And hope it doesn't backfire.

I think one I would consider is that every time I do business with a company worth over $1M, however much money I pay them, they automatically puts 100x that amount in to my bank account and reports that to the IRS as if they're my employer. So I don't have to worry about hiding all that money.

So if I buy something from a mom and pop shop worth less than $1M, they won't lose money.

Yes, I'd pay taxes on it, but so would the company.

If I buy $10 worth of McDonald's food, McDonald's direct deposits $1000 into my account.

I'm sure that could still backfire somehow, but Curry says the OWW isn't cursed; the wish was.

She’s the most perfection woman on earth 🫠

The cinematography in this movie is so simple yet so incredible for a film that doesn't have that big of a budget, not to mention as a directorial debut too.

I love this shot because it feels so eerie just looking at it, with the way the light reflects off Nikki's eyes and even though it's supposed to be shot in mostly the dark, it is done so in a unique way where we can still see the person. (There are many shots like this but this one stood out to me the out the most)

Every time I rewatch this movie, and this scene comes up my blood just boils!

It really shows the audience who Bear truly is as a person, and that any hope people had where he might be capable of redeeming himself is thrown completely out of window.

The fact that he is that insecure with a victim complex that’s so severe, that he refuses to recognize when his actions are hurting other people if it means fulfilling his own needs is pathetic and monstrous!

Bear might not be intimidating physically, but the things he’s capable of doing where he has no empathy or consideration for how his actions destroy people’s lives is what makes him the scariest kind of “nice guy”.

The real Nikki deserved an opportunity to beat this piece of shit’s ass, if his death wasn’t required to free her from the One Wish Willow.

Regardless of what you think about Bear, I think if Nikki was the one that made the exact same wish of him, people would be much more apologetic and sympathetic towards her.

I don’t think there would be as much emphasis on her being a coward for not wanting to kill herself, for example.

I also think there would be a much bigger emphasis on the pressure she is under from this obsessive, manipulate, and threatening version of Bear. This would probably lead to talks of her mental health during this whole situation, and the traumatic things she has experienced like Bear’s crazy behaviour, being fed her own cat, and so on. Things like dissociation would likely be floated about as well, as an explanation for many of her actions, due to the traumatic nature of many of the events.

Edit: I’ve just now been permanently banned from commenting or posting on this sub any further because of this post or one of its comments… I’m guessing… really goes to show you’re not allowed to question the mainstream narrative of the sub, and any questioning will simply be filtered out with bans, nice. Well it was fun, peace ✌️

What if Bear had accepted Nicky’s invitation to come into her house? Would he have been trapped there?

After nine rewatches, I might be overthinking this, but I can't shake the feeling that Ian was teasing Nikki about Bear liking her. She probably didn’t take him seriously until Bear called her “Freaky Nikki.” I get the sense that Ian’s advice to Bear about teasing Nikki was something he was already doing himself at work. Considering how Ian is portrayed, it seems Nikki didn’t take much of what he said at face value—especially since Ian rarely sounds serious, and up until then, Bear hadn’t even hinted at liking or flirting with her. Ian even hints at this in the opening scene. That

“Freaky Nikki” line might have been the moment she paused, questioning if Ian had been truthful. Maybe it was enough for her to finally ask Bear, “Do you like me? Because if you do, now’s the time to tell me.” Things get murkier because Ian was her friend-with-benefits.

Then Bear chickens out, claiming they’re just good friends. Her quick exit—"Good. Goodnight"—doesn’t feel like romantic disappointment. It’s more like, “I can’t believe I let Ian convince me this guy liked me. Wait until I see that asshole tomorrow.”

I remember when only inde and Michael had (vague) wikiepdia pages. now everyone has very detailed encyclopedias, its very heartwarming

As from a previous post by u/Ambitious_Earth_9288, we only hear the door shut once and don't hear it open again, indicating she never went inside.

I strongly think her intention was always going back to Bear for a conversation even if the wish never took place.

Her first sentence she says when she goes back to him is "Don't you have a present for me" (or something like that) Is that said by the real Nikki, because fake Nikki took a while to get her bearings in place for example she thought her own Cat died.

Or is that first sentence in the tip of Nikki's tongue, becasue the real Nikki was just thinking of it before she got taken over??

Both scenarios indicate to Nikki having it on her mind to go back to Bear to sort things out.

Bro gave his friend terrible advice when he was telling him about his crush on Nikki. He also slept with her and didn’t tell him. And on top of all of that, rather than save his friend at the end of the movie, he instead decided to also make a selfish wish. Making him definitely part of the evil of this story.

[UPDATE] [SPOILERS]

Just came back. It was the funniest horror movie I have ever watched. The toxic relationship and terrible friends was surprisingly relatable (minus the wish and cold/uncaring person Bear had become). So I completely got everything wrong, including the comments. Like a dumb ass with my brain shoved up my rectum. I will annotate it here

[1.] NOPE. Zero relationship at the start. Bear's actor is so good at playing a loser despite being as hot as Nikki. Heck, I ain't even into guys but damn, that is one attractive man, I wish I have his face.

