A young man makes a wish for the love of his crush. It doesn’t go well for anyone in Curry Barker’s bleak but captivating Obsession. Now on wide release, it also played at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Tag Archives: Horror
SIFF Capsule Reviews [2026] [SIFF2026]
Bob presents five seventy-five-word reviews for Seattle International Film Festival features: Beat the Lotto, Body Blow, Franz, Ghost in the Machine, and Hen.
Assets & Liabilities (plus a short!) [2026] [SIFF2026]
On a day off from his duties, a dissaffected suburban dad connects with a skater kid who reminds him of his lost youth in Zach Weintraub’s Assets & Liabilities; presented as part of the Seattle International Film Festival 2026, along with the short film The Last Cinnamon Roll.
Camp [2026] [SIFF2026]
Looking for a reset, a troubled young woman dealing with tragedy takes a job at a summer camp with secrets in Avalon Fast’s Camp. Presented as part of the Seattle International Film Festival 2026, it’s a low-key, slow-burning coming-of-age film I wish I liked more.
Mārama (SIFF 2026)
A young Māori woman, Mary (Mārama) travels from New Zealand to England to try and learn more about her family. Invited to stay and work as a governess, she quickly finds herself drawn into the secrets being kept in the house.
Hunting Matthew Nichols (2026)
Twenty years after Matthew Nichols disappeared on Halloween night, his sister sets out for answers as to what happened.
