The Monkey's Paw Backdrop Blur
The Monkey's Paw Poster

The Monkey's Paw

"From the famous story by W. W. Jacobs"

A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow.

Top Cast

  • Milton Rosmer

    Milton Rosmer

    Mr. Robert Trelawne

  • Megs Jenkins

    Megs Jenkins

    Mrs. Alice Trelawne

  • Michael Martin Harvey

    Michael Martin Harvey

    Seamus Kelly

  • Eric Micklewood

    Eric Micklewood

    Tom Trelawne

  • Brenda Hogan

    Brenda Hogan

    Beryl

  • Joan Seton

    Joan Seton

    Dorothy Lang

  • Mackenzie Ward

    Mackenzie Ward

    Noel Lang

  • Norman Shelley

    Norman Shelley

    Charles Monoghan

  • Hay Petrie

    Hay Petrie

    Grimshaw, the Curio Shop Proprietor

Overview

A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow.

Rating

5.9 / 10
10 Reviews
0 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jul 9, 2022

    A small shop-keeping family acquire a rather gruesome looking monkey's paw from a passing peddler who promises them it will bring good luck - something they need as "Mr. Trelawne" (Milton Rosmer) has got himself into bother with a local bookie over a £200 debt he has run up. A slightly comically over-made up Megs Jenkins plays his wife with Eric Mickelwood as "Tom" their twenty something son who decides that he can perhaps win the money by racing his new car "Alice" at a local racetrack. Needless to say, they try to use the talisman to help them out and disaster accompanies them each time... The problem with this whole story is that it is way too short; if you wish on the paw then you get your wish but pay a terrible price - but that's it; there isn't anything else to do with the hour, so whilst it concludes in quite an eery and atmospheric fashion (helped by some creative use of thunderstorm sound effects) the rest of it is character establishment and as such is quite dull and unremarkable.

Recommendations

Cheat

On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.

Cheat

6.9 2023