The Final Wish
| The Final Wish | |
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| Directed by | Timothy Woodward Jr. |
| Written by | Jeffrey Reddick and William Halfon & Jonathan Doyle (Screenplay) Jeffrey Reddick (Story) |
| Produced by | Johnny Cleveland Thommy Hutson Jeffrey Reddick |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Pablo Diez |
| Edited by | Ned Thorne |
| Music by | Samuel Joseph Smythe |
Production companies | BondIt Media Capital Global Renaissance Entertainment Group |
| Distributed by | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Final Wish is a 2018 mystery-horror film written by Jeffrey Reddick, Jonathan Doyle and William Halfon and co-produced by Jeffrey Reddick, directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. and starring Lin Shaye and Michael Welch. The movie is distributed by Cinedigm Entertainment Group. The Final Wish was released on October 17, 2018 at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival.
Plot
Aaron Hammond is forced to return home when his father suddenly passes away. While dealing with grief and trying to support his mother, Kate, he finds an urn in his father's belongings. He soon finds that the object is capable of making wishes and desires come true. What he doesn't know is that the price for this may be too high to pay.
Cast
- Lin Shaye as Kate Hammond
- Michael Welch as Aaron Hammond
- Melissa Bolona as Lisa
- Spencer Locke as Lynette
- Tony Todd as Colin
- Kaiwi Lyman as Derek
- Jonathan Daniel Brown as Jeremy
Release
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Final Wish has an approval rating of 80% based on ten reviews, with an average score of 6.28/10.[1] Frank Ochieng from the "SF Crowsnest" gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars and stated: "Wish is strangely contemplative in its attempt to shine an eerie light on the mysteries of death and estrangement. Woodward's gory gem is more of the psychological horror variety as it adequately taps into the realm of a messy mindset gone haywire."[2] Noel Murray, reviewing for the newspaper Los Angeles Times, opined, "By the time 'The Final Wish' gets to the much more effective suspense sequences - and the enjoyably perverse twists - it's too little and too late."[3] Jennie Kermode from the online magazine "Eye for Film" gave the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote: "Focused primarily on psychological horror but also dealing out a fair number of shocks and scares, The Final Wish is a well-crafted film that's likely to appeal to a broad range of genre fans."[4]
References
- ^ "The Final Wish". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Ochieng, Frank. "The Final Wish (2019) (a film review by Frank Ochieng)". SF Crowsnest. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Murray, Noel. "Reviews: Creature feature 'Dead Ant,' Spanish thriller 'Ánimas' and more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Kermode, Jennie. "The Final Wish". Eye for Film. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
