Sep 4, 2026 · 35 min · 12 segments
Ministry of Horror is back! This week I’m heading to Shudder for **Penny Lane Is Dead**, Mia’Kate Russell’s blood-soaked, 1980s-set Australian horror. Is this Ozploitation throwback worth adding to…
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The first step to winning an Oscar is getting nominated, and the first step to getting nominated is an awards campaign driving towards that goal.
And the good news for Obsession and star Indy Navarette is that distributor Focus Features is indeed planning a big-time campaign.
Variety reports this morning that Focus Features will run an awards campaign in the hopes of getting Obsession in next year's Academy Awards race, and for starters they'll be campaigning Indy Navarette in the Best Actress category.
Of course, it's up to the Academy whether or not she actually gets nominated, but this is the first important step to making that happen.
Variety describes the Obsession campaign as a wide-ranging effort from Focus Features that will seek recognition alongside nearly every category the film is eligible to enter.
So, yeah, they've kind of put everyone forward.
Best Picture, Best Director, Curry Barker, Best Actress, Indy Navarette, Best Actor, Michael Johnson, Best Supporting Actor, Cooper Tomlinson, Best Supporting Actress, Megan Lawless, Best Supporting Actor, Andy Richter.
Original Screenplay, Curry Barker, Film Editing, Curry Barker, Cinematography, Taylor Clemens, etc., etc., so on and so forth.
Because, I mean, Christ, not only was it my favourite horror so far of the year, really, it's kind of created a bit of a benchmark for comparison for me.
When I watch other things, I kind of go, that was good.
And I know that some people may hear this and think, oh God, what's all the big fuss about? It wasn't that good.
And that's fine.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Everyone is going to get something different from a film.
I think it just hit the marks for me.
I thought it was a really good story.
It's a very simple story.
It's a very typical Tales of the Dark Side, Outer Limits, whatever, Monkey Paw type story.
But it worked.
It hit the right notes for me.
Uh, pop-up.
The first step to winning an Oscar is getting nominated, and the first step to getting nominated is an awards campaign driving towards that goal.
And the good news for Obsession and star Indy Navarette is that distributor Focus Features is indeed planning a big-time campaign.
Variety reports this morning that Focus Features will run an awards campaign in the hopes of getting Obsession in next year's Academy Awards race, and for starters they'll be campaigning Indy Navarette in the Best Actress category.
Of course, it's up to the Academy whether or not she actually gets nominated, but this is the first important step to making that happen.
Variety describes the Obsession campaign as a wide-ranging effort from Focus Features that will seek recognition alongside nearly every category the film is eligible to enter.
So, yeah, they've kind of put everyone forward.
Best Picture, Best Director, Curry Barker, Best Actress, Indy Navarette, Best Actor, Michael Johnson, Best Supporting Actor, Cooper Tomlinson, Best Supporting Actress, Megan Lawless, Best Supporting Actor, Andy Richter.
Original Screenplay, Curry Barker, Film Editing, Curry Barker, Cinematography, Taylor Clemens, etc., etc., so on and so forth.
Because, I mean, Christ, not only was it my favourite horror so far of the year, really, it's kind of created a bit of a benchmark for comparison for me.
When I watch other things, I kind of go, that was good.
And I know that some people may hear this and think, oh God, what's all the big fuss about? It wasn't that good.
And that's fine.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Everyone is going to get something different from a film.
I think it just hit the marks for me.
I thought it was a really good story.
It's a very simple story.
It's a very typical Tales of the Dark Side, Outer Limits, whatever, Monkey Paw type story.
But it worked.
It hit the right notes for me.
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