Wish Upon (2017)
A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.
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WISH UPON is yet another high school horror flick with an entirely predictable storyline that you'll have seen play out a million times before in a million similar ways. A typical mildly obnoxious protagonist - who has no likeable element to her personality whatsoever - comes into possession of an ancient magical device which will grant her seven wishes. They do come true, but with macabre results. This is the kind of teen friendly fare that I generally dislike watching, with cheesy death scenes that feel like weak imitations of the ones in the FINAL DESTINATION franchise and a general generic and predictable feel. I was amused to see Ryan Philippe looking middle aged and playing the protagonist's father.
I thought this film more showed a selfish teenager who just thought about herself which was frustrating. I do think however that the beginning scene with the mum's suicide was done well to foreshadow the movie however there was more questions that needed to be answered about the box.
This movie brings us back to the nineties' horror movie like scream, I know what you did last summer, final destination... It's a teen movie, it's fun and effective. I had a nice time and it felt good.
It's always a surprise to me that movies like this get made, let alone, get the funding. If you want a sometimes amusing, poor man's Final Destination, then garb some popcorn and have a seat. Keep your expectations low though.