OBSESSION Filmmaker Curry Barker: HEREDITARY Changed the Way I Looked at Horror @afi

OBSESSION Filmmaker Curry Barker: HEREDITARY Changed the Way I Looked at Horror @afi

Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

OBSESSION writer/director/editor Curry Barker spoke to AFI Conservatory Fellows about filmmaking and how Ari Aster's (AFI Class of 2010) HEREDITARY changed the way he looked at horror.

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OBSESSION Filmmaker Curry Barker: HEREDITARY Changed the Way I Looked at Horror