look,  
[29:26] just look at her face when he says they're good 
friends. Good. Good night. The movie has some  
[29:32] fantastic use of music here as well as he tells a 
nice story about how she helped him out in class.  
[29:36] It plays and slowly builds up, but cuts sharply 
when she says it was no big deal. For Bear,  
[29:42] though, it's like one of his core memories. Uh, 
but to Nikki, it's just another Tuesday. Throwing  
[29:47] a Hail Mary, he then calls her Freaky Nikki, 
and she's shocked that he would say something so  
[29:52] cruel. Expect that Ian has been talking about Be 
liking her as well, and calling her Freaky Nikki  
[29:57] is something she recognized as Ian's idea. He then 
retreats into using the one wish willow which was  
[30:02] actually inspired by a pen that Bock used to play 
with as a kid and was apparently made from a dried  
[30:06] cactus. The willow tree is also commonly connected 
to folklore and fairy tales. And you'll find the  
[30:11] branches of it are used in a lot of stuff dealing 
with witches. Hell, even weapons and the spell  
[30:16] that allowed the witch to control people made from 
a tree that you then had to snap to activate. The  
[30:20] music then cuts as it breaks and she comes to the 
window to ask what he had for her. We see that  
[30:25] something's off with her as well as she says she 
just lost her cat, showing that she's kind of a  
[30:30] jumble. I do even wonder as well if she's merging 
with Bear's feelings and this is why she she ends  
[30:35] up bringing the cat up. She then asks if he wants 
to come in and he's freaked out as she's acting so  
[30:40] weird. Now, I feel like the entity at this point 
has a loose grip on Nikki and we can see it hasn't  
[30:44] fully taken over. Nikki is still able to break 
through and even just stalled at first that she's  
[30:50] kind of acting weird. She even laughs at first and 
thinks it's a bit weird and funny, but quickly the  
[30:56] horror becomes clear. This is something that gets 
expanded upon later on as she pretty much becomes  
[31:01] a backseat passenger in her own brain much like 
Get Out. The movie is a whole though also reminds  
[31:06] me a lot of Hereditary, which is also a film about 
possession. We also have Nikki hiding in plain  
[31:10] sight in Bear's room, much like the grandmother 
in that. As well as that, Bear goes along with  
[31:15] what's happening on autopilot similar to Peter 
and Hereditary. Barker also used the dry heap  
[31:19] crying from Ari assa's other movie Midsar and 
breakdown on the channel now with the wish now  
[31:24] working though Nikki is a lot different and India 
actually took a lot of inspiration from Mia Gotham  
[31:29] the X trilogy I personally feel that she's the 
most like Pearl um especially in those moments  
[31:33] where she absolutely loses it as she goes to the 
driver's side her head's cut out the frame which  
[31:38] makes things far more unsettling so far we've 
had so much headroom as mentioned earlier um so  
[31:44] we kind of having this missing is a bit unnerving. 
We also expect some major jump scare, but she just  
[31:50] crouches down smiling, which is even freakier. She 
kind of forces herself into the car, and the most  
[31:56] creepy thing about this is how she's acting 
nice, too nice almost. Bear is clearly taken  
[32:01] back and clearly creeped out, even though this was 
apparently what he wanted. Think deep down though,  
[32:06] he knows he wanted something genuine rather than 
this extreme facade that clearly isn't real. She's  
[32:11] gone from a self- assured layered person to a 
pastiche of every adorable girl in a romcom.  
[32:17] Bear refuses to go in or take her to his house 
as well, which is when the entity uses emotional  
[32:22] manipulation. It invents a story about her dad 
dying of cancer because it knows Bear won't leave  
[32:27] her in this state. If you ever seen uh like 5,000 
episodes of catfish like I have, then you'll know  
[32:33] the fakers will often use a cancer diagnosis to 
manipulate the person that cares about them. This  
[32:38] basically keeps them on the hook and stops them 
asking question as yeah, what kind of person would  
[32:43] leave someone in that state? But the entity acts 
like a codependent parasite trying to isolate Bear  
[32:49] by using any means necessary. Sadly, because Be's 
desperate to be with her as well, he also doesn't  
[32:54] question the story. Arriving at the house, we can 
see it's a proper grandma's place with even Nikki  
[32:59] being like a bit disappointed. However, the entity 
takes over, takes a deep breath, and then walks  
[33:05] around the house saying that it's nice. He then 
gives her the bed and leaves her alone, but the  
[33:10] music builds up again when we think there's going 
to be a romantic moment as she asks her to sleep  
[33:15] in bed with her. She then takes off her top as he 
looks away and seems very very awkward. It also  
[33:20] makes the juxosition between that and the poster 
that says player very very ironic. We then hear  
[33:24] the song televisions by current Joyce. She starts 
to make a move on him which is when all of a  
[33:29] sudden she snaps out and the real Nikki takes over 
completely shocked at what's happening. It shows  
[33:34] how she doesn't want to go through with this, but 
Bear's forcing her along. Clearly, she should be  
[33:39] stopping the whole thing at this moment and trying 
to work back breaking the wish, but Bear is just  
[33:43] downplaying how bad it is. Nikki even tries to 
reassure Bear that it wasn't her who initiated  
[33:48] it and that this situation wasn't his fault. 
