The Monkey's Paw, the famous tale of being careful what you wish for has been adapted many times and in many mediums. This low budget adaption sticks to the basic premise of the supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs, with an elderly couple wanting to use a magical wish granting monkey paw to undo a recent tragedy.
For the most part the film is slow, creaky, woodenly acted and indifferently shot and edited, making the running time feel a lot longer than it is.
However, it comes to life in the last ten minutes, and as the story moves towards an inexorable conclusion, the atmosphere becomes creepy and the plight of the couple genuinely tragic.
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