India, May 15 -- When filmmaker Curry Barker first broke out with his viral YouTube horror short Milk & Serial, he quickly became a filmmaker to watch in the genre space. Now, with his feature directorial debut, Obsession, Barker steps into a bigger arena with Focus Features backing a darkly comic, twisted cautionary tale about desire, control and the dangerous side of wish fulfilment. The film takes a familiar romantic setup and turns it into something deeply unsettling.

The story follows Bear (Michael Johnston), a lonely, hopeless romantic working at a music store who has been quietly in love with his childhood friend and coworker Nikki (Inde Navarrette). After yet another failed attempt to confess his feelings, Bear turns to a mysteri...