THE MONKEY'S PAW (2011) | Ricky Lewis Jr | Short Film

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  • @Cody_-kd6qc
    @Cody_-kd6qc 9 років тому +8209

    Who else is here because of an English assignment
    Edit: I'm about to graduate from college now lol, glad to know teachers are still stuck in 2015

  • @isabellacuomo9998
    @isabellacuomo9998 4 роки тому +1911

    8th grade teachers in 2020: let’s make every English class this year watch this movie while online

  • @haydenlingenfelter2371
    @haydenlingenfelter2371 4 роки тому +2623

    Who's here on an English assignment during corona virus

  • @YourgirlAnanya
    @YourgirlAnanya Рік тому +238

    One of the best lines in english literature
    "But he is not in any pain"😢😢

  • @raysandoval1034
    @raysandoval1034 4 роки тому +136

    Scrolling through comment section with fellow students > actually watching the video

  • @jemaguilar9155
    @jemaguilar9155 6 років тому +130

    Herbert said, "I'll see you tonight."
    My mind just thought of, "THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE WRONG KIDDO!"

    • @EuphoricBookie
      @EuphoricBookie 4 роки тому +7

      Omfg yes

    • @WhiteTiger950
      @WhiteTiger950 3 роки тому +1

      He came by and knocked but nobody answered so perhaps he went to see another friend?

    • @BetterhideBoi
      @BetterhideBoi Місяць тому +1

      xd

    • @BetterhideBoi
      @BetterhideBoi Місяць тому +1

      @@WhiteTiger950bro he’s dead again

  • @ShitpostingJoJo
    @ShitpostingJoJo 5 років тому +305

    *Everyone here for an english assignment, not because we genuinely want to see this movie, that says A LOT about it tbh xD*

  • @suryam.3627
    @suryam.3627 4 роки тому +62

    POV: ur going through the comments to see if there is anyone here from the 2020-2021 school year who also has to watch this for ela.

  • @ryanprendergast958
    @ryanprendergast958 8 років тому +2060

    99% of people are here from English class

  • @cluelessboi8358
    @cluelessboi8358 5 років тому +72

    Man I like how a lot of these people are here because of school. I'm just here because I like the concept of it, it's really interesting and I feel like it'd be more enjoyable for most viewers if they weren't doing this for an English assignment. I'm not hating on anyone because they are doing this just for school, but I just feel like more people will enjoy learning about this concept of they actually had an interest in the consequences of wishing.

    • @TylerDollarhide
      @TylerDollarhide 3 роки тому +4

      I'm here with you. Apparently most of them are in 8th grade, which this short film is something that I would expect to have had to watch for my perspectives in literature class in uni. I mean, at least we're moving up in what we expect from them.

    • @WalterDaDog99
      @WalterDaDog99 3 роки тому

      @@TylerDollarhide I came her from r/themonkeyspaw after reading a tl;dr about it and wanted to see it

  • @yvonnewallace7567
    @yvonnewallace7567 4 роки тому +340

    We read this in school around 1970. I’ll never forget the conversation that took place concerning the teacher asking, “Who was at the door?” One of the smartest students (among around 300 total in our grade) said, “The monkey.” The teacher asked, “What monkey?” The girl then said she had read the story three times and concluded it was the monkey coming back to get its paw. On on hand I felt good about knowing the real answer but, felt even better about knowing what the girl erringly thought it meant and the teacher being totally clueless about her answer.

  • @lestertellezitg
    @lestertellezitg 3 роки тому +266

    If this wasn’t an English assignment and someone wanted to actually make this a legitimate movie, this would actually be an extremely creepy thing to make in a movie

    • @robinabernathy2829
      @robinabernathy2829 3 роки тому +6

      It is a movie. Look it up. It's quite modern too.

    • @TylerDollarhide
      @TylerDollarhide 3 роки тому +24

      This short film was made in 2011 (it's in the title). Do you really think that they made it just so that you can do an English assignment?

    • @mehrcat1
      @mehrcat1 3 роки тому +7

      If this WEREN'T an English assignment. CONDITIONAL!!! That's an F for you.

    • @proudtitanicdenier4300
      @proudtitanicdenier4300 2 роки тому +12

      this isn't an English assignment doink it's literally a movie. you're commenting under the movie saying someone should make a movie about this.

    • @etiennedevignolles7538
      @etiennedevignolles7538 2 роки тому +2

      @@robinabernathy2829 I remember a TV production of this way back in the 1970s. I'm willing to bet the story has been filmed before that, it is a classic story after all!

  • @kevinpark4251
    @kevinpark4251 5 років тому +489

    I like how when the wife passed out, the husband or the other guy didn’t even care

    • @genesistorres3257
      @genesistorres3257 4 роки тому +35

      In the story, it was Mr. White who passed out unconscious of the wife's shriek

    • @ggewk
      @ggewk 4 роки тому +8

      FR THIS "MOVIE" IS SO FUCKING CHAOTIC AND STUPID- 💀

    • @israelcortez2485
      @israelcortez2485 4 роки тому +1

      @@ggewk true

    • @genesistorres3257
      @genesistorres3257 4 роки тому +2

      @@ggewk .....

