The Final Wish

The Final Wish is a 2018 mystery-horror film directed by Timothy Woodward Jr., written by Jeffrey Reddick (also co-producer), William Halfon and Jonathan Doyle, and starring Lin Shaye and Michael Welch.

Distributed by Cinedigm Entertainment Group, The Final Wish was released on October 17, 2018 at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival.

She opens the door and turns the light on and sees the lamp laying on the floor, showing her dead mother's body cut in half.

She turns around and suddenly sees her father covered in blood holding a samurai sword.

From the shock of seeing her father bloody and agitated, she falls back and lands on the floor next to her dead mother & starts to cry.

Dealing with grief and the unresolved tension with his mother, Kate, Aaron starts going through his father's belongings.

Among the varied items, he discovers a mysterious antique urn that his father, a keen collector of old artifacts, had recently acquired.

After being at a local dinner with Jeremy, Aaron heads home, where the urn is still in his room.

One of Aarons wishes is for his mother, Kate, to forget about his father so she can move on from her grief.

The dealer tells them that he is still alive, and his daughter still lives in the house where Williams killed his wife.

Aaron and Lisa go to pay a visit to William's daughter, who asks him where the urn is.

Tyrone turns up at the sheriffs house, where he confronts him about the so-called revoke of his bail.

Aaron wishes that he died the day Tyrone moved his car and hit him.

[2] 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.

"[4] 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.