2017 · horror · thriller · fantasy
Wish Upon
Directed by John R. Leonetti1h 31m2017
A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.
Our read: Wish Upon (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · thriller · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- cold
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How Wish Upon feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want trashy teen wish-fulfillment horror that barrels into grim Monkey's Paw chaos.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if suicide themes, pet deaths, and brutal wish consequences will ruin your night.
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