The announcement was made last night that Curry Barker’s Obsession is making its Halloween Horror Nights debut this year, only a few months after the film arrived in theaters.
The film, a box office sensation that scared up $488 million to become the highest grossing horror movie of the year, will be featured at Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood this year.
Obsession isn’t getting a haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights this year, to be clear, but actors dressed up as Nikki Freeman will be roaming around Universal Studios.
Halloween Horror Nights Creative Director John Murdy previewed at Midsummer Scream last night, “Nikki’s out there somewhere. You kind of have to get into a ‘Where’s Waldo?’ mentality. She’s out there somewhere and she might be looking for her next obsession.”
Murdy also noted at the event last night that Obsession was a very last minute addition to Halloween Horror Nights this year, but they rallied the troops and were able to make it happen.
Halloween Horror Nights is typically planned out far in advance of the event each year, but when a movie like Obsession releases halfway through the year and becomes a bona fide pop culture sensation, well, it’s safe to say it was a mad scramble for the HHN team.
Could this set the stage for a full-on Obsession haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights in the future? Next year, perhaps? We’ve got a feeling that’s a very strong possibility…
Curry Barker’s Obsession is now streaming on Peacock.
