Rijndri
Load of rubbish!!
PlatinumRead
Just so...so bad
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Claudio Carvalho
In a small town, the teenager Mary (Liane Balaban) is obsessed and addicted with horror movies. Further, she is sleepwalker, has frequent nightmares and her father has forbidden her to watch horror movies. However, when the top at the box office "The Wisher" is screened in her town, she goes to the movie theater with her two best friends, Debbie (Siri Baruc) and Kara (Andrea Runge), and leaves the session before the end, vomiting and impressed with the scary story. Mary notes that her wishes comes true wounding people and she sees the character The Wisher stalking her everywhere."The Wisher" is a messy and incoherent plagiarism of other horror movies, mainly "The WIshemaster", "Nightmare on Elm Street", "Swimfan" and "Scream", blended with the exposition of the beautiful naked body of Melissa Repka. The result is a movie that begins with a supernatural story, but with an awful conclusion where the killer is a deranged and humiliated student. Therefore, most of the situations become unreasonable, like for example, the death of Mary's father in a car accident. Anyway, this forgettable movie entertains and in the lack of a better option, is watchable. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "The Wisher – Desejos Mortais" ("The Wisher – Mortal Wishes")
david-1161
OK, so I had insomnia, and this was basically the only thing on TV at the time. It was one of the most horrid and predictable piece of you know what that I have ever seen. I mean many horror movies are just bad, but this was absolutely awful. Frankly, I am surprised that a woman wrote the screenplay. Because it sure seemed like the person who came up with the idea (yes I realize that someone else could have written the treatment for it) was a male loner who was rejected by all the popular girls, and chose to write a story where attractive girls get slashed up and/or slaughtered, as some sort of sadistic symbolic payback. Although, I suppose that's not that uncommon in horror films, good or bad.Then there was of course the ridiculous insinuation about subliminal messages able to persuade people to murder others. It mentions rightfully that the military stopped using them in the 60s. What it doesn't tell you is that subliminal messaging was likely abandoned because it basically has no effect. There is supposed to be suspension of disbelief when watching films, but in this case, it just makes for extremely horrible melodrama.I am not really into horror films, but I can tell what a bad movie is, and this is a perfect exemplar of a horrible movie, regardless of genre.
idyltime-1
This flick is an attempted allegory and seems meant to mean something beyond the usual cheap, demented thrills sought by true slasher movie fans. So, if you're into breasty young things getting their bodies mutilated as some sort of cathartic reaction to changing gender roles, this film is not for you.On the other hand, if you like films that leave you in a "hmm..." state of mind, this is more your cup of tea. It is, unfortunately, hampered by an under-skilled director and some occasionally truly horrid editing, but the acting is well-done. Liane Balaban delivers well in the role, though it is not one that is BEST suited for her well-developed talent.
KHayes666
You know, when 3/4 of the females are hot in a movie, you can overlook the horrible plot and be entertained by the women alone....but in this movie the stench of the plot is too horrible to overcome.The overall plot completely rips off The Wishmaster and tries to rip off Nightmare on Elm Street. It seems the movie was made in two parts, the first part dealt with the main character sleepwalking and the second half was about the main character getting chased by a weird demon.By the end, the plot was so unbearable and nobody died. A lot of people were hacked by the monster but no one died, what is with that? The monster in the end was played by the young caddy from Happy Gilmore.Think about that, a singer from 98 Degrees saved a girl from the young caddy from Happy Gilmore. Horror has hit rock bottom 4 out of 10 for cute girls but the rest was horrible.
