Short Horror Film Review: Be Careful What You Wish For

 

PLOT SUMMARY: A woman's birthday wish comes true in the most unexpected way.

Ever since we were kids, we always looked forward to our birthdays and more than that, the birthday cake.

Cutting cakes has become a necessity on birthdays and more importantly, blowing on candles after making a wish.

As kids we believed our wishes could come true when we blew out the candles. As adults, we become a tad cynical and even though we are prompted by our friends and families to make a wish, we do so, knowing fully well that our wish won't come true. So why not just amuse the party guests and make an absurd wish. It's not going to come true anyway, is it?

Well...what if it does?

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Plot with Spoilers

A woman is celebrating her birthday with her friends and blows out the candles on her cake.

Suddenly the lights go off. A few balloons pop. The lights come on and the guests are frozen in action. They can move their eyes but cannot speak or move.

The woman, at first, thinks its a trick until her hand begins to move on its own. Her hand plunges into the cake and brings it up to her mouth.

She has no choice but to swallow mouthfuls of her cake.

Finally, the cake is over and she breathes a sigh of relief.

Except the lights go off again. When it comes on again, the cake is in front of her again. Untouched.

Her hand moves to scoop up the cake again.

Short and sweet, this two minute movie will incite fear into you. But most importantly, make you speculate: just what exactly did the woman wish for?

That she could celebrate her 21st birthday again and again?

That she wishes she could eat the whole cake?

Given the title of this short movie,  chances are she asked for something completely innocent but didn't choose the right words and ended up creating a loop hell for herself.

Guess we will never know what she actually wished for.

You can watch the movie on the ACMofficial channel on YouTube.

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