Summer moviegoers poured out of theaters in 2026 reeling from Curry Baker’s psychological horror thriller, Obsession. The film sparked intense internet debates, sermon series in conservative churches, and fiery cultural critiques. The central narrative follows a desperate young man named Bear, played by Michael Johnston, who wanders into a metaphysical shop and purchases a $6.99…
Editor’s note: This article contains references to sexual assault and domestic violence, as well as critical spoilers for the ending of Curry Baker’s 2025 film, Obsession. By Beatrix Kondo For all of summer 2025, film audiences have flooded internet forums, social media, and cinema lobbies describing Curry Baker’s psychological horror-thriller Obsession as a cautionary tale…
SALISBURY, England — For months, the rural tranquility of Hampshire’s historic New Forest was fractured by a deeply disturbing campaign of targeted vandalism. Churches—sacred spaces meant to offer sanctuary and peace—became the staging grounds for grim discoveries: the mutilated remains of stolen lambs and road-killed deer, arranged alongside provocative iconography like inverted crosses and Tarot…
SALISBURY, England — A multi-decade saga of targeted church vandalism, animal theft, and bizarre psychological fixation reached a legal conclusion this week when a Hampshire man was ordered to be detained indefinitely in a medium-secure psychiatric facility. Benjamin Lewis, whose systematic desecration of rural English churches caused widespread terror, deep community distress, and an extensive…
