The similarities between horror films aren’t limited to their creative talent. Wish Upon may be the film to finally snuff that out. Leonetti directed Annabelle to great financial success, so he has been tapped for another horror boasting some tangential connection to the goodwill still emanating from the haunted history of The Conjuring. The Conjuring’s critical and commercial success established a cinematic universe unto itself, with spin-offs like the inferior Annabelle, focused on the haunted doll that served as the opening paranormal example in the original film. Wish Upon is a stale, off-brand soda of a movie: It has all the active ingredients of one of the best horror movies of the decade, The Conjuring, yet it’s more apt to be the butt of a joke than a satisfactory replacement.
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