She's almost apologizing for putting him in this  
[33:53] situation even though she's really the victim, 
which if you've looked into a lot of cases on  
[33:58] stuff, you'll see the victims often end up doing 
that. The entity then takes control and says she's  
[34:03] sorry, blaming the outburst on a panic attack. She 
then turns on the waterworks to try and gain some  
[34:08] sympathy, but Bear is clearly shook and he decides 
to sleep on the floor. Her sock even hangs out the  
[34:13] bottom over his head, kind of showing how she's 
trying to be close to him. But he goes to look up  
[34:17] the one wish Willow and we see he's using a Google 
knockoff named probe. Like most internet searches,  
[34:23] Reddit comes up as well and this movie's version 
is threaded. There's also a website asking if  
[34:28] the one wish Willow is a Mandela effect and this 
might be why bears never heard of it. The website  
[34:32] also calls it a collectible sensation. That's 
something the shop assistant mentioned as well as  
[34:37] some collectors just keep it sealed. Like a real 
Reddit thread, it's also filled with contradictory  
[34:42] answers and one username is called Bernsteeen 
Barefax. This is of course a well-known Mandela  
[34:48] effect case in which people debate the spelling. 
Also wondered if that's why he was called Bear,  
[34:52] but I think it's likely because of the bear 
in the woods thing. But let me know below if  
[34:56] you disagree. You also see someone mentioned that 
it's a prank as they call the guy on the phone and  
[35:00] he seemed a bit weird. And this might be a reach, 
but with that being Barker, the prank may also be  
[35:05] a reference to Barker's previous movie and cereal 
on YouTube that focuses on YouTube pranksters. And  
[35:10] yeah, with it being Barker on the phone as well, 
that's just where my mind went. He then closes the  
[35:14] laptop, goes back to Nikki, and seemingly shrugs 
off the idea that the wish is real. Bear then  
[35:20] shares his bed with her and wakes up to find that 
she's made a memorial for his cat. to the entity.  
[35:24] Uh, this is just completely normal as it has no 
concept of what's right and wrong. The idea of  
[35:30] what love is is completely blurred in its mind 
and she's unable to understand why a shrine's  
[35:35] inappropriate for something that you love. The 
shrine is of course related to worship as well  
[35:39] and it further plays in the obsessive worship that 
she has for Bear. As he walks to the memorial,  
[35:44] you can also see her weird fast movements that she 
does later on. She's just acting unnatural though  
[35:49] and it further highlights that something isn't 
quite right here. The pair then arrive at work  
[35:54] together and though she seems normal, things start 
to go strange. But upon going in, she chastises  
[36:00] the boss for using the word Karen in a derogatory 
manner. Kuba then spots Bear and is quite hyped,  
[36:04] thinking his mate got his end away. The framing is 
perfect in the back room though, and as the lads  
[36:09] chat, Nikki slowly goes behind the counter and 
turns her head towards the door. I love how in  
[36:14] between asking if he slept over as well, he also 
reminds him to clock in. But Nikki has a face like  
[36:18] thunder until Bear looks at her and she does a 
slow smile which freaks out Ian. Ian also asks if  
[36:24] he's afraid of what Sarah is going to do, hinting 
that Ian knows that Sarah's into Bear. Also makes  
[36:29] me wonder why he didn't just nudge his pal towards 
someone who's actually into him. H but it's clear  
[36:35] that he doesn't really care about women's 
feelings. Bear then says that Nikki's actually  
[36:39] going through something, but doesn't bring up the 
wish and instead goes with the fact that her dad  
[36:44] has cancer. Well, not the fact, but you know what 
I mean. Ian is really surprised by this though,  
[36:48] and on a second watch, we immediately know why. 
He's a lot closer to Nikki than Bear thinks,  
[36:54] and the fact she's never brought it up just seems 
a bit weird. Even foreshadows the concern everyone  
[36:59] has that Be's taking advantage of Nikki later on 
as he says it would be [ __ ] up if Bear slept  
[37:04] with her. But yeah, he's the one taking advantage 
of her, but more on that in just a bit. Also love  
[37:09] how though the background's blurry, you can 
see that Nikki's staring at him the whole time.  
[37:13] Ian then theorizes she might be on Molly again 
and he then goes to talk to her. Imagine that  
[37:19] he's going there to get the truth as she probably 
never acted like this with him. It then cuts to  
[37:23] the end of the shift and Bear says he can't 
take Nikki home and she just goes with Ian.  
[37:27] Seems very strange on the surface though, but does 
foreshadow the reveal that Ian has been a sneaky  
[37:33] link for her for 2 years. They then talk on the 
phone and we see Bear looking at the side effects  
[37:37] of Molly that we mentioned before. This is through 
a chat GP knockoff called Genie LM, which is funny  
[37:42] considering genies are known for granting wishes. 
If you look to the left as well, his history is  
[37:47] quite interesting as well. We can see that he's 
been looking up nursing homes as well as Oxy.  
