In a story likely to have been excitedly retold and forwarded many thousands of times among budding filmmakers over the last few weeks, before he made “ Obsession ,” Curry Barker was doing his thing on YouTube, where in 2023 his 22-minute horror short “The Chair” was spotted by LA-based Brit producer James Harris . Impressed by what he saw, Harris showed “The Chair” to his fellow Brits running Tea Shop Productions , co-founder Mark Lane (based in the U.K) and Leonara Darby, another expat in LA