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Summary
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 77Audiences 79GoodWatch 78
Metascore77
Letterboxd · 5.4 M ratings4.1/5
IMDb7.8
User score7.8
Box office
699×its budget
- Budget
- $750 K
- Worldwide
- $525 M
Worldwide it earned $524 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 49 min
Longer than most horror movies, +14 min on the typical 95
typical 95109Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 56 more
Released
2026
May 13, 2026
This year
Genres
HorrorThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
United Kingdom
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 17 more47 people
- Michael JohnstonBear
- Inde NavarretteNikki
- Cooper TomlinsonIan
- Megan LawlessSarah
- Andy RichterCarter
- Haley FitzgeraldViola
- Darin ToonderHarry
- Anthony PavoneReggie
JusticeJoe
Anthony CasabiancaChris
Chloe BreenRuthie
Malcolm KelnerBartender- CSCharles Santa CruzBackground
- AMAlex MaystrikBackground
- MSMariana SilvaBackground
- KBKyle BlumenthalBackground
- JLJorge LuquinBackground
- JHJose HerreraBackground
Emilio FloresBackground
Manny LiottaBackground- MCMai Chi NguyenBackground
- TRTim RobinsonBackground
- EBEvan BrownBackground
- MHMaddi HulburtBackground
Directing · 5
- Curry Barker Director, Writer, Editor
- Arnav Shah Second Assistant Director
- Grayson Alamango Shapiro First Assistant Director
- Kennedy Del Toro Script Supervisor
- Ricardo Padilla Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Jeff Barker Script Consultant, Key Production Assistant, Thanks
Production · 19
- Jason Blum Executive Producer
- Mark Lane Executive Producer
- David Haring Executive Producer
- Leonora Darby Executive Producer
- Ruzanna Kegeyan Executive Producer
- Haley Nicole Johnson Producer, Line Producer
Camera · 8
- Taylor Clemons Director of Photography
- Manny Liotta BTS Photographer
- Christian Chico Grip
- Riley Barker Second Assistant Camera, Camera Operator
- Casey Schoch First Assistant Camera
- Andrew Nibbi Digital Imaging Technician
Editing · 4
- Jake White Colorist
- Romain Vaunois Assistant Editor
- Leo Glam Assistant Editor
- Ethan Gulliford Assistant Editor
Sound · 8
- Rock Burwell Original Music Composer
- Ben Zarai Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
- David Kitchens Foley, Sound Supervisor
- Phil Canning Music Supervisor
- Gonzalo Espinoza Foley
- Jeffery Alan Jones ADR Mixer
Art · 10
- Vivian Gray Production Design
- Sally Choi Art Direction
- Abel Ryan Assistant Art Director
- Luke Cull Property Master
- Emerson Basco Art Direction
- Dario Ramos Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up · 8
- Blair James Costume Design
- Allie Shehorn Makeup Department Head, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Hair Department Head
- Kate Oja Key Makeup Artist
- Kaitlin Lyerly Makeup Artist
- Maxence Fleuret Makeup Artist
- Ingrid Weeks Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 3
- Drew Lewis Guerra Visual Effects Supervisor
- Peter Timberlake Visual Effects Supervisor
- Arun Khamu Visual Effects Producer
Lighting · 12
- Gustavo Perez Lighting Technician
- Michael Maske Lighting Technician
- Christopher Oh Gaffer
- Evan Aurelio Lighting Technician
- Kaitlyn Scardino Lighting Technician
- Jake Glaviano Lighting Technician
Other crew · 8
- Jen Albert Stunt Coordinator
- Kristos Andrews Thanks
- Melanie Miller Thanks
- David Scharf Post Production Supervisor
- Aaron Folbe Thanks
- Rene Rey Romero Carpenter
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