Curry Barker‘s Obsession has cemented itself as one of the biggest horror hits of the year, with star Inde Navarrette even hosting Saturday Night Live‘s Halloween episode this past weekend. Even six months after the movie’s release, people can’t stop talking about the movie and the One Wish Willow, and with the movie set to arrive on Netflix in the coming days, the horror movie will likely earn a resurgence in the zeitgeist.
As fans wait to see if there is a chance of an actual sequel moving forward, Barker spoke with Rolling Stone over the weekend about the original movie. He confirmed that, while he thinks the movie released in theaters would be considered his “director’s cut,” he did reveal that he would like to release an extended cut.
“I think I’m pretty happy with the cut right now. I think I got the cut to the place I’m happy with it,” the filmmaker revealed. “There’s things I would reshoot, but there’s not things I would change with the footage that I have.”
He added, “But I would say that there’s a longer version of the movie that I would love to release, for sure.”
When asked how much longer, Barker revealed, “Probably like 20 minutes longer.”
“I think the movie is the director’s cut, I really do. I did whatever I wanted for the most part. So I would say I’m pretty happy with the cut,” he clarified. “So that is the director’s cut. But I would say extended cut for sure.”
Given the popularity of Obsession, most audiences would likely agree with Barker that there’s nothing about the movie that would need to be changed in the edit to make for a more satisfying experience. Additionally, while some alternate versions of horror movies lean into violence and gore that needed to be trimmed to secure a theatrical release, Obsession arguably wouldn’t benefit from a more grisly version.
However, given how passionate of a following the movie has earned, audiences would likely appreciate getting to spend an extra 20 minutes in this world and with these characters. Barker’s comments about the theatrically released movie being the director’s cut, though, will come as a relief that he didn’t have to compromise his vision in any significant way when it came to releasing the movie.
Stay tuned for updates on the future of Obsession.
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