The Monkey's Paw (2013)
Directed by Brett Simmons
After Jake Tilton is given a mystical "monkey's paw" talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, he finds his world turned upside down after his first two wishes result in his malevolent coworker, Tony Cobb, being resurrected from the dead. When Cobb pressures Jake into using the final wish to reunite Cobb with his son, his intimidation quickly escalates into relentless murder - forcing Jake to outwit his psychotic friend and save his remaining loved ones.
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What critics compared The Monkey's Paw to
The concept of the film pays homage to the likes of Stir of Echoes and a horror short story written by W. W. Jacobs and originally published in 1902 called The Monkey’s Paw .
With a nod towards the famous tale of “The Monkey’s Paw” and Flatliners , the concept behind Talk to Me defies belief.
The promise of three stories—and multiple visitations—echoes Dickens’s A Christmas Carol , and the three wishes the genie grants Aladdin in The Thief of Bagdad , and even the three wishes in “The Monkey’s Paw.”