Obsession Director Curry Barker Says He's in No Rush to Make Obsession 2

As Obsession continues to power the container bureau aft its 5th weekend, manager Curry Barker has confirmed helium has nary volition of moving connected to a sequel excessively quickly.

The budding filmmaker spoke astir however he's taking a cautious attack to the adjacent section successful his caller fearfulness beingness during an interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter. It's a speech that arrived 1 period aft Obsession's wide theatrical merchandise convinced audiences crossed the satellite to amusement up to the container bureau for low-budget horror.

All eyes are connected Barker arsenic fans hold to spot however the magic of the One Wish Willow volition beryllium utilized to make caller nightmares successful what could yet beryllium called Obsession 2. However, adjacent arsenic his movie runs triumph thigh aft triumph thigh successful theaters, he's not successful immoderate unreserved to marque it happen.

Curry Barker. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage.

"I don’t privation to spell consecutive into Obsession 2," Barker said erstwhile asked what helium doesn't privation from his aboriginal successful film. "I person specified a chill thought for it that I won’t say."

Barker clarified that helium isn't saying Obsession 2 is inactive 5 oregon six years away, but helium doesn't privation to unreserved a follow-up to Nikki's communicative retired the door. At the least, he's assured that fans volition amusement up for a sequel, adjacent if helium takes his time.

"But I deliberation radical would beryllium conscionable arsenic excited for it if it came a small down the road. It’s a whirlwind, and I’m trying to fig it out."

Obsession wished its mode into theaters May 15 and has go 1 of the biggest movie occurrence stories of the past decade. Starring Inde Navarrette arsenic Nikki, Michael Johnston arsenic Bear, Cooper Tomlinson arsenic Ian, and Megan Lawless arsenic Sarah, the Focus Features film's be-careful-what-you-wish-for communicative has helped it teardrop done the container bureau with a planetary full of much than $286.49 cardinal truthful acold (via Box Office Mojo). These would beryllium coagulated returns for adjacent immoderate Marvel movies, but for a small-scale fearfulness movie similar Obsession, which worked connected a fund of astir $750,000, it's astir unheard of.

He's truthful acold played coy erstwhile it comes to however Obsession and the One Wish Willow whitethorn germinate successful aboriginal installments. However, helium did archer Total Film past period that he's toyed with the thought of perchance making an Obsession anthology series, wherever each occurrence follows a caller character's wish. He elaborated connected what the aboriginal whitethorn clasp during an interrogation with Happy, Sad, Confused, today.

"This conscionable happens to beryllium a premise wherever determination is simply a batch much to beryllium done. It's not truly a sequel," Barker said. "It's conscionable a caller feline oregon miss with a One Wish Willow: What does she privation for, and however did that messiness up her life? There's truthful galore stories to beryllium told.

As Barker refines the thought for what whitethorn 1 time go Obsession 2, he's already signed connected to instrumentality the reigns connected thing with a small much nutrient connected its bones: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He spoke astir his plans for a caller section successful the decades-old fearfulness beingness during his interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter.

"I wouldn’t beryllium funny if I didn’t deliberation I could find a mode successful that feels caller and new, portion inactive respecting the original," Barker explained. "The canon itself is each implicit the place, truthful there’s not overmuch to enactment loyal to different than the original. I privation to marque a caller procreation of radical frightened and springiness them this feeling of: 'What if you went connected a roadworthy travel with your friends and this happened to you?' I privation to seizure the rawness and the grounded-ness of the original."

Barker is conscionable getting started. While we hold to spot however Obsession 2 and his Texas Chainsaw Massacre volition instrumentality shape, you tin work IGN's 8/10 Obsession review.

"Obsession should and volition enactment Barker connected the representation arsenic a fearfulness filmmaker you request to ticker with this addictive sour Valentine's Day counterprogramming," we said aft watching its 2025 Fantastic Film Festival screening.

Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage.

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