# Obsession (2025 film)

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Obsession (2025 film) and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A low-budget horror film that people found genuinely spooky, with strong box office returns for its small budget.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong box office on a low budget (3 comments): "The Backrooms and Obsession were made by youtubers with shoestring budgets." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985080)) "Both Backrooms and Obsession made strong returns on very low budgets." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924921)) "Backrooms and Obsession surpassed all expectations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50274906))
- Spooky, unsettling horror that works (3 comments): "I also thought obsession was decent. Spooked me a bit like horrors used to do when I was little." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349761)) "the early signs are the likes of obsession and iron lung" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48797970)) "Obsession and Backrooms are both really good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038786))
- Part of a strong new horror wave (2 comments): "What I’m impressed by of late is that a lot of contemporary horror films" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48866856)) "the early signs are the likes of obsession and iron lung" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48797970))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Backrooms (2026 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/backrooms.md): 22 recommend
- [Sinners (2025)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sinners.md): 12 recommend
- [Backrooms (2026 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/backrooms-film.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Obsession (2025 film)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/obsession/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).