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‘Obsession’ Sets Peacock Streaming Release Date
Curry Barker’s breakout horror hit “Obsession” will start streaming on Peacock on July 17. Barker’s debut film follows Bear (Michael Johnston), a hopeless romantic afraid to admit his crush for co-worker Nikki (Inde Navarrette). After making a wish for Nikki to love him more than anything else in the world, Nikki suddenly becomes dangerously obsessed []
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CNET
· Jul 10, 2026
'Obsession' Gets Streaming Release Date on Peacock
You can watch the buzzy horror movie this month.
Polygon
· Jun 30, 2026
Obsession is officially now available to watch at home
After earning rave reviews and smashing the box office, Obsession is now available to watch digitally, with a physical release confirmed for July.
Us Weekly
· Jun 28, 2026
Obsessed Fest 2026 Red Carpet: See What the Prime Video Stars Wore
From The Love Hypothesis to Off Campus to Every Year After, Prime Video’s Obsessed Fest celebrated the streaming service’s upcoming releases — and served as the perfect backdrop for memorable red carpet moments. The streaming service announced in April that Prime Video was branching out with Obsessed Fest, which was described as “an inaugural summer []
Limerick Post Newspaper
· Jun 28, 2026
Film Column – Obsession
DIRECTED by 26-year-old Curry Barker, his box office-smashing debut feature is enough to turn you off ever falling in love again. Obsession is an all-grinning, devotion-devouring juggernaut of a horror movie about the dangers of always getting what we want. Sometimes unrequited love is the most comforting and longest lasting. It certainly does not fall foul [] The post Film Column – Obsession appeared first on Limerick Post.
The Hollywood Reporter
· Jul 6, 2026
‘Obsession’ Star Inde Navarrette Open to Marvel Role, Met with ‘X-Men,’ ‘Heat 2’ Directors
The 'Obsession' breakout is considering her next moves: I really want to prove 'Obsession' wasn’t just lightning in a bottle.
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