Filmmaker Curry Barker has confirmed that his next feature, Anything But Ghosts, will share a cinematic universe with his 2025 supernatural hit Obsession, expanding what is now being treated as a connected Blumhouse horror franchise.
According to local reports, Barker told the trade in May 2026 that the new film and Obsession occupy the same world, with shared rules around how its hauntings work.Bloody Disgusting reports that the project follows two con-artist paranormal investigators who scam vulnerable clients before colliding with a genuine and dangerous dark entity.
Anything But Ghosts is written by Barker and Cooper Tomlinson and directed by Barker. The cast, per production listings, includes Aaron Paul, Bryce Dallas Howard, Violet McGraw, Barker himself and Tomlinson. Production has already wrapped.
The film is notable for Abu Dhabi audiences because Image Nation Abu Dhabi is among its production partners, alongside Jason Blum's Blumhouse, Roy Lee and Steven Schneider's Spooky Pictures, Divide/Conquer and That's a Bad Idea. The involvement of Image Nation continues the company's growing slate of co-productions with major Hollywood horror brands.
Barker rose to attention with Obsession in 2025, a film that built strong word of mouth on streaming and positioned him as a young genre voice to watch. By linking Anything But Ghosts to that title, he is signalling an ambition to build a sustained universe rather than a sequence of standalone titles, a strategy Blumhouse has used successfully with other franchises.
Industry coverage from Dread Central notes that despite the star-driven cast, Barker and Tomlinson quietly anchor the film, with the director continuing to operate as a hands-on creative.
A release date has not been formally set, but with shooting complete and a studio-backed marketing push expected, Anything But Ghosts is one of the more anticipated horror titles in the post-summer 2026 pipeline, particularly for UAE viewers tracking Image Nation's slate.
