The Chair
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Nov 2, 2026
NickHOST
So they started to make these shorts on YouTube.
NickHOST
And there was a specific one called The Chair, right? And it became this...
NickHOST
And I haven't seen this.
NickHOST
I don't know if you guys have.
NickHOST
Yeah.
NickHOST
Thank you.
NickHOST
So, you know, the chair that this kid made, and kid, I mean, he's in his, like, mid-20s, but...
NickHOST
A bunch of production companies all started to kind of get wind of what was going on.
Gregory BorseGUEST
In a strange way, but then you start asking the question as you watch it, which one is which? You know what I mean? Because there are a couple of layers here.
Gregory BorseGUEST
But Barker, the director, he got attention from... you know, from Hollywood for a short film that he did in 2023, I think we looked it up, called The Chair.
Gregory BorseGUEST
And so they came, somebody came to him and said, would you like to develop that into a full-length film? And he took the opportunity to pitch Obsession.
Gregory BorseGUEST
And so they decided, hey, we're going to do that instead.
JamesHOST
James Harris was a producer who reached out to my manager and said, I've got this program that I do where I basically pick an up and coming filmmaker based off short films and I give them a very small amount of money to go make a movie.
JamesHOST
And I saw Barker's short, The Chair, and I'd love to do a feature film version of The Chair.
JamesHOST
I heard that opportunity and I was like, that's awesome.
JamesHOST
But I'm really excited about this obsession idea I've been toying around with.
JamesHOST
They make a lot of funny...
JamesHOST
A couple horror videos here and there.
JamesHOST
But his short film, The Chair, I actually ended up watching it today.
JamesHOST
And I can see there's a lot of similarities with the tone and the type of horror that's unfolding on screen from watching that short.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
But they moved in together and they made that shit work.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
In 2023, Curry made a short film called The Chair.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
And that shit, I kid you not, has 12 million views on YouTube.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
Then he made the found footage Milk and Cereal for $800.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
And after they failed to get distribution for that, they cut 20 minutes out of the movie and dropped that shit on YouTube.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
And now it has 4.4 million views.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
Then, James Harris from T-Shot Productions approached Curry about doing a feature-length adaptation of The Chair, and Curry instead sold him on adapting a little script he'd been working on called Obsession.
Austin ZwiebelmanHOST
And the rest is history.
Brit RayHOST
With one of his best buds, Cooper Tomlinson, he created a sketch comedy YouTube channel, That's a Bad Idea, while also making short films.
Brit RayHOST
After he released his 2023 short horror film The Chair, Curry got a call from producer James Harris to suggest making it into a feature-length film.
Brit RayHOST
However, Curry instead pitched a different idea.
Brit RayHOST
This pitch was a story about a toxic relationship, someone so overly enamored by somebody else that it was suffocating.
NeilHOST
He's made a film next year.
NeilHOST
And The Chair, 2023, and Milk and Cereal, as in not the breakfast cereal.
FraserHOST
What I do like is that even though he was a young director, and this is my last point on it, even though he was like, from what I understood, he was a young director, obviously, you know, he's got his break.
FraserHOST
And they offered him a ton of money to change things.
AllyHOST
It's one of those ones you have to just watch it.
AllyHOST
over and over because i'm still learning about the film
EmmaHOST
it's yeah to your point i mean we i've watched it i think three times in the last 48 hours but i don't get bored of it and there's so much to consume every single time
AllyHOST
every single time but if you are strange and haven't watched obsession yet strange please go do that or if you don't give a fuck come along and get obsessed with us oh get fucking obsessed there's lots of spoilers guys i'm sorry
EmmaHOST
it at HomeGoods.
EmmaHOST
Yeah.
EmmaHOST
So for those of you that do not know, this film was written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker.
EmmaHOST
And Curry is...
AlexHOST
And then it did well on YouTube.
AlexHOST
Then a producer offered him the chance to turn it, to turn, I think he had another viral short called The Chair.
AlexHOST
And somebody approached him and said, hey, do you want to turn this into a feature? And he used the meeting to pitch Obsession, which he had already written.
AlexHOST
And then they shot it in 26 days in L.A. in late October 2024.
ZachGUEST
But I am worried that this is his best idea and that the second best idea might not be that good and, you know-
Kenneth SanityGUEST
He, he had made a horror short film called The Chair.
ZachGUEST
Right.
ZachGUEST
Right.
ZachGUEST
I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt for sure.
Kenneth SanityGUEST
Yeah.
Kenneth SanityGUEST
I'm, I, I'm, I'm betting they'll end up making The Chair a feature film now, but maybe not.
Kenneth SanityGUEST
I haven't seen that one yet.