Wish Upon

Be careful what you wish for.

A 17-year-old girl is barely surviving the hell that is high school, along with her friends. So when her dad gives her an old music box with an inscription that promises to grant the owner’s wishes, she thinks there is nothing to lose. She makes her first wish and, to her surprise, it comes true. Before long, she finally has it all: money, popularity and her dream boy. Everything seems perfect - until the people closest to her begin dying in gruesome and twisted ways. Now, with blood on her hands, she has to get rid of the box, before it costs her and everyone she loves the ultimate price.

90 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Horror).
Fantasy, Horror, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I’ve struck paydirt!

Credits

Cast	Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park
Director	John R
Screenplay	Barbara Marshall
Music	tomandandy
Cinematography	Michael Galbraith
Editing	Peck Prior
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2017
Produced by	Broad Green Pictures, Busted Shark Productions, Orion Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Horror
Language	Fairly frequent, moderate impact swearing.
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, strong impact, underscored by a sense of threat and suspense, justified by genre.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Contains scenes of horror.
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic elements and language
Runtime	90
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Sandie Angulo Chen Clichéd horror falls flat.	2
24.com Jean-Marie Korff If you're into wasting your time, then go ahead, but if not, then rather sit this one out.	2
ScreenIt Jim Judy In the end, I had two wishes of my own while watching the story unfold over just around ninety minutes. One was that it would be over already and the second was that if the first couldn’t be granted, at least what was offered could have been better.	6
Metacritic.com 24 critics	6
Rottentomatoes critics 74 critics	8
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Wish Upon is neither scary nor original, but its fundamental flaws as a horror movie may make it destination viewing for after-midnight camp genre enthusiasts.	4
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	5
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Uninspired horror movie has shallow characters, few scares.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 20 users	8
Rottentomatoes users 3944 users	8
IMDB 2629 Netizens Death Music Box	9
The Movie DB Community	10
Average .. 30%	6