[37:52] Part of me even wonders if he actually hastened 
his grandmother's death using Oxy in the past  
[37:57] week. He's also asked how to know if you've been 
friend-zoned, how to flirt, how to impress a girl,  
[38:02] and how to woo a girl. He also looked up how to 
play basket case on the mima h which is a fitting  
[38:08] song for the movie as it's all about anxiety. We 
then see her walk past the window. She's turned up  
[38:14] looking all nice and says she shouldn't have taken 
something. She also keeps mentioning how he didn't  
[38:18] take advantage of her which is probably something 
that Ian asked her a few times when he took  
[38:23] her home. It's also trying to make him lose his 
feelings of guilt and therefore he'll be less torn  
[38:28] about their relationship. We then get confirmation 
that Nikki knew Bell liked him, which might have  
[38:32] even been confirmed to her by Ian trying to mess 
things up. She also says that she started feeling  
[38:37] things for him around Christmas, which might be 
true, but either way, it's a form of manipulation.  
[38:42] We then get a perfect romance movie montage where 
they have breakfast together, then kiss at work,  
[38:46] and it looks like everything that Bears ever 
wanted has all come true. It's classic uh I don't  
[38:52] know, your classic romcom montage. It's like the 
honeymoon period of a relationship though before  
[38:57] the lust fades and you either make or break for 
the pair. We can see as the latter happens because  
[39:02] Bear can't deal with all of Nikki's obsession 
and complexities. Ian also looks angry at the  
[39:07] pair kissing which you could chalk down to him 
being jealous, especially watching it a second  
[39:12] time. It's also the read that he's concerned as 
maybe Nikki told him she didn't like Bear and  
[39:17] he's wondering if something is going on with her, 
which is probably made worse by her breakdowns. We  
[39:23] then see them looking at a post which appears to 
be of them saying, "I want to wear your skin as  
[39:27] a sweater." Now, I can't tell if this is just 
a meme account or something that she posted,  
[39:31] but it's something that seems very sweet on the 
surface, but is pretty messed up. Nikki Lena also  
[39:36] wears some of Sarah's skin, which this moment 
helps to foreshadow. It's clearly AI as well,  
[39:42] um, which is obviously a copy of a human's 
work, um, made by something that isn't human,  
[39:47] uh, which is in a way much like Wish Nikki. shows 
starts wearing a headband from this point onwards  
[39:52] just like the waitress at the start to bear though 
she's transformed into someone who only exists for  
[39:57] him which is very sad to see and Sarah even looks 
weirded out also like how she keeps looking at  
[40:03] him as they watch TV and he moves her head back 
to face forward this is a very subtle hint that  
[40:07] her obsessions getting in the way of things for 
him and he isn't quite ready to deal with someone  
[40:12] that's that fixated on him cut to the restaurant 
where he then tells a story from high school this  
[40:17] is some great writing as well as after bear 
dropped her at home. She didn't seem to hold  
[40:21] much reverence for their time in school. Here 
though, she thinks it's hilarious. As mentioned  
[40:26] earlier as well, the couple are in the same 
seats as Bear and the waitress at the diner,  
[40:29] and we see what happens when Bear tries to break 
the illusion. She asks him what he wants to do,  
[40:34] and he says he's been told he's a private person. 
Interestingly, she doesn't remember calling him a  
[40:38] closed book, which is something that she referred 
to him in the car as. It's another confirmation  
[40:42] that they're separate entities and that Wish Nikki 
is closed off from the true one's feelings. then  
[40:47] says he wants to be a food critic as a joke, which 
is something that gets played upon later when she  
[40:51] puts his cat in his pack lunch clutch. He then 
gets a phone call from Ian, who then explains  
[40:54] that Nikki's dad isn't ill. Again, the framing 
here is so good as well, as you can see Nikki  
[40:59] the whole time as Bear walks closer to the camera. 
Kind of just builds off that amazing scene in the  
[41:04] shot before and just an evolution of how she's 
getting even closer. While on the phone, Bear is  
[41:09] also in front of a tree carving, which is there to 
reference the Willow of the One Wish Willow. says  
[41:14] that Nikki tells Sarah she friend-zoned Bear and 
everyone has questions. Returning to the table,  
[41:19] she then gives him a tiger's eye that's been 
passed down through her family. It's very  
[41:23] interesting as well as Bear originally went to 
replace her necklace before coming across the one  
[41:27] with Willow and said Nikki would hate that. So, 
this is just another out of character moment for  
[41:32] her which he should pick up. Plus, there's like a 
big deal that she's giving him this special thing  
[41:37] and yeah, this is someone that she's only been 
dating for a short while. He then says that it  
[41:41] brings confidence and willpower and it's clearly 
the entity giving something of Nikki's away that  
[41:46] might empower her to come back. He then realizes 
that the wish is real after he asks her if she  
[41:51] loves him more than anyone in the world. This goes 
well, but when he touches upon her dad's cancer,  
[41:56] she becomes enraged and we get that instant 
viral moment. Now, according to Ivy Trivia,  
[42:02] this no is actually the real Nikki saying no 
in that her dad's not dying of cancer. However,  
[42:08] the entity then takes over, makes it weird, and 
things spiral out of control. Anything that could  
[42:14] break the illusion, sends her off the deep end, 
and it just shuts everything else down. Eventually  
[42:19] though, he just agrees that it doesn't matter, 
and we cut back to Bear going bear back. But it's  
[42:24] [ __ ] harrowing. Uh, as she's just completely 
vacant, and it's an out-of- body experience,  
[42:28] much like the real Nikki's going through. 
