Monkey's Paw, The (2013)

The Monkey's Paw

Credits
Title:	The Monkey's Paw
Directed by:	Brett Simmons
Written by:	Macon Blair; Adam Meyer; Justin Smith
Produced by:	Thomas P. Vitale; Justin Smith; Shane O'Brien; Jay Xudan; Ross Otterman; Daniel Aldema; James Cooney; Noah Lang; Olivier Merckx; Tiago Mesquita; John Yang
Based on:	The Monkey's Paw
Music by:	Bobby Tahouri
Cinematography:	Scott Winig
Edited by:	Jon Mendenhall; Brett Simmons
Production
Production:	TMP Films Crafted Films Jay-X Entertainment
Distributors:	Chiller Films
Released:	October 8th, 2013
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	91 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Monkey's Paw is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller subgenre of horror. It was directed by Brett Simmons with a screenplay written by Macon Blair based on a screen treatment by Adam Meyer and Justin Smith. It was produced by Chiller Films along with Crafted Films, TMP Films and Jay-X Entertainment. It premiered in the United States on October 8th, 2013. The film is based on the 1902 short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs.

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Cast[]

Actor

Role

C.J. Thomason

Jake Tilton

Stephen Lang

Tony Cobb

Michelle Pierce

Olivia

Corbin Bleu

Catfish

Daniel Hugh Kelly

Gillespie

Charles S. Dutton

Detective Margolis

Tauvia Dawn

Abby

Andy Favreau

Kevin

Sabrina Gennarino

Sandy Tilton

John Lewis

Officer Boudreaux

Adella Gautier

Fortune teller

Brooklyn Proctor

Kathleen

Jacob Robinson

Young Gillespie

Jason Stanly

Gillespie's father

Kerry Cahill

Gillespie's mother

Jessica Garvey

Jill

James Minor, III

Corey Cobb

Bryan Price

Party guy

Daniel Aldema

Walt

Mary Pauley

Betty

Jeff Blair

Joe

Ross Britz

Guard

Dustin J. Reno

Police officer

Doyle Reno

Callan

Notes & Trivia[]

The Monkey's Paw (2013) redirects to this page.
The tagline to this film is "One wish. A thousand regrets".
There are twenty-five credited cast members in this film.
The Monkey's Paw was filmed on-location in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was filmed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The Monkey's Paw was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Shout! Factory on June 17th, 2014.
On the Internet Movie Database, this film has a Starmeter rating of 4.6 out of 10 based on more than 2,800 user votes, making up 23.9% of the total vote. 129 users gave the film a perfect score of 10, making up 4.6% of the total vote and 218 people gave the film a 1 at 7.8% of the total vote.
On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Monkey's Paw has an audience score of only 15% based on more than a hundred user ratings. It does not have a Tomatometer Score. Out of four posted critic reviews, only Deirdre Crimmins of Film Thrills gave the movie a positive review. David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews, Felix Vasquez, Jr. of Cinema Crazed and Mike McGranaghan of Aisle Seat all gave the movie negative reviews.
On Letterboxd, The Monkey's Paw has a weighted average review score of 2.31 out of 5 based on 1,217 user votes.
Actor Stephen Lang is also known for playing the Blind Man in Don't Breathe in 2016 and its sequel, Don't Breathe 2, in 2021.
Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is also known for playing Vic Trenton in the 1983 horror film Cujo.
Actor Charles S. Dutton is also known for playing Leonard Dillon in Alien³ in 1992.
Actress Kerry Cahill is also known for playing Dianne on The Walking Dead as well as Arlo's crony on episodes from season one of Mayfair Witches.
Producer Daniel Aldema also makes an appearance in the film as Walt.

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