LOS ANGELES, May 11 (UPI) -- Obsession, in theaters Friday, adds disturbing complexity to the archetypal "be careful what you wish for" parable. It is creepy and graphic, but most effective at its moral horror.
Bear (Michael Johnston) is trying to tell his coworker Nikki (Inde Navarrette) he likes her romantically. But even when she gives him a direct opening, he chokes.
So Bear makes a wish in a One Wish Willow that Nikki loves him. And it works, unwaveringly.
The Monkey's Paw warned us that wishes always had a dark side. Obsession honors that theme but shows it from both sides.
Nikki's love is off-kilter at first. Not only does her demeanor suddenly change, but she periodically snaps out of it, only to return just as instantaneously.