It's truly one of the most insidious parts  
[42:32] of the movie, though. Um, and yeah, just very, 
very messed up that we can't show on YouTube.  
[42:37] And you know why you cheeky booger. On her wrist 
though, we can also see the eye of Horus tattoo  
[42:41] which is supposed to represent protection from 
evil. However, that evil now exists within her  
[42:46] and no matter what she does, she's not getting rid 
of it. Be then awakens to find her in the corner  
[42:51] with a face messed up like we touched upon before. 
He then tries to go back to sleep only for her to  
[42:57] run about the room holding a plant pot in front 
of her face. This is to hide her monstrous look  
[43:01] when the mask starts to slip and to keep Bear 
locked into the wish. As he tries to slink off,  
[43:06] she then screams, "Stay!" Apparently, Never had 
to learn how to scream for this as she didn't  
[43:14] actually have a higher vocal register. Bear then 
wakes up and finds that she's given him a haircut,  
[43:19] which yeah, to be fair, your trim is scuffed. 
But this is her further exerting control,  
[43:24] and the obsession is making her try and inflict 
things upon him. Bear can't really see the irony,  
[43:30] though, and is actually annoyed that she's doing 
things to his body. and mate, what do you think  
[43:34] you're doing? Let's not do that. During this, he 
also walks in to see her sitting there reading a  
[43:40] book. Uh, but you might notice that the book's 
upside down. So, again, it's all just an act. I  
[43:45] love the lingering shot of her and the characters 
throughout the movie, though. And if you've seen  
[43:48] his sketches, then you'll know it's something he 
does a lot, which really works in both comedy and  
[43:53] horror. He then says she had a bad dream and 
just goes blank, seemingly remembering it.  
[43:58] reminds me a lot of Alien after Kane got the 
face of her off and is clearly her repressing  
[44:02] something trying to appease him. She then does 
a very creepy smile which is reminiscent of the  
[44:06] end of Pearl. In fact, that movie's credits show 
Mia Goth holding a facial expression while this  
[44:11] movie ends with a now unpossessed Nikki crying 
with both continuing throughout the credits. The  
[44:16] pair then kiss and he's disarmed once more giving 
into his desire questions. He's desperate to make  
[44:22] this work and hilariously he cuts her off as she 
says she loves him so so so much. like she said at  
[44:27] the restaurant, like it was cute when he wanted 
to get his underway. Uh but now the guy is just  
[44:32] bored with it. He's built up this ideal Nikki in 
his head and just wants this cute romantic life.  
[44:38] Instead though, he's got an obsessed crazy 
girlfriend who won't let go. He's struggling  
[44:42] to deal with her warts and all. And again, be 
careful what you wish for. We then get the moment  
[44:47] where Bear sees that she's taped the front door 
shut. And I love that we don't see it at first,  
[44:52] only Bear's reaction. Barker explained that the 
art department created a massive single sheet  
[44:57] made of tape and only a few parts were actually 
taped the walls so it could be removed in one big  
[45:01] piece. Nikki just wants him to stay home the whole 
day though and she even suggests swinging by work.  
[45:06] She's kind of become um a bit like a pet or a cat. 
She's at home waiting for him to return though and  
[45:12] doesn't really have anything else to occupy her. 
He leaves her alone just standing there smiling  
[45:17] which is how he finds her when he comes home. It's 
a deeply uncomfortable lingering shot as we expect  
[45:23] her to scuttle off, but see how her life's nothing 
without Bear. He just stands there with her smile  
[45:28] frozen in place, symbolizing the fake image that 
Nikki's having to portray. She even wets herself  
[45:33] and doesn't want to move as Bear is the only 
thing she wants. Similar to how like um couples  
[45:39] get together and sometimes isolate themselves and 
are just nothing without their partners. This then  
[45:45] causes friction amongst your friends. And that's 
what happens here as Bear doesn't get invited.  
[45:49] the party as he's now a part package with Nikki at 
work. We watch as he opens up his lunch box which  
[45:55] I think might be his childhood one as there's a 
lucha libre on the front. He then finds a Polaroid  
[46:00] which she took in secret but it gets even weirder 
in a moment. The second photo that she took of him  
[46:05] asleep and this is clearly a cry for help as we 
can see that she's written this is not her. This  
[46:10] is basically spelling out to him that they'll like 
this because of the wish and nothing to do with  
[46:15] her own free will. as he starts to be creeped out. 
We then hear Sarah say how people are entitled  
[46:20] and not willing to wait. Now though this is about 
the shop itself and its customers, it's a sneaky  
[46:25] reference to how Bear took a shortcut and skip 
past basically winning Nikki over the oldfashioned  
[46:31] way. It's also funny how he's sitting there 
eating his lunch while she's stuck making boxes,  
[46:36] calling back to how he just used the waitress at 
the start. Sarah then lets slip that Ian's having  
[46:40] a party and he confronts her over what she said to 
Ian. The secret that Nikki was hooking up with Ian  
[46:45] for two years almost gets revealed here, but she's 
interrupted by her father. Sadly, she doesn't get  
[46:50] into another art school and her dad just coldy 
tells her to get back to work. Interestingly,  
[46:55] Bear used his one wish for something selfish when 
he could have used it on his friend so she could  
[47:00] go and realize her dreams. This is something 
that's also mirrored in Ian and though he could  
[47:04] wish to free Nikki, he just wishes for money for 
himself. But Sarah right now is just completely  
[47:10] down in the dumps and she rests her head on bears. 
