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"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in September, 1902, [ 1 ] and was reprinted in his third collection of short stories, The Lady of the Barge , later that year. [ 2 ]
The Monkey's Paw is a 2013 American horror film based on the 1902 short story by author W. W. Jacobs. [3] The film revolves around Jake Tilton, who receives a mysterious monkey's paw talisman that grants him three wishes. [4] The film was directed by Brett Simmons, written by Macon Blair, and produced by Ross Otterman for TMP Films.
The Monkey's Paw adaptations in 1915, 1923, 1933, 1948, 2008 and 2013; 1922 A Master of Craft; 1936 Our Relations, a Laurel and Hardy feature film with a "suggested by" credit to Jacobs's "The Money Box" 1937 Beauty and the Barge; 1955 Footsteps in the Fog, from the short story "The Interruption"
The Lady of the Barge is an anthology of short stories by W. W. Jacobs, first published in 1902.Many of Jacobs' most famous short stories, including "The Monkey's Paw", were published in this collection.
Sleeping Beauties. Around the world a sleeping sickness plunges women into a strange, cocooned state. If awakened, they turn homicidal. King and his son screw this global story down to a small ...
"The Monkey" is a 1980 horror short story by Stephen King featuring a cursed cymbal-banging monkey toy. The story was first published as a booklet included in Gallery magazine in 1980. It was significantly revised and published in King's collection Skeleton Crew in 1985.
The Monkey's Paw is a 1948 British second feature ('B') [1] horror film directed by Norman Lee and starring Milton Rosmer, Michael Martin Harvey, Joan Seton and Megs Jenkins. [2] [3] It is based on the 1902 story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs. The screenplay was by Lee and Barbara Toy. [4] It was produced by Ernest G. Roy. [5]
Both the 1891 short story "The Bottle Imp" by Robert Louis Stevenson and the 1901 short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs feature an object containing a supernatural power that can grant the wishes of its human possessors, indicating that such is a dangerous power to enjoy.