Like so many others, the concept of the backrooms fascinates me greatly. For a feature film adaptation, I was surprised at how much I loved this. It combines found footage elements with conventional story structure to great effect. 

Every time they’d enter a new area or turn left or right it brought with it this realization that I was about to see some shit I’ve never seen before that makes zero sense whatsoever, and there’s something very eerie and exciting…

Content wise, Obsession is nothing you haven’t seen before. The concept is your classic male wish fulfillment fantasy with a horror twist, with clear inspiration from Hereditary, Talk To Me, Pearl, all the trappings of modern horror. That being said the execution is where it really shines as a technical achievement for a first time filmmaker, and that’s what is really impressive about it. The performances, editing, lighting, cinematography, score and sound design are all really effective. In the hands…