W.W. Jacobs

Есть прекрасная возможность испытать те чувства, которые мы испытываем, когда исполняются наши заветные желания. Вот что бы вы хотели? Есть у вас мечта? А никогда не думали над тем, к каким последствиям может привести легкое исполнение желаний? И еще: кто может их исполнить? Фея? Волшебная палочка? Волшебник? Президент страны?.. Ну - последнее точно фантастика. Тут роль «феи» исполняет обезьянья лапа, которая интригует зрителя на протяжении всего просмотра. Последствия исполнения желаний оказываются неожиданными. Узнав о них, можно извлечь массу уроков...

When a couple lose their son in a factory accident, they use a magical monkey's paw to bring him back to life with horrific results...

Adapted from the story by W.W. Jacobs, this is a classic horror tale in which a monkey's paw holds magical powers and grants the bearer three wishes. Unfortunately, you get what you wish for, and unwise or poorly worded wishes can lead to catastrophe as it does in this story.

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid that discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow.

Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.

A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.

A man poses as a boxer to impress a woman, but then is forced to fight a real champion.

A retired boatswain hires an ex-soldier to rob a widow's inn.

A schoolmistress sets rival lovers to find her father who is hiding in belief that he is a murderer.