frankaphone Review of The Final Wish

The Final Wish (2018)

A Mediocre Horror Movie With Few Good Elements

[5/10 · 12 February 2019]

For an indie director working on a small budget, the film is well-shot cinematography wise, using neon colours mixed with teal and orange, creating an inhertently bigger budgeted cinematic tone and experience. However, the characters and their development along with the actual scares in the movie tend to fall flat. The scares are flat and predictable, but that I blame to scare execution. The movie takes 40 minutes to get going, making it feel like a chore, but afterwards the pacing picks up and the movie begins a breakneck pace, providing a few fun twists along the way. I think the lead girl who is dating the Sheriff is a beyond poor actress. Overall, the script, directing and acting are uneven, but show promise and potential. The scares are cheap predictable jumps you've seen before with a few creepy, cinematic and serviceably acted scenes.