*Warning: Spoilers ahead for Obsession* If you’ve seen Obsession, the car scene will no doubt be seared into your memory. Making it happen was no mean feat, as revealed by the cast. Obsession is undoubtedly 2026’s answer to Weapons. It’s a truly original movie from horror icon Curry Barker, with a standout cast led by Inde Navarrette (her physical performance alone deserves an Oscar, it’s straight up nightmare fuel). The story itself centres on Bear (Michael Johnston), who is in love with his childhood friend and co-worker Nikki (Navarrette). When he can’t muster up the courage to say how he feels, he buys a ‘one wish willow’ toy and cracks it, wishing Nikki loved him more than anyone in the world. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for – the results are, frankly, horrifying. As Nikki’s terrifying behaviour escalates, Bear sneaks out the house to see their mutual friend Sarah (Megan Lawless). Credit: Focus Features She warns him that Nikki isn’t acting right, revealing that Nikki and their mutual Ian (Cooper Tomlinson) had been hooking up for months before they got together. Sarah also expresses her interest in him, and for a moment it seems Bear is realising he made the wrong decision. Before they can talk any further, however, Nikki appears out of nowhere, smashes the car window with her head, and bashes Sarah’s face into a brick against the steering wheel until it resembles a plate of spaghetti. It’s Terrifier-level gory, and it was also done on a Terrifier-level budget (a reported $750,000), which is what makes the scene all the more impressive. How Obsession’s grisly car scene was made Credit: Focus Features Firstly, there was the car window itself, which wasn’t CGI due to the budget. They only had enough for three fake glass sheets, but one of them broke on the way to shoot the scene. Speaking to Raiders Of The Lost Podcast, Michael Johnston explained, “Basically it’s this big sheet of glass… the breakaway glass. We only had three of them, and on the way over one of them broke before we even got to filming.” Megan Lawless added, “They’re carrying it over and then they velcro it onto the outside of the car. The first one [broke] before it even velcroed up on the car.” “Curry was literally telling us when it shattered that we had to be on it,” Johnston said. With just two takes left, they got to shooting the first, and while it looked great, a piece of styrofoam-like material holding the glass up fell in shot. “We just did not have the $10,000 to CGI it out,” Johnston said. So now they were only down to one take, which thankfully they nailed. This in itself wasn’t easy, as both cast members said the whole thing felt “ridiculous”. behind the scenes of obsession ✨🩸 pic.twitter.com/rCy1h5I0N8 — joe (@mcumagik) May 17, 2026 Lawless continued, “It wasn’t scary in the slightest… She [Navarrette] was wearing this wig on top of a helmet to protect her head.” What’s more, Curry told Navarrette that she had to run at the glass ‘like her life depended on it’. Despite the pressure, the star pulled it off. The next big challenge was, well, pulverising Sarah’s face. This was also done practically, as revealed by Lawless. The team made a mould of her face and constructed two dolls. The first was more realistic looking, and was able to bleed. The second was the final product, which had a smashed up face and an “eyeball hanging out.” It was a lot of hard work, but it turned out fantastic, and as the podcast hosts point out, it’s the scene that will no doubt be the most talked about for years to come. Lawless added, “I think so too, and I’m so honoured… I hope to be the most infamous death.” For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, like our Facebook page. Featured images credit: Instagram/Focus Features Post navigation Next story
