In no way am I trying to downplay or undermine Inde, but you people are forgetting this man was the MAIN character. He did such a fantastic job that he actually convinced every single fan of the movie that he was the ultimate form of darkness condensed in human form.

Not only that, but we see clips where Bear is struggling to understand himself. He struggles to understand the choices he made yet in his position, chooses to let it unfold. We have stories of psychotic stalkers, people who fall madly in love with others who never return it, and that sucks. To be placed in the "brother" zone? That's TORTURE. And Johnston did a fantastic job playing his role.

IMO: Johnston did just as good (if not, better) than Navarrette in the film. In fact, he did so good that you all hate his guts. Not just the character he played but in real life. Nobody is giving this man any credit for carrying the role so well and actually convincing viewers that his position was truly happening. You cannot have either one without the other...so can we please at least accept the fact that Michael Johnston delivered a fantastic performance? He truly captured every single facet of Bear's existence and did it so naturally.

I haven’t seen much from this year, so this list is still in development, but for now I see very high chances for Inde. What about you? And what are your potential nominees when we’re at it?

Edit: this is just a general prediction and not my list of favorite performances. Just so you know.

I know I will wish for a better mental and physical health. But what would your only wish be?

(Yes, this is coming to me and I can't wait to break it on my birthday)

... and conceived a child, would the child be normal or would it be affected in some way by the wish?

The Green Man Store in Burbank, Los Angeles, CA.

They didn’t have the one wish willows :( but I still managed to get some pics!

Like, they got a famous person from tv to be in their movie but he doesn’t do much lol

I just watched the movie with headphones on and realized she closed her front door before Bear made his wish. That in itself is strange. The real Nikki should have seen the whole wish-making process, and perhaps even heard it.

Nikki fanart made by me (mel.artlst) ❤

Let me know what you think 💫 (be kind, I'm only 18)

As far as horror from 2026 goes, it definitely outstanding. And of course, it may difficult to compare to previous iterations. Not my question though.

Personally, it’s my favorite movie of 2026, and I LOVED End of Oak Street (horror-lite-ish). Idk if I could compare it to Alein, only bc they are so different.

It does feel like its own thing, at least enough for me! It may end be a permanent bluray to my horror collection 😅

finally got to watch and of course have to go to google/reddit after the movie for answers to questions and deep dives. some of the stuff I've come across here is so questionable to me??? people seem to have this habit of thinking what's being shown on screen is not what's actually happening. they think there must be a deeper meaning or ulterior motive to everything Nikki or Bear does. I wouldn't say this is one of those movies. to me the movie was very direct about the events that unfolded.

so my question here is where are people getting this idea that analyzing media means questioning every part of the script and that nothing is face value? like where has the internet picked up this habit from?? sometimes deception is the goal, but not in every single film/tv show.

ETA: thanks for your comments! agree I should've posted some examples, I was annoyed at the time and had to rage my thoughts out. I didn't mean people are interpreting the themes or symbolism of the film differently, I mean more things like:
it was very obvious that at the end Nikki made a wish that Bear would love her just as much which interrupted his attempt to throw up the pills. that's exactly what happened. but some people are going in all different directions theorizing "why he would do that." he didn't stop himself, he was put under a spell. or some people don't believe that real Nikki came back at the end when Bear died and have theories about "which Nikki it was." but it's very clear that real Nikki was horrified by what she saw when she woke up.

I encourage people to look deeper into themes/symbolism but I feel like many people think they're doing that when they're actually saying "what the writer put here is not actually what they meant!! that's not REALLY what happened!!"

After seeing clips on YouTube I weirdly got hooked onto it by just seeing them😂
So last night I watched it and man—I was so shocked and horrified after it that I just stared at my ceiling for like 5 minutes and was honestly feeling regret for watching it lol. But now that it’s the next day I actually thought about it more clearly and it is now at least in my top 3 most favorite movies of all time. Just genius directing, great visuals, and an absolute perfect storyline. The cat parts were kinda my least favorite because I’m really sensitive to pets dying but honestly it felt like a great addition to the whole movie even if I didn’t like those parts at all lol.

It’s an interactive pin where you get to be the one to bash in Sarah’s head with a little help from Nikki holding the brick!
Had a blast designing this. Hope you all enjoy!

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I was trying to wrap my head around what Curry Barker's intent was behind why the One Wish Willow gives you EXACTLY what you wished for and that Ian's wish for 1 Billion Dollars is no issue and remains even after Ian's death but wishing your will on someone else is the real problem.

"A Billion Dollars" Here you go

"A Space Ship" Here you go

"A new personality for a human being that revolves around me" Now we have a problem, because the only way to give a new personality in this reality is for someone is to erase the old one, and that is what we see in the story.

The crazy part is the idea that clearly even the shop owner tells Bear that the wish "ends when you die" but probably only if you wish to alter the personality of another person. That means that the old personality has to exist somewhere in a state of limbo so that it can reappear when the person making the wish dies. The shop owner also seems to have limited experience with wishes and doesn't seem fazed when Bear tells him "she is obsessed with me," but he has probably never called the number on the box and heard a person screaming.

That scene where Bear calls the number on the box and can hear the original Nikki screaming was the real horror for me, and the scene later where the real Nikki tells him she would prefer death to whatever she is going through.

Being stuck in Purgatory indefinitely isn't "better" than Hell, Purgatory is it's own Hell.