But she clocks that there's something up with his  
[47:14] lunch. Gets revealed that his sandwich is a sand 
sandy witch h which is the name of the cat. Could  
[47:20] have done that joke a lot better. There is a good 
joke in there somewhere. Sandwich and sandy witch.  
[47:24] H but the revolution makes him puke in the bin. 
He then just says it's an inside joke which is  
[47:29] him further choosing to ignore the truth rather 
than living in the reality. We then get a cut to  
[47:33] the night after the shift which is completely 
opposite to how things were before. It's just  
[47:37] bare and he's all alone playing in in the feeling 
of isolation even though he has someone besided  
[47:42] by him. But unfortunately he can't tell anyone. 
He has to keep it secret and now it's left him  
[47:48] even more alone than before. Ian then asks for a 
lift home and says he got an Uber to work as his  
[47:52] car had an engine light. However, I feel this is 
false as I think he wanted to get a chance to talk  
[47:58] to Bear. Ian knew his friend would give him a lift 
home and thus he could have a mini intervention.  
[48:03] Bear is adamant though that Nikki is fine after 
saying she was having a breakdown. Bear is then  
[48:07] told it looks like he's taking advantage of 
the situation, which yeah, it kind of does.  
[48:11] This is also why he didn't invite him over and he 
basically wanted to test his friend by saying it  
[48:16] would just be a boy's night. But yeah, Sarah has 
been invited cuz she's the one who brought it up.  
[48:22] He then attempts to rehearse what he's going to 
say to Nikki about cooking the cat and how she  
[48:26] can't come to the boys night. Just before he gets 
out of the car though, the one wish Willow tune  
[48:30] plays and he decides to call the customer service 
line. As mentioned earlier, the voice is actually  
[48:34] Curry Baker. And I love how the guy on the phone 
just sounds like he's just woken up and is very  
[48:39] nonchalant. And I've also been there during a call 
center night shift. And we then get these lines,  
[48:44] you'd like to cancel your wish? No. No. No. No. 
Now I feel like there he was giving him an out and  
[48:50] that that was basically his one chance to cancel 
the wish because why even offer that as an option?  
[48:56] The fact he says no though means that he can't and 
thus the option no longer exists. You were just  
[49:02] making it sound like I could put in a request. 
Some Wonder Woman 1984 I renounce my wish [ __ ]  
[49:07] It's a hilarious exchange though. But the guy says 
that just because he chose her for her, it doesn't  
[49:12] make it any less real. He also says if Bear dies, 
the wish will go away. And it's explained that  
[49:17] he has a moral obligation to be there for her, 
which further adds to the guilt. But he's made  
[49:21] his bed. We then get confirmation that the person 
Bear's been with isn't technically Nikki as she's  
[49:26] currently being get outed. The guy on the phone 
then asks if he wants to talk to her and we just  
[49:31] hear her screaming in agony. You want to talk to 
her? Who is that? Nikki. It's one of the scariest  
[49:41] parts of the movie as I just imagine what she 
feels like being paralyzed in her own body but  
[49:46] clearly watching everything happening in front 
of her. It also reminds me of that viral video  
[49:51] from a couple years ago where it said um said a 
Siberian team had basically drilled deep into the  
[49:56] earth's core and upon putting down a microphone 
they apparently heard people screaming in hell
[50:06] and that has stuck with me for a long long time. 
His day gets even worse though when he realizes  
[50:11] that Wish Nikki's been waiting in the living room. 
He really should section her or something right  
[50:14] now as she's messed herself up and clearly needs 
full-time care. She also just brushes off being  
[50:20] upset over his cat like it's nothing. However, 
she gets passive aggressive when he brings up  
[50:24] the boy's night and then screams when he tries to 
get her not to come. Nikki then says that Sarah's  
[50:29] going and Bear caves into just letting her come 
with him. Ian's framed just like back at the music  
[50:33] store and they play drinking Jenga. Now, a bit of 
a sad story here, but unfortunately uh this house  
[50:38] actually burned down after filming due to the 
recent LA fires. So, yeah, very sad. But back  
[50:43] to the movie and we watch as one of the dudes and 
swaps places with Bear. Now, I did wonder if this  
[50:48] was all a plan to separate the pair, as everyone 
probably knows from Ian about how close they are.  
[50:52] We also don't see what her forfeit is, but seems 
like she's just got out having to drink by maybe  
[50:57] revealing something embarrassing. I expect the 
entity didn't want to drink as she might become  
[51:02] intoxicated and then lose control, similar to when 
she's sleeping later on. Now, we have said that  
[51:07] we think Nikki did like Bear, but there have 
been some great theories about this scene. As  
[51:12] mentioned earlier, this poem was written by Curry 
Barker's father, and it's playing upon Hansel and  
[51:16] Gredle. In it, the pair have grown up and now 
find themselves in an incestuous relationship.  
