Watch: Obsession director Curry Barker returns with unsettling short Mama Bear

Just days before Halloween, director Curry Barker of the film Obsession has returned with a new short film titled Mama Bear. The unsettling piece was shared on his and collaborator Cooper Tomlinson's YouTube channel with a warning - "That's a bad idea." Produced in collaboration with Windows, Mama Bear stars Jon Lee Richardson as Floyd, a house cleaner who falls asleep at his job. Upon waking, he finds himself immersed in a terrifying living nightmare, inundated by distressing phone calls and doppelgängers.

Although Mama Bear lacks the richness of Obsession, it retains some elements from Barker's debut directorial effort. Viewers can expect shadowy figures lurking in the corners, along with a woman (played by Katie Sarife) in major distress. It is important to note that the title Mama Bear does not correlate with Obsession's titular Bear, portrayed by Michael Johnston.

This marks Barker's first project after Obsession, with his next feature, Anything But Ghosts, set to premiere in 2027. The film stars Barker and Tomlinson as fraudulent paranormal investigators who must contend with real ghosts. Bryce Dallas Howard, Aaron Paul, Violet McGraw, and Chris Reinacher are also set to appear in Anything But Ghosts.