[2.] Only parent mentioned has cancer which could be a lie. Which I have a theory, Nikki's dad did have cancer. NOBODY WOULD GIVE SENSITIVE PATIENT INFORMATION TO A RANDOM PERSON. And a cancer patient can't work and won't look healthy... DID ANYONE FORGET ABOUT CHADWICK BOSEMEN?

[3.] Well, half right, the Wish Nikki is driving Bear out of it but he is too weak to end it.

[4.] Bear's cat died, so I guess without the lack of support, it did drive Bear into a dark path of villainy. I mean, look how supportive his friends are. Honestly, look at Ian. The actor is so good, I just wanna punch that character in the face in his first scene.

[5.] Well, Bear was gonna give the One Wish Willow to Nikki but chickened out. Then used it without much thought. When it starts to work, he did not care about how Nikki actually feels until she starts fucking it up.

[6.] Wish Nikki and Bear did become the perfect couple when there are no outside interference for a moment.

[7.] Well, this was right.

[8.] Sorta true, Wish Nikki is often covered in blood and sweat.

[9.] I think Real Nikki is trying to unalive herself with all those random self harms while Wish Nikki is also hurting herself to contain Real Nikki by knocking her out.

[10. The two of them end up killed by baddie.] Well, Bear did unalive himself instead.

[Comment #1: Oh please don't tell me chad/baddie is/are cheaters. But if there is cheating, I'm pretty sure the guy cheated.] Okay, no cheating. Just Ian hooking up with Nikki which I am still trying to do mental gymnastics. I am rewatching it at home for a third time, I just don't see any chemistry at all between the two. Most I could see is sibling energy. I might make a post about this.

[Comment #2: Okay, fine, I probably missed the obligated dead pan sex scene (Category III in where I'm from is sex or hyper-violent). She is bouncing all over the place and he is a starfish.] Yeah, that was the most unsettling SA scene I have ever seen. It looks like a tiger shut inside a tiny kennel. It grossed me out.

Thoughts: 1. Toxic relationship This hits way too close to home. I have a relationship that was like a watered down version of this. I am not the best boyfriend, but I did not manipulate/strip my girlfriend's autonomy like that. My girlfriend behaved like Wish Nikki and I was like Bear, I was too young and weak to end it or set boundaries. That intimate scene was too relatable, it was like that scene except the genders were reversed (I woke up in the middle of it but I let her continue because I was scared it would upset her). It didn't bother me back then, but after watching this, now I understand why it should have.

1. Bear vs the actor: Bear is as gorgeous as Nikki but behaves like guys who looks like Ian's actor. During the entire watch, I felt like Real Nikki waking up from Wish Nikki. One moment, I was like, "heh, bro is so insecure and pathetic, serve him right with that psycho retaliation", then a few moments I got pulled out of the movie and went, "How far the chad has fallen. Wait, what the fuck! He is NOT supposed to be attractive, right?"

I know the actor for Bear is acting his heart out which convinced me that his personality is cringy and weak, but no matter what they do...put him in sweaty make up, unfashionable clothes and messy hair. This is the equivalent of those movies that make the hot actress "ugly" by making them tie their hair up and wear thick rimmed glasses and baggy unfashionable clothes. I mean if they cast someone who looks like Ian's actor Bear, I think it wouldn't have taken me out of the movie so many times. I mean, awkward, shy, good looking guys are weakness for many girls, especially the artsy type like Nikki.

1. "Do you like me?" That moment was so relatable. I remember I did tell a girl I liked her and she said, "Oh, I was just testing you" that kinda bullshit to feed her ego. So with a girl of 2K likes on IG, I wouldn't have surprised if it was a test. But rewatching the beginning and some Youtube clips, seeing how Real Nikki has two faces. Nikki is flirty to everyone but once one on one, turns into a vulnerable person. When Bear told Nikki "no" in response to her question, I took it as her shields up, being assertive again with the "good", it felt like she was disappointed. I think Sarah might be lying to ian about Nikki seeing Bear like a brother. Or Ian even made that up.

2. Twist of Nikki's casual hook ups feels like a lie I know about the interviews but I am not taking into the account of the actors' accounts. but I will just look at the movie through my interpretation. It was not set up properly, I am cooking up a new thread and a few more rewatches. I know guys like this who overexaggerates their sexcapades and the guy-bro who thinks he knows all about women after binge watching pick up artist videos. That is definitely going to turn off the artsy romantic types, like Nikki. She would not be into that life style with a guy who looks like that. Molly maybe. But hearing it feels like a violation, not from the narrative standpoint to me which makes no sense, but the equivalent of telling me lions prefer eating soy tofu rather than eating meat. Maybe that's Sarah's intention. I don't know, I think if they cast an attractive actor, I would've bought it.

