How YouTube creator Curry Barker turned his filmmaking dreams into Obsession (opens in new tab)

Days before Obsession opened in cinemas across the US, its 26-year-old director, Curry Barker, made a bet with his manager and agent. They said if the film opened with more than US$20 million at the box office, they would all get tattoos. Obsession fell just short. It debuted with US$17 million. They were still thrilled. Barker made the horror film with just US$750,000. It was enormously successful. But then something unexpected happened. The following weekend, Obsession easily cleared US$20...