[51:21] Previously, you know, the pair would just brother 
and sister, which is something that could be seen  
[51:25] as like the friendship between Nikki and Bear. In 
the poem, Hanzel isn't into it, though, and knows  
[51:31] that it's wrong. But Gretle says how she'd flail 
her arms if he refused. It's a lot like how Nikki  
[51:36] wasn't really into Bear and that she was then 
forced into it. So yeah, there are two reads to  
[51:40] this as Nikki apparently said she sees Belle like 
a little brother, but despite that, he's forced  
[51:45] her to love her and thus she feels wrong. There's 
also the read though that this is Entity Nikki  
[51:50] writing and how she will force Bear to be with 
her if he refuses. Bear at this point is the one  
[51:56] who knows things are wrong and Nikki will cause a 
scene if he tries to step away. It's beyond creepy  
[52:01] though, but yeah, Indie is absolutely captivating 
doing the voices and yeah, she just performs this  
[52:07] excellently. The story also mentions that love 
is the only kind of branch you willow tree can  
[52:11] conjure. So I do think this is more likely entity 
Nikki. Bear then looks guilty as the whole party's  
[52:17] totally silent and she says it's a new book she's 
working on. The fact that it's new makes it seem  
[52:21] more likely that it's Entity Nikki and how it 
subverted the work she's done. Especially as right  
[52:26] after this she asks him to kill her. It's Bear's 
turn next though and he gets the forfeit due to  
[52:31] the guy swapping places with him. However, they 
did say that it was his turn before he said it  
[52:35] was Bears. And had he picked this, then he would 
have had to have kissed Nikki as she's on his  
[52:40] left. I do wonder as well what might have ended 
up happening of this. And yeah, there's definitely  
[52:45] some alternative version out there where we see 
this scene playing out differently. But for now,  
[52:50] Bear has to kiss the person to his left, which 
turns out to be Sarah. Nikki, of course, will  
[52:54] never let that happen and stands up frowning, 
which basically ruins the party, but looks  
[52:59] excellent in a meme on the internet. also feel 
just so sorry for Nikki though as she loves the  
[53:04] guy who's even entertaining kissing someone else. 
She sends subservient to Bear and just kneels  
[53:10] pursing out her lips. She's now also removing his 
choice too and Bear clearly doesn't like it. So,  
[53:16] hey, maybe you should think about that more, mate. 
She then stands up and says, "Everyone will die."  
[53:21] Having never felt the love they do. She then says 
she's joking. H but then also says, "Actually,  
[53:25] I'm not." And this freaks everyone out, especially 
when the real Nikki manages to break through.
[53:35] She then smashes her head like the like 
button. And yeah, the expressions here  
[53:39] are so funny. And even when they drive to 
the hospital, uh, she nurses up to him,  
[53:43] completely ignoring what just happened, which 
he kind of is as well. Even at the hospital,  
[53:48] Bear argues as we just see her get out 
and dance around. Back home, he's silent,  
[53:52] and she just wants to stand outside. He then asks 
why she did what she did, but she just mentions  
[53:58] how Sarah likes him. We then see how he just 
thinks of her as an object again, as he says just  
[54:02] how beautiful she was. It's not how smart and how 
kind of a person she was, just how hot she was,  
[54:08] and now she's damaged her face. He hasn't even put 
bandages on her, and she still has open cuts, and  
[54:14] he's more down in the dumps for himself than he is 
about her. He then says things were so good and is  
[54:19] more annoyed at her than he is at himself. He then 
asks if she even likes him and if she's happy and  
[54:25] she says, "I'm your freaky Nikki." This of course 
confirms she's just this fake idealized version  
[54:31] of her as it's something she'd never actually 
call herself. He then says she can be anything,  
[54:36] but what Bear wants is for the real Nikki to like 
him. He's realized that the fake thing isn't worth  
[54:40] it at all and that if you know something's fake, 
it doesn't mean anything. Now, there is a survey  
[54:45] um that we've mentioned before when talking about 
stuff like the Matrix and the idea of an idealized  
[54:50] world. In it, this basically gave people a choice 
of whether they'd rather live in the real world  
[54:55] with all its ups and downs or live in a simulation 
where everything was perfect. Ultimately, people  
[55:00] chose reality, and it's something that I think 
happened with Bear. She then does a completely  
[55:05] unhinged backward walk and according to the script 
says, "Rail me, Bear. I'm normal." The entity is  
[55:10] just in self-preservation mode, though, and this 
starts to spiral fast, which leads into the end  
[55:15] of the movie. Bear then offers to let her have the 
bed, but she threatens to take her own life. It's  
[55:19] using that as a way to manipulate him. And another 
thing that I've also seen on Catfish. However,  
[55:25] as the voice on the phone said, he has a moral 
obligation to stay with her. She then gives  
[55:29] a very poetic way of describing her death and 
says she'll feel cold and that her fingers will  
[55:34] feel like sand and this will just wash over her 
body. think describing it in such detail as well  
[55:41] in that it's almost comforting. It's what makes 
Bear unafraid at the end. There's just nothing.
[55:51] Or you could stay. Sarah then texts Bear. She 
has something important to tell him. And uh yeah,  
[55:57] I'm not sure how good of an idea it is to meet uh 
the guy with a psycho girlfriend at 3:00 a.m. in  
[56:02] a car park. It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's 
see if it pays off for him. But as he gets up,  
[56:06] Nikki pleads for him to kill her, and it's 
something he also refuses to acknowledge.  
