The Final Wish

THE GIST: Aaron heads back home after the sudden death of his father to help his grief-stricken mother, knowing full well he's in for a rough time, given the way he left town. His father was an antiques dealer, and going through his things Aaron finds a mysterious artifact. Soon, odd and violent events start occurring.

I love horror movies and I've seen enough to know that good ones are not very easy to find. The Final Wish ended up on my radar only because of the casting of the brilliant Lin Shaye, whom I discovered via the Insidious franchise.

As expected, Shaye is great to watch, even though her part is quite small. As feared, her performance is also the only salvageable thing, aside from her being the only actor who's able to shine in spite of the threadbare script.

The sad thing is that the original idea isn't bad (albeit hardly original), but it's very poorly executed on paper, speeding through occurrences or jumping around sequences of events that take for granted the capacity of the audience to be forgiving. After a while, it's game over.

THE BOTTOM LINE: I never really stop watching a movie once I start it, so I stuck around till the end, and it never gets any better. Skip this one.

Grade: 4