WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Leofwine_draca THE MONKEY'S PAW, one of many versions of the classic horror story by W. W. Jacobs, is a rare foray into the horror genre for that notoriously cheap film studio, Butcher's Films. It's a slow-moving potboiler that feels endlessly dragged out even though it runs for little over an hour, and is perhaps of note today for featuring some location photography in Maida Vale.The storyline is a straightforward one about a mummified monkey's paw that has the power to grant the owner three wishes. However, the wishes come true in an unforeseen way. The problem with this tale is that it's brief indeed, and to adapt it would take little more than 20 minutes or so. And that's exactly what happens here: all of the story proper is packed into the last 20 minutes, and before then the viewer must sit through 40 minutes of stodge and non-events. It's a non-starter.It's hard to criticise the film too much, because the film-makers were obviously on a tight budget, and the actors try their best. Director Norman Lee also helmed THE CASE OF CHARLES PEACE and THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS, and there are bit parts from future stars Alfie Bass and Sydney Tafler.

malcolmgsw IMDb lists no less than 12 versions of this tale.This is a British quota film made in 1948.It is rather disappointing.It just meanders along for the first half an hour and really squeezes the plot developments into the last half hour.Being a rather cheaply produced film the ending is done in a way that leaves more to the imagination.To bring off that style you need to have the inspiration of someone like Val Lewton.Needless to say this is not an attribute of this production.There is an appearance by a young ish Sydney Tafler shown with 2 fs in his surname.All told rather disappointing.At least i have reviewed the film unlike 2 of the reviews on this page.

mail-671 Mike-764's summation is obviously that of an updated US presentation & not that of the original short story originally set in the '20s by one of Britain's most popular & prolific spinner of yarns with a twist,W W Jacobs.Through the 30s-50s it was a popular choice for Rep groups and BBC Radio and rates with the best - the famed "Sorry,Wrong No!" as a suspencer for the imagination. Small wonder it was a popular choice for the US "Suspense" series. Adaptations from the 50s for film & TV have altered the "McGuffin" but not always for the best. I probably saw this particular version but not recently, so I can't properly rate it. I have,however,read the play & it is that with which I am familiar. Listen to this in the dark in the original version with the original finish which is the real clincher. Who - or what was knocking at the door after that final wish? Would you have opened it?

Michael_Elliott Monkey's Paw, The (1948) ** (out of 4) British version of the famous story has two elderly folks getting the monkey's paw, which will grant three wishes but usually follows those wishes with tragedy. The father wishes for riches and gets them but his son is killed at the same time. Then, the couple wish for their son to return to life. The horror elements of this thing are discussed and talked about for the first sixty minutes and then finally happen during the last three. I see there are many other versions of this out there and I'm sure one has to be better than this rather disappointing film.