When a college student unfriends a mysterious girl online, she finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.
Director:
Simon Verhoeven
Stars:
Alycia Debnam-Carey,
William Moseley,
Connor Paolo
An evening of some drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them...with deadly consequences.
A scientist with the ability to enter the subconscious minds of the possessed must save a young boy from the grips of a demon with powers never seen before, while facing the horrors of his past.
Director:
Brad Peyton
Stars:
Aaron Eckhart,
Carice van Houten,
Catalina Sandino Moreno
A desperate single mother moves with her three children into the notorious, supposedly haunted, real-life Amityville house to try and use its dark powers to cure her comatose son. Things go horribly wrong.
Director:
Franck Khalfoun
Stars:
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Bella Thorne,
Mckenna Grace
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business by inviting an evil presence into their home, not realizing how dangerous it is.
Director:
Mike Flanagan
Stars:
Elizabeth Reaser,
Lulu Wilson,
Annalise Basso
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid camera she finds. It doesn't take long to discover that those who've their picture taken with it, soon die.
A teen girl discovers a magical box that will grant her seven wishes. As she uses her wishes for personal gain, bad things begin to happen to those around her. She discovers an evil entity lives inside the box and may be behind the gruesome deaths.Written by
kyleallencole9
The film is loosely based on W.W. Jacobs' short story The Monkey's Paw. See more »
Goofs
When Clare goes to chase the intruder the second time, her father comes out with the beard that he had shaved off in the scene prior, and the next time we see him, the beard is gone again. See more »
"Thanks to Kim for always watching over us." See more »
Alternate Versions
The director's Unrated Version is one minute longer than the Theatrical Cut, it has more gore and it is only available on the American Blu-ray. See more »
Don't Take My Summer Away
Written by Coke Youngblood & Danny Burke
Published by Songs Music Publishing, LLC and CS Music Publishing o/b/o Danny Burke Music (ASCAP), Songs of SMP (ASCAP), Coke Youngblood (ASCAP)
Performed by Truli
Courtesy of Songs Music Publishing, LLC See more »
Wish Upon is a horror tale that tells the story of a mysterious Chinese music box that grants seven wishes, but at a price.
Starring the adorable Joey King alongside Ryan Phillippe and Elisabeth Rohm it's an original piece, though clearly influenced by the classic tale of the monkeys paw. Thankfully I like that old tale so was excited to see what new twists they brought to the table, and quite frankly I walked away happy though some influence came from Final Destination (2000) as well.
It's a well constructed, suitably paced movie with a fantastic cast and more than a sprinkle of good ideas. I find Joey King very likeable, not only the fact that she's adorable but she's a competent actress with hopefully a great career ahead of her and it's about time Phillippe returned to form.
If you like alternative horror that doesn't rely on a dude with a knife, ghosts, big scary monsters or demonic themes then this may well be for you. There were elements that left me scratching my head but nothing that wasn't forgivable.
Well worth a watch.
The Good:
Fantastic cast
Solid concept
The Bad:
Dreadful cover art
Couple of loose ends
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Wish Upon is a horror tale that tells the story of a mysterious Chinese music box that grants seven wishes, but at a price.
Starring the adorable Joey King alongside Ryan Phillippe and Elisabeth Rohm it's an original piece, though clearly influenced by the classic tale of the monkeys paw. Thankfully I like that old tale so was excited to see what new twists they brought to the table, and quite frankly I walked away happy though some influence came from Final Destination (2000) as well.
It's a well constructed, suitably paced movie with a fantastic cast and more than a sprinkle of good ideas. I find Joey King very likeable, not only the fact that she's adorable but she's a competent actress with hopefully a great career ahead of her and it's about time Phillippe returned to form.
If you like alternative horror that doesn't rely on a dude with a knife, ghosts, big scary monsters or demonic themes then this may well be for you. There were elements that left me scratching my head but nothing that wasn't forgivable.
Well worth a watch.
The Good:
Fantastic cast
Solid concept
The Bad:
Dreadful cover art
Couple of loose ends