The Final Wish

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The Final Wish

2019

1h 35m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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After his father's death, a man returns home to help his grief-stricken mother. Going through his dad's belongings, he comes across a mysterious item that is more than it seems.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

05/20/2020

2/5

A low-budget scarer like this could have worked. The script lets it down.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

01/25/2019

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.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

07/28/2025

4/5

…horror in a classic mode, with care taken on character, atmosphere and a rather baroque appearance; these are classic tropes, but The Final Wish does something fresh with them, and the result should leave even the most jaded horror fans wanting more…

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Kevin Harley

Radio Times

02/02/2024

3/5

As a malicious spirit wreaks havoc, the film delivers a batch of cruel, clever shocks. While the demon might have been scarier left unseen, atmospheric visuals and a nifty final twist help make this a solidly moody chiller.

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Maria Lattila

The Digital Fix

08/10/2021

5/10

While Welch and Shaye are truly great, it's hard to forgive The Final Wish for all its narrative missteps. This is a film that is too complicated and too packed full of extras that it doesn't need.

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Tom Beasley

VultureHound

08/17/2020

2/5

It's a visually dull and narratively unimaginative take on a story that any horror fan has seen told dozens of times before.

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Evan H.

@eh_98 Feb 23

One of the worst movies I had ever seen, but funny bad at times.

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Ian H

@Howellsey 07/10/2025

OK. A lot of clunky editing and plot holes but enjoyable enough

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Keith A

@RT80348895 06/01/2025

Decent acting and an interesting plot which doesn't rely on bloody special effects, definitely worth a viewing.

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Ricardo d

@RT43154676 11/22/2024

Mais um filme que trata sobre desejos, mas com uma qualidade muito ruim. O que salva é a participação da atriz de Kate.

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Twiggy H

@RT13588610 09/14/2024

Pfft..dull and weird, very amateur-ish. So awful to make a fake prop then try and smash together completely different and random cultural/non-cultural references as a *cough* 'explanation' as to what the fake prop is, but then wrongly 'explain' bullshit about 'the univverrsssee' and 'balllannnce' *eyeroll* ..punching someone in the face with a big happy smile ISN'T 'ballllannnccee' and neither is having actors with crap lines going from overly chipper to stone-cold harsh to chipper again after each few words definitely ISN'T, but it certainly is annoying.

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Jeffrey P

@vanillavoodoo1 03/24/2024

The set-up is good, then the reveal happens and it goes off the rails into a fairly standard ending.

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After his father's death, a man returns home to help his grief-stricken mother. Going through his dad's belongings, he comes across a mysterious item that is more than it seems.

Director: Timothy Woodward Jr.
Producer: Thommy Hutson, Jeffrey Reddick, Johnny Cleveland
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Reddick, William Halfon, Jonathan Doyle
Distributor: Cinedigm
Production Co: BondIt Media Capital
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 24, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 8, 2019
Runtime: 1h 35m