Jake is given a magical monkey';s paw that grants three wishes. After the first two wishes leave his friend Cobb soulless undead, Cobb pushes Jake to make a final wish by killing everyone connected to Jake.
It's got some good horror elements and strong performances, but it needed more development of the characters to reach its fullest potential for scares.
...scripter Macon Blair instead opts for an almost astonishingly generic approach that rarely (if ever) exploits the larger-than-life premise to satisfactory effect.