Obsession

I enjoyed this film so so so so so much. (Big crooked smile.)

It's loud. It twisted the knife in every scene, tensing my body further and further. And the ending! Triple roundhouse to the gut that was :chefs-kiss:.

So much tension with no release: moments of will they? won't they? that stretch to the point of breaking and then don't resolve so you're left wound up for the next moment to crank it even higher.

The backlighting is on point in this one. And the music: both combine to convey the "Nikki" in play at any given moment in terrifying clarity.

Choosing screams over the end credits was a bet that paid off. (Side note: this movie was sooo loud and full of characters screaming mid-sentence that you could be forgiven for being overwhelmed but boy did I love the intensity.)

Inde Navarrette's performance as Nikki is right up there with Mia Goth as Pearl for my all-time scariest monologues and utterly terrifying emotional range.

Cowardice kills.