[56:11] Someone pleading for death must be in complete 
agony, and it shows how bad things are for her,  
[56:17] but he simply doesn't care. He then says, "What 
would be so bad about being with him?" And she  
[56:22] says she's never been with him. Again, this 
highlights that there's definitely two entities  
[56:26] as wish Nikki is a completely different person. 
It also cementss that Bear has never been with  
[56:31] the actual Nikki he wanted and instead has been 
simply with this mannequin who's puppeted by  
[56:36] something evil. At this point, I think he fully 
becomes the villain of the movie and walks away  
[56:41] despite Nikki's pleading. He realizes just how 
tragic this situation is, but ignores it to go and  
[56:47] talk to another girl. Bear then tells Sarah that 
Nikki's acting weird because her father's dying,  
[56:51] even though he knows it's a lie. He's using 
Nikki's manipulation to manipulate Sarah  
[56:56] because he knows she won't look further into it 
if she hears this. Very interesting moment here  
[57:00] as well as Sarah says Nikki needs therapy and 
it's unfair that she's taking advantage of him.  
[57:05] It's vastly different from Ian who insinuates 
that he's the one taking advantage of her. He's  
[57:10] been secretly sleeping with Nikki while Sarah 
likes Bear. So, they of course all have very  
[57:15] different perspectives. It also shows that Ian 
was lying by saying that others think Bear's  
[57:19] the one taking advantage. And it does indicate 
that he's secretly jealous despite coaching him  
[57:25] on how to date her. Sarah has also got her last 
letter saying it's her last chance. And this is  
[57:31] interesting wording as this is her last chance 
to be with Bear and sort of her last moment on  
[57:36] Earth. He then says he has sleeping pills which 
apparently help out. Um and this did make me  
[57:41] wonder if he somehow slipped them to Nikki. 
She didn't sleep earlier and would just stood  
[57:45] in the corner. So I think the sleeping pills 
were slipped to make her go down into bed. and  
[57:50] it's another form of control. Sarah then breaks 
the news that Ian had a casual thing with Nikki,  
[57:55] however, it wasn't romantic. She then hints that 
she likes him and says that she was to his left,  
[58:00] which she is here to as well. And there were 
a few different takes of this scene that were  
[58:03] filmed and Barker said to Polygon that there was 
one where Sarah admits that Nikki had feelings for  
[58:08] him. He said it would have been heart-wrenching 
to discover that Nikki did like him in the end,  
[58:12] which is really interesting, but I do prefer the 
debates around the movie and that things are just  
[58:17] kept ambiguous. Barker explained in that interview 
that Ian liked Nikki as well, but not enough to  
[58:22] date. Hence why he's pushing his best friend 
to confess his feelings. The moment is stopped  
[58:26] though by Nikki, who arrives and smashes Sarah 
head into a brick. This might be a call back to  
[58:31] Barker's previous film, Milk and Cereal, uh, where 
a brick's also used there, which I won't spoil,  
[58:36] but I love the way that the horn kind of honks 
with every hit, and it's just such a gruesome  
[58:41] death that takes the film to the next level. Niggy 
then says it's his fault, and she's so sorry,  
[58:46] but it's what he wanted. She blames him and says 
he needs to help her and get rid of the body. Bear  
[58:51] could then try and get out of this again and turn 
her in. Uh but you know, he feels guilty and she's  
[58:56] just very passive about the whole thing. They 
even hide her body at her dad's music shop and  
[59:01] then Bear heads home. He stops to open the letter 
which confirms that Sarah got her dream and was in  
[59:06] fact accepted by the art school. His selfishness 
though has led to Sarah missing out on her life  
[59:11] just as Nikki's now missing out on hers. I love 
the way the letters also covered in blood as well.  
[59:17] And yeah, just a horrendous way for her life to 
be cut short. Bear then rushes back to the green  
[59:22] man and tries to find the one wish Willows. This 
might be my favorite gag of the movie as the shop  
[59:27] assistant pretends that they just don't exist. 
I think there's just probably been way too many  
[59:32] complaints and yeah, when a guy comes covered in 
blood, propy just want to play dumb. Be then asks  
[59:37] how they can sell this to people, but is told that 
the box is full of warnings and technically it's  
[59:42] not them making the wishes. The person who buys 
is the one who decides, but Bear is desperate to  
[59:48] reverse his wish. And we then get a cut where he 
sees himself in the mirror now fully in focus with  
[59:53] him having to face up to what he's become. We 
also learn the assistants used his wish and I'd  
[59:58] love to know what he wished for. Maybe more one 
wish willows. Barker has also explained that the  
[60:04] item itself isn't cursed 100% as you can word your 
wish carefully, but Bear chose something that was  
[60:10] obviously going to backfire. He then tells Bear 
that he could ask Nikki to use her wish as she'd  
[60:15] do it for him, but as we see, she just wishes to 
get him to love her. Unable to break himself out,  
[60:21] though, he then goes to Ian, and we learn Nikki's 
contacted him pretending to be Sarah. And we'll  
[60:26] see how that works out in just a bit. Going to 
Ian, we learn that Nikki's pretending to be Sarah  
[60:30] to get him to go around and remove him from Bear's 
life. People who seek to control their partner  
[60:35] will often remove them from those around them, 
and it lets them not have anyone to support them.  
