TRANSCRIPT · ‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker Drops a Freaky Horror Short Just in Time for Halloween

## ‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker Drops a Freaky Horror Short Just in Time for Halloween (io9 (Gizmodo))
https://gizmodo.com/obsession-director-curry-barker-drops-a-freaky-horror-short-just-in-time-for-halloween-2000832804
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.

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