2026’s Most Surprising Blockbuster Release Could Have Been a Straight-to-Netflix Movie, Director Reveals

Netflix Almost Killed The Biggest Breakout Movie of 2026 With Direct Streaming

Curry Barker’s breakout horror film, Obsession, was almost released directly on Netflix. It was not a sure-fire hit at first glance. However, the movie, with its terrifying take on modern relationships and Inde Navarrette’s spectacular performance, grossed over $500 million at the worldwide box office. Barker, who made his directorial debut with Obsession, recently revealed […] This post belongs to FandomWire and first appeared on FandomWire

Netflix Had a Very Different Plan for Obsession (That Might Have Killed Its Buzz)

Obsession truly is the little indie movie that could. Starring relative unknowns (at the time), Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston, the Curry Barker-directed horror movie has become one of the biggest horror films of all time, bringing in over $500M worldwide. Not only that, but the movie, made on a sub-$1 million budget, has also […]

2026’s Most Surprising Blockbuster Release Could Have Been a Straight-to-Netflix Movie, Director Reveals

Obsession almost became another Netflix streaming release before Focus Features stepped into the heated bidding battle.

Curry Barker Says Netflix Tried To Buy ‘Obsession’ With A Straight-To-Streaming Offer & Reveals ‘The Chair’ Was Almost His Feature Debut

A year after “Obsession” became one of the biggest horror success stories in recent memory, Curry Barker is still filling in some surprising pieces of how the film came together. That includes a previously undisclosed offer from Netflix to take the movie straight to streaming and the fact that Barker came remarkably close to making a feature-length version of his viral short “The Chair” instead. Continue reading Curry Barker Says Netflix Tried T…

Curry Barker Reveals Netflix Wanted to Take 'Obsession' Straight to Streaming Before Focus Features Won It

Few horror films have had a rise quite like ‘Obsession,’ the micro-budget breakout that turned director Curry Barker into one of the industry’s most sought-after new voices practically overnight. What started as a modest festival entry quickly became one of the genre’s biggest success stories in recent memory. That kind of trajectory rarely happens without...