In the 7th episode, Film Lady gets obsessed about the newest horror fave: Obsession (2026) - 9/10 bear shrines. Listen to her post-watch rambles, as well as deep analysis of heavy topics no one asked for. 

Content warning: suicide, sexual & emotional abuse, animal death, coarse language.

Question for listeners - lemme know in the comments, on socials or email: What would you wish for if you had One Wish Willow?

Links:

Episode extended show notes on KR website: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/obsession

Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bluesky & Instagram

Email: [email protected]

Written Review on the Cinefile Blog: https://cinefileblog.com/blog/obsession

Discover Film Lady: https://filmladyproductions.netlify.app/

Music - all tracks are royalty free via Free Music Archive — CC BY:

Amarent - Caught in the Middle (Instrumental) - Remastered

Amarent - Never Let Go (Instrumental)

Jake Hunter - Scary Cinematic Background Piano

Mindseye - Orion - Instrumental

Mindseye - Spores - Instrumental

Soularflair - Call Of The Void (soundtrack, dark, creepy, scary)

Soularflair - Soundscape 35 (dark, scary, mechanized drone)

Soularflair - Soundscape 36 (shrill, scary, ghostly, drone)

Triple5 Here - Creepy

The episode was written, recorded & edited by the author using Audacity free software.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Acknowledgement of Country

00:00:30 Cold Open & Intro

00:02:53 News

00:03:23 Upcoming Schedule for 3mo

00:07:05 Agenda

00:08:37 Where to Find Moi

00:09:52 Why Obsession

00:15:04 Synopsis

00:16:40 Impressions - SPOILERS AHEAD

00:18:42 Post-Watch Impressions

00:26:23 Best Spooks

00:36:16 Themes

00:41:14 Summary of OG Monkey's Paw

00:49:32 Associations

00:57:14 Ratings

00:58:11 Recoms

01:03:29 My One Wish Willow

01:06:57 Listener Request

01:07:36 Lukewarm Close

RECOMS

Pods

"Obsession (2026) — The Scariest Film of the Year So Far?" Evolution of Horror.

"Obsession (2026)." Dead Meat.

Films

Talk to Me. Dir. by Danny and Michael Philippou. 2022.

Paranormal Activity. Dir. by Oren Peli. 2007.

The Exorcist. Dir. by William Friedkin. 1973.

Possession. Dir. by Andrzej Żuławski. 1981.

Misery. Dir. by Rob Reiner. 1990.

Companion. Dir. by Drew Hancock. 2025.

Playlists

Burwell, Rock. Obsession. Spotify, 2026. https://open.spotify.com/album/295aVJ1pcfkOGRMODulEYs?si=VIvMVWGcTwG-jhuINP1c5w.

"Hits to Get Obsessed To." Spotify playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QTxVLQHLtZEqcoGXdSmur?si=b76c65ec0b0a4df0.

Books

Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. 1847.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 1925.

Fowles, John. The Collector. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.

Kepnes, Caroline. You. New York: Atria Books, 2014.

King, Stephen. Needful Things. New York: Viking, 1991.

Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Paris: Olympia Press, 1955.

Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina. 1878.