[60:40] Bear then reveals the one wish Willow and gives 
it to Ian and tries to get him to counteract his  
[60:44] wish. Selfishly though, he chooses a $1 billion 
uh rather than trying to help his friend. And  
[60:50] ultimately, this is what leads to his death. And 
the cash falling from this guy was actually filmed  
[60:54] practically using platforms, which is such a cool 
effect. Interestingly, that billion dollars should  
[60:59] also survive after Ian's death. And Barker did 
confirm that objects remain. Now, considering  
[61:04] a billion dollars in cash is uh you know, a a lot 
of cash. When he said this, I did think that the  
[61:10] money would just come falling down and crush him, 
but I did feel like it might constantly follow him  
[61:14] around, but ultimately he doesn't get to spend 
it. Arriving home, he returns and Nikki's made a  
[61:19] weird shrine for him, and the lotion bottle is in 
the same place as earlier in the movie. She then  
[61:24] walks behind him like long legs as he tries to 
get her to use the wish. It's then revealed that  
[61:28] she's turned herself into Sarah, complete with 
a hair drawn on tattoos and cigarettes. She's  
[61:32] even wearing Sarah's scalp complete with her 
hair. It's very, very Evil Deadesque. and then  
[61:37] quickly turns into the exorcist when Nikki starts 
puking. Bear assures her that he can make it work,  
[61:42] but we know there's only one way out of this and 
that is him dying. I also love how she's basically  
[61:47] being feral at the door and then uh yeah, just 
completely calms down when she hears what she  
[61:52] wants to hear. And when it comes to his death, he 
doesn't really want to do it. Um but he tries to  
[61:56] psych himself up with his gun and rubs his chest 
while potting it at himself. Reminds me a lot of  
[62:01] Charlie prepping himself to be stabbed in Scream 
4. and he then puts the gun in his mouth which  
[62:05] is again I think an homage to milk and cereal. He 
also holds the tiger eye before this trying to be  
[62:11] brave. He then takes the pills but can't really go 
through with it and backtracks by making himself  
[62:16] puke. So even that he's not able to fully follow 
through on and he's only thinking of himself.  
[62:21] But during this Nikki has made her wish, which 
you can tell from the little tune that plays.
[62:29] He then goes out and I love how 
they both look bashfully at each  
[62:32] other. And it reminds me a 
lot of the ending of this.
[62:41] That is such a random reference from things I 
watched years ago. Uh, but I did enjoy it. The  
[62:46] camera then pans down to the wish and Bear finally 
dies. Yay. On the TV, you can also see what seems  
[62:54] to be a romantic movie, but it's actually a video 
of Bear sleeping. Just as she's about to end up  
[62:59] shooting herself, unlike Bear, Nikki comes too 
and is left surrounded by the dead bodies of her  
[63:04] friends. Now, Barkcat has confirmed that she'll 
likely go to jail and that this is pretty much  
[63:08] an openandshot case. Bear also reflects his cat 
at the start, and he now lies dead on the floor,  
[63:13] having taken the pills. It's also really a homage 
to Romeo and Juliet in the most twisted way in  
[63:20] that Romeo thinks Juliet's dead only for him to 
take his own life at the crypt. It was all a ruse  
[63:25] though and she'd taken a potion that basically 
faked her death. He then woke up, realized what  
[63:30] he'd done and then also takes the poison herself 
by kissing him on the lips. From what I remember,  
[63:35] haven't seen it in a while. But yeah, for the 
movie, this wasn't the original ending and Nikki  
[63:39] was going to die as well at one point. Barker's 
father convinced him to stick with this one,  
[63:44] though, and honestly, it's probably worse. Not 
only will she be stuck with the trauma she's  
[63:49] gone through, but she also has to deal with 
the fallout. Barkers also stated that we'll  
[63:53] learn about her fate in his next movie, Anything 
But Ghosts. During an audience Q&A, he said that  
[63:58] the movie takes place in the same universe as 
Obsession, and we will see Nikki on the news.  
[64:02] And apparently, she'll end up being charged with 
a triple homicide. That movie has rap shooting as  
[64:07] well, though. Um, so yeah, can't wait to see what 
that scene is. And we do know it's going to star  
[64:11] Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard. So yeah, 
Barker is moving up in the world. But based on  
[64:16] what we know, um, that follows fake paranormal 
investigators who suddenly discover that ghosts  
[64:21] are real. Oh, what? Ghosts are real. What? What is 
it, Derek? You all right? Merry little stick. But  
[64:29] yeah, I can't wait to see that. Also, I kind of 
feel bad for Sarah's dad who's lost his daughter  
[64:34] and all of his employees. But overall, I think the 
future's bright for Curry Barker and horror as a  
[64:39] genre as it's been a decent year with Bone Temple, 
Ready on Two, and also Send Help and back rooms as  
[64:45] well. It's also Evil Dead Burn coming, Craig's 
Resident Evil, and right now horror fans are  
[64:51] eating good. Anyway, that wraps up the video and 
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