Curry Barker hasn’t slowed down after dropping the biggest horror breakout of the year.
The Obsession director’s follow-up film, Anything But Ghosts, just got an official release date.
Here’s everything we know so far about his next smash movie.
(Obsession via Focus Features)
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What’s Anything But Ghosts About?
The upcoming horror-comedy Anything But Ghosts follows two scam artist “ghosthunters” who find themselves in over their heads when they encounter actual ghosts, making them lose control of the situation entirely.
Curry Barker co-wrote the script with his longtime creative partner (and Obsession star) Cooper Tomlinson. The duo will also co-star as the film’s leads.
He has said the movie shares a universe with Obsession, even teasing a detail from a news broadcast that will tie the two projects and their haunting stories together.
Who’s in the Cast?
Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson lead the film, joined by Bryce Dallas Howard, Aaron Paul, Violet McGraw and Chris Reinacher for a star-studded project.
It’s a notably bigger cast than Obsession, which leaned on a smaller ensemble to become one of the most profitable films of all time.
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When Does It Come Out?
Anything But Ghosts hits theaters across the U.S. on May 7, 2027, just under a year after Obsession‘s release on May 15 of this year.
Focus Features has worldwide rights, while Universal Pictures International will handle the film’s distribution internationally.
What Tone Is the Film Going For?
Curry Barker described the film to The Hollywood Reporter as a “buddy comedy,” while promising it’s “still going to be scary and messed up.”
He’s also been insistent that it won’t simply repeat what made Obsession work.
“Nobody wants the same movie twice,” he said, crediting the people around him for reassuring him that the new film’s different tone is a good thing.
Why Expectations Are Sky-High High
Obsession has grossed $519 million worldwide against a reported budget of less than $1 million, becoming Focus Features’ highest-grossing film ever.
It also became the highest-grossing movie ever acquired out of a film festival, unseating The Blair Witch Project from 1999 and its longstanding record.
Anything But Ghosts will carry considerably bigger—but still quite small—budget of around $5 million, giving Barker more to work with this time around, but without taking away the restraints that made Obsession the hit it is.
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What’s Next?
Don’t expect Curry Barker to stop after a single follow-up. He has a third studio film already set up at Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster, though, understandably, plot details remain scarce for now.
He’s described that untitled project as something he’s “been excited to make for a while,” giving fans even more to look forward to beyond Anything But Ghosts.
Between these two major studio films already on the calendar, Curry Barker has quickly gone from a YouTube sketch comedian to one of horror’s most in-demand new voices.
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