The director of Obsession put a new horror short on YouTube

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/videoframe_44000.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Curry Barker, the director behind the hit horror film <em>Obsession</em>, just published a new horror short on YouTube. The short, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0YYzEXSmE0">titled "Mama Bear,"</a> is nearly five minutes long. The video is pretty unnerving, and fair warning that it gets a little graphic, but it's a fun one to watch if you're looking for something scary ahead of Halloween on Saturday.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Barker wrote, directed, and edited "Mama Bear," according to the description for the video, which was published on his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thats_a_bad_idea">that's a bad idea YouTube channel</a>. The description also has a note thanking Windows for "sponsoring this short film," and Barker was featured in an Instagram video earlier this week …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/streaming/1022934/curry-barker-obsession-horror-short-youtube-mama-bear">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>