It is as certain that the sexually active couple in the plot will be one of the first victims of a horror film as it is that horror films are experiencing, in the last decade, a boom of popularity, an unexpected success. Now, it’s time to Obsession — Happiness is Relative achieving the rare phenomenon of growing at the box office week after week, in Portugal and around the world. A phenomenon that is linked to another cinema theme this year 2026: is a product, in part, of the YouTube school.
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