‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker Drops a Freaky Horror Short Just in Time for Halloween (io9 (Gizmodo))

GRANT BRICKMAN: Curry Barker's five-minute horror short is out, and nobody will tell us what it is.

GRETA FOOTNOTE: We first told you this morning that Mama Bear had landed on YouTube. Since then, io9 and Reactor have weighed in. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Vera, how does someone from YouTube end up directing a horror hit? Did the AI sign them? ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: No AI involved. io9 says Barker was posting on YouTube before breaking out with Obsession. Mama Bear is a return to that platform. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: In our earlier report, we noted the short is sponsored by Windows, and that the cast includes Jon Lee Richardson as Floyd. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: And what are other outlets saying? ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: Reactor calls it a surprise short on YouTube. Its summary says nobody can be told what Mama Bear is, because it is really weird. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Nobody can be told? Then how is the audience supposed to be scared? I need briefing documents. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant, that is the point. Vera, what is still open? ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: A lot. io9 says we may never find out what happened to Floyd or who the Mama Bear is, and calls that scarier. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: The report also says Barker's next film, the horror comedy Anything but Ghosts, reaches theaters May 7, 2027. ▶

GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) (Launch Library 2)

GRETA FOOTNOTE: A GSLV Mk II is Go for Launch with a replacement navigation satellite.

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Launch watch. A GSLV Mk II is Go for Launch from India today. Nova is at the pad. ▶

NOVA: Thank you, Greta! The rocket is a GSLV Mk. II from the Indian Space Research Organization, carrying IRNSS-1L, also called NVS-03. ▶

NOVA: It is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, an alternative to GPS for military and civilian use. ▶

NOVA: The pad is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, heading for Geostationary Transfer Orbit. Target time is 19:21 CET. Check the clock on screen! ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Nineteen twenty-one. I'll set a timer. The status says Go for Launch, which means it's going. Nova, don't wave. ▶

NOVA: I will keep my helmet on and my hands very still. It has not launched yet, so we wait, together, in the cosmos. ▶

THE NETWORK REPORT (PXL)

GRANT BRICKMAN: This is THE NETWORK REPORT. Over to Dot in the OB van for the traffic on the internet's motorways. ▶

DOT: All quiet on the motorways. No reports. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Thank you, Dot. Drive carefully. ▶