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Wish Upon

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• Fantasy
• Horror

• 2017
• John R Leonetti
• 90 mins
• 15

Summary

A story of 17-year-old Clare who, 12 years after discovering her mother's suicide, is bullied in high school when she's not being embarrassed by her hoarder father or given the brush off by her long-time crush. All this changes when dad comes home with an old music box whose inscription promises to grant its owner seven wishes. Fantasy horror Starring Joey King and Ryan Phillippe

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Dave Aldridge

Watchable without being remotely original or remarkable, this low-scare, Final Dimension-ish horror film features Joey King as Clare, a bullied high-school girl who, courtesy of bin-trawling dad Ryan Phillippe, is gifted an ornate wooden MacGuffin. Turns out it's a Chinese wish-pot whose inner demon grants the owner seven wishes, like Aladdin only with bells on. Clare gets what's going on when she wishes near the pot that her prime bullier should go rot. And guess what - she does. But with great power comes great consequences. And, in this instance, that means a compensatory blood sacrifice for each wish. Plus the pot proves darned difficult to get shot of once Clare realises it's a poison chalice. Pitched at horror fans who like to be mildly unsettled rather than grossed out, Wish Upon is decently made, but essentially it's a wet-afternoon watch.

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5.1/10

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Cast

rolenameClare ShannonJoey KingJonathan ShannonRyan PhillippeRyan HuiKi Hong Lee Paul MiddlebrookMitchell SlaggertJune AcostaShannon PurserMeredith McNeilSydney ParkJohanna ShannonElisabeth RöhmDarcie ChapmanJosephine LangfordTyler MangusoAlexander NunezMrs DelucaSherilyn Fenn

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rolenameDirectorJohn R Leonetti

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Theatrical distributor

Vertigo

Released on

2017-07-28

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sexual references.

Formats

Colour

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