Obsession
Focus Features | Release Date: May 15, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMay 15, 2026
There’s probably a smart, chilling film to be made about the terrors of smothering and relentless adoration — one imagines what Rod Serling would have done with something like this — but this isn’t really that film. Read full review
60
The New York TimesErik PiepenburgMay 14, 2026
Barker shows real promise as a horror storyteller; his instincts about when to hold back and when to plunge the knife are scalpel sharp. If only the sexual politics at play in Obsession didn’t feel so callow. Read full review
50
The RevealKeith PhippsMay 15, 2026
Some of Obsession works, but it’s ultimately only good enough to make it easy to wish it was much better. Read full review
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