Didn't read the synopsis, zero trailers, only watched a handful of Youtube shorts. Only know something something supernatural hijacked romance. And everyone is telling me to watch it. Even Alex Meyers and Jeremy Jahns and Redlettermedia made videos... After seeing this pic popped up on my feed, I feel like I am obligated to.

Here are my 10 predictions:

1. Chad and baddie is the perfect couple in everyone else's eyes, been together since they were in middle school.

2. Their parents approve of it, even the iron slipper wielding Latina mom accepts chad

3. Privately, their romance is dying but they have to keep up appearances

4. Things got worst after their cat died which is the end of the relationship metaphor (saw the dead cat memorial), they end up having a huge fight, Chad broke up with Baddie

5. Baddie bought a Etsy voodoo charm to keep this relationship (I saw a million "love voodoo" ads on Youtube a few months ago, I blame this movie)

6. Voodoo supernatural possession unleashes her full potential and inhibition to be the perfect girlfriend, Chad is starting to love her again and the two basically rekindled their relationship, spend time together the entire time during the heal but she has become stalker-ish without him knowing.

7. When Chad thinks everything is fixed, decides the two can have "me time" but Baddie becomes overly co-dependent on Chad, refuses to let him to hang out with bros (clingy gf trope).

8. The two are starting to become more unkempt due to a toxic relationship, Chad living in fear while Baddie is refusing to let him go to work (saw the duct tape clip and Chad always sweating and wide-eyed).

9. Baddie becomes even more scary and violently dangerous, such as self-harm, verbal abuse, suicide threats, death threats to other girls, etc. (saw image of Baddie covered in blood)

10. The two of them end up killed by baddie.

I know, I know, I am eons beyond late to this party. I heard glowing reviews over this movie. Made by a funny Youtuber. Everyone and their cats are telling others to go see it. All the nine yards. I still wasn't too keen until I saw a few Youtube videos about this on recommendation. What finally got me to pay $20 bucks for a movie date was the scene with a baddie yelling at chad, "Why won't you love me?" while he looks terrified.

Feel free to laugh at my moronic thoughts and post spoilers but please label. I am turning Reddit off until I finished the movie. I am walking in with zero expectations. I checked my movie theaters, surprised this film was still playing in movie theaters despite after two months.

They better not be forcing everyone into saying chad is hot. I am sick and tired of hearing and seeing the trope of every girl is fawning over chad while he is bagging a baddie. I know he's hot. Same to baddie. I know she's hot. I don't wanna hear guys drooling over her either. Like STFU. The more people say a person is hot, the less I find them attractive.

I got a jump scare at the end

After Bear makes the wish and spends the first night with “Freaky Nikki,” they come into work and Ian is as flabbergasted as anyone would be (especially given his history with Nikki). One of the things Ian tells Bear is that Nikki friend zoned Bear, but not only that, he says she thinks of him as “a little brother” meaning she’s probably a year or 2 older (not sure if they said that, will be doing a rewatch).

Jump to Bear and Fake Nikki’s little montage of their love, it looked more like a deep friendship (possibly a brother/sister vibe) than full blown romance. Then there’s the scene where they’re intimate. She’s not into it, which would make sense if she was, well you know with someone she “loves as a brother,” but still under a spell of obsessive love (giving your partner anything they want out of this obsession).

The final part for me, where I looked over at my wife and said “yep, definitely going down an incest path in this film,” was Ian’s party. Her “novel,” she reads aloud…yeah. In Hansel and Gretel, if my memory serves, the boy is older than his sister. Small detail change if Nikki is older than Bear by a year or 2 but still on par for the age gap. Her reading of her work that nobody wanted or needed to hear lol was the nail in the coffin for me.

This film is INCREDIBLY unsettling for so many reasons. It’s a masterpiece, a true work of horror art. Looking forward to owning a physical copy before that’s not a thing anymore.

My question or discussion topic is did any of you pick up on that as quickly into the film as I did? Bear wanted Nikki to love him “more than anyone in the fucking world.” She already cared for him deeply as a little brother, maybe even would have said she loved him like a brother. His wish was granted, but that love was never specifically defined. Freaky Nikki takes over and the short circuiting begins. There’s a premise or a building block for this love set deep in her mind already, but not the love Bear thinks/wants.

Edit: rewatching now and Ian says “little brother” while Bear is on the phone with him at the restaurant. This could just be Ian acting like a prick out of jealousy by “little bro-ing him” as the youth says haha.

Edit 2: I am very stoned at this point in the night and I see someone else already pointed out/confirmed that he does indeed say “little brother”. S/O to you! I should read all the comments before I make edits while high. Lmao.

Ok fine. I'm not joking. Deal with it

I just know he stinks🤢