His wish for love is granted, but ….

  Bear (Michael Johnston), who works at a store that sells musical instruments, has a major crush on Nikki (Inde Navarrette), a co-worker who seems to regard him only as a friend. Too timid to pursue a romantic  relationship, Bear stammers his way through attempts to express his feelings, even rehearsing them with another co-worker (Cooper Tomlinson). 

    When Nikki initiates the perfect moment for Bear to take their relationship to the next level, he blows it badly, partly because he’s off his already weak game. Upon arriving home from work that day, he found his beloved cat Sandy dead on the living room floor.

   Cat lovers beware, director Curry Baker will provide additional reasons for upset.

   The major plot point arrives when Bear finds himself in a novelty shop where he spots a 1980s collectible called One Wish Willow. The novelty costs $6.99 and promises to grant one wish when the buyer splits it in half. 

    Baker then dives headlong into the movie’s surreal premise. After missing an easy chance to declare his feelings to Nikki, Bear wishes for her to love him more than anyone else in the world.

     Of course, Bear’s wish comes true — with a vengeance that liberates Naverrette to give a performance bristling with fierce attachment, rage, jealousy, and ultimately, violence. 

    Baker gives the couple a period of happy communion, ably capturing the consuming excitement of love in its early stages. But as Nikki’s attachment to Bear deepens, her behavior begins the transition from peculiar to downright frightening.

    For his part, Bear begins to realize what we knew would happen: He has made a big mistake by not being careful about what he wished for.

     Bear voices his concern about Nikki's bizarre behavior, things like standing in a darkened corner of a bedroom and watching him sleep. Nikki immediately apologizes, showing flashes of the woman Bear so badly wanted. 

    When Nikki worms her way into what’s supposed to be a boys' night at Tomlinson’s character’s place, she delivers a demented monologue that mesmerizes and frightens her listeners, including another co-worker played by Megan Lawless as a character who seems to offer Bear an alternative to Nikki.

     Obsession, which includes effective jump scares and builds toward a seriously bloody finale, may not be the deepest hunk of horror, but Navarrette possesses the screen as she tries to do the same to poor, bumbling Bear, a guy whose wish becomes horrifyingly true.