After struggling under student loans and start-up costs, two graduates try a hail mary: they journey to Central America to find a mysterious tribe that grants wishes. Once they arrive, they discover that getting their wish may not be as easy as they hoped.
The Monkey's Paw has always been a standard of the horror genre and this interpretation by Toole and Hill is no exception. They were able to modernise a classic tale by bringing to light one of the classics of literature which any reader can relate to: Greed. A desire for all ones needs to be granted and the lengths which some will go to accomplish to meet that goal is something anyone can connect to makes the story all the more based in reality instead of the mystical. A talisman is not needed to motivate someone if the want is challenging enough " just a wish to become greater than your own means, in other words " a dream. Read Full Review
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