New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- I wish this column was scary.

There. I typed it. If you know Obsession, you know I've been rash. Curry Barker's sensational hit-the biggest success of 2026-streams on JioHotstar from 30 October, just in time for Halloween. In the film, a young man's desire to be loved becomes a supernatural nightmare. That premise can fit inside a fortune cookie. People, however, are a messier fit. The one who makes the wish does not consider that the object of his desires may herself, well, object.

I wished, initially, to frighten you with recommendations. I wished I could tell you that horror is having a glorious moment, that it has become the most adventurous corner of cinema, where audacious auteurs are taking risks, newcomers ...