The Final Wish

The Final Wish is a 2018 mystery-horror film written by Jeffrey Reddick, Jonathan Doyle and William Halfon and co-produced by Jeffrey Reddick, directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. and starring Lin Shaye and Michael Welch. The movie is distributed by Cinedigm Entertainment Group. "The Final Wish" was released on October 17, 2018 at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival.
Plot.
Aaron Hammond is forced to return home when his father suddenly dies. While dealing with grief and trying to support his mother, Kate, he finds an urn in his father's belongings. He soon finds that the object is capable of making wishes and desires come true. What he doesn't know is that the price for this may be too high to pay.
Release.
Reception.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, "The Final Wish" has an approval rating of 73% based on eleven reviews, with an average score of 6.28/10. Frank Ochieng from the "SF Crowsnest" gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars and stated: "Wish is strangely contemplative in its attempt to shine an eerie light on the mysteries of death and estrangement. Woodward's gory gem is more of the psychological horror variety as it adequately taps into the realm of a messy mindset gone haywire." Noel Murray, reviewing for the newspaper "Los Angeles Times", opined, "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." Jennie Kermode from the online magazine "Eye for Film" gave the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote: "Focused primarily on psychological horror but also dealing out a fair number of shocks and scares, The Final Wish is a well-crafted film that's likely to appeal to a broad range of genre fans."