The film centers on Jake Tilton who acquires a mystical monkeys paw talisman that grants its possessor three wishes. Jake finds his world turned upside down after his first two wishes result in co-worker Tony Cobb being resurrected from the dead. As 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.
Review
If "HeartShaped Box" ever gets made into a movie I would like it to have a little bit of the feeling I got from "The Monkey's Paw" that without being a great accomplishment delivers with a little twist making it as one wanted sequel for the original story of W. W. Jacobs and this time unleashing the evil we don't get to read on the original story.
I kind of venture to say that some may want to compare it with Stephen king's "Pet cemetery" or "The Serpent and the Rainbow" but at least on my case I wouldn't dare to. Even though this is not a for the big screen of a movie theater the film stands on its own giving the obvious answer of what it would have happened after the mother opens to his dead son Would he be like "I am alive again and I am better than before" Definitely the answer is no. Among the advantages of the story is that it doesn't play the main character as a dumb guy just naive and ingenuous man that unfortunately under the influence of alcohol and not having a good life makes the wrong choices.
Unlike other horror slasher movies the cliché (like the phone ringing at the most inopportune moment) becomes a necessary element. Why Because we feel like it shouldn't have happened to them meaning that we get to care for the characters regardless of them being of secondary importance on the story I would say that at this point is about ⋺mily" it gets way more personal. A little weird … after the Mom's death… dealing with this pseudo – zombie Also I really liked the use of the street cars and the location of New Orleans it gave the little touch for a little "Vodou".
The acting is fairly good the ambiance music and camera work let you appreciate the effort of the filmmakersregardless of being a little slow between some of the scenesand the appearances of the always welcome Charles S. Dutton Daniel HughKelly (Cujo) and Stephen Lang (avatar) gives the necessary strength for the rest of the cast and the flaws you may encounter. Without being overexcited I would recommend it much more than movies like insidious 2.