You can watch Curry Barker’s ‘Mama Bear’ on YouTube right now.You can watch Curry Barker’s ‘Mama Bear’ on YouTube right now.Oct 29, 2026, 11:57 PM UTCCurry Barker, the director behind the hit horror film Obsession, just published a new horror short on YouTube. The short, titled “Mama Bear,” 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.Barker wrote, directed, and edited “Mama Bear,” according to the description for the video, which was published on his that’s a bad idea YouTube channel. The description also has a note thanking Windows for “sponsoring this short film,” and Barker was featured in an Instagram video earlier this week with a Surface laptop.RelatedBarker will follow Obsession with Anything but Ghosts, which debuts in May 2027. Horror is big business right now, with the film Backrooms, directed by YouTuber Kane Parsons, also proving to be a big box office success this year. Parsons debuted a new Backrooms YouTube episode in August.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jay PetersThe Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The director of Obsession put a new horror short on YouTube
