Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.
Wish Upon is a fairly generic teen horror entry that borrows heavily from the Monkey's Paw cautionary tale tradition without adding much of its own. The plot is predictable and the rules of the cursed box are inconsistently applied, while the acting from the young cast ranges from serviceable to weak. Cinematography is competent but unremarkable, with little visual flair to distinguish it from countless other PG-13 horror films. Novelty is low as the premise is well-worn and the execution is by-the-numbers. The ending is marginally the strongest element, offering a cruel twist that genre fans may appreciate, giving it a slight edge over the rest of the film's mediocrity.