    • @TylerDollarhide
      @TylerDollarhide 3 роки тому +6

      @@ggewk for using an emoji in your comment, I suppose that you're one of the 8th graders that had to watch this as an assignment. Not to gatekeep or anything, but I don't expect you to understand this short film, or the fact that it's a faithful recreation of the original work, and why that matters.

  • @tynelson1210
    @tynelson1210 4 роки тому +1165

    Who’s here from 8th grade English in 2020

    • @ItisjustJ
      @ItisjustJ 4 роки тому +14

      Me

    • @jaiardenson3248
      @jaiardenson3248 4 роки тому +9

      Me

    • @tynelson1210
      @tynelson1210 4 роки тому +4

      @Vistella-Gaju Ntagungira élève 8th Advanced

    • @Vuzalol
      @Vuzalol 4 роки тому +8

      I’m in 11th lmao and I’ve already done it in 6th and we are doing to again

    • @ftlsins5426
      @ftlsins5426 4 роки тому +2

      Me lmao

  • @Gladius714
    @Gladius714 7 років тому +237

    This is cool and all but they shouldn't have shown the corpse of the son walking outside, because that needs to be ambiguous. Part of the reason this story is so scary is that we, as the audience, don't know whether the paw really is granting wishes or maybe it is all a coincidence.

    • @makmoncman8720
      @makmoncman8720 6 років тому +41

      Gladius714 Hmmm I really wanted to see the dead body but when you put it like that you have a point.

    • @EmilyGloeggler7984
      @EmilyGloeggler7984 5 років тому +10

      I think it was fine. It didn’t show much - which is perfect.

    • @FimbongBass
      @FimbongBass 5 років тому +28

      The story drops hints that it isnt a coincidence, such as the graveyard being two miles away, the knocking being stopped the second the father made his third wish, its only mr white that tries to excuse these events as coincidence but by the end he knew it was real otherwise he wouldnt have made that third wish

    • @guilhermeferrao5968
      @guilhermeferrao5968 4 роки тому +14

      @@FimbongBass There is a difference between intellectually knowing something and instinctually believing it.
      While we may think something makes sense, sometimes our brains choose to believe something else anyway simply because it is easier - more comfortable - to do so. Mr. White, for example, probably knew the Monkey's Paw was actually effective, but did not want to believe it because it's so much easier to attribute the death of his son to coincidence. Otherwise, he'll constantly blame himself for the death of his son. He is, one can say, in a state of denial.

    • @mirkopojmaevich6864
      @mirkopojmaevich6864 4 роки тому +3

      I as the guy making the wishes would have unburried the body first, just in case

  • @johnstones66
    @johnstones66 Рік тому +8

    W W Jacobs wrote this story in 1902. I read a book of his short stories when I was a boy back around 1960. This film reminded me of it, otherwise I might never have thought of that book again.

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  11 місяців тому

      It's amazing how well the original tale has lasted and how influential it's been in many works. I'm glad my film brought a memory of it back to you. Give it a read when you can!

    • @saimon1969
      @saimon1969 3 місяці тому

      What about the other stories ? Are they all as fantastic as this one ? Are they horror stories too ?

  • @ryanelder3891
    @ryanelder3891 8 років тому +830

    I'm here because of English class, like almost everyone here! xD

  • @Yonkage
    @Yonkage 11 років тому +787

    Morris' three wishes:
    1) To leave the war. He was wounded by having his balls shot off and sent home.
    2) For his wife to be more beautiful. She died, but the funeral director was a brilliant artist and embalmer.
    3) To never be tied down to one place. He was framed for a murder and has been on the run from the police ever since.

    • @Elly3981
      @Elly3981 10 років тому +53

      Did you make that up or is that really what he wished for? :/

    • @Elly3981
      @Elly3981 10 років тому +45

      Dermatas Clutch His son died again but a year later, he also loses his wife; she dies of grief.

    • @blackspade6254
      @blackspade6254 6 років тому +26

      How do you know this

    • @kelly2856
      @kelly2856 5 років тому +6

      @Dino Roblox Films bms

    • @kelly2856
      @kelly2856 5 років тому +5

      Not at all lol

  • @Kimberly-pf4iy
    @Kimberly-pf4iy Рік тому +44

    Back in the early 70s, I remember one of my teachers read this story to the class during recess. I was about 10 or 11 years old. As much as I enjoyed the story, it made my blood run cold. One of the scariest short stories ever, but also one of my favorites.

  • @user-kz4ql4md5m
    @user-kz4ql4md5m 2 роки тому +36

    I read this story over 30 years ago in school, such a well crafted story after all these years!

  • @EmilyGloeggler7984
    @EmilyGloeggler7984 5 років тому +69

    I feel so bad for the parents, and for the son. The addage is true - "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it."

    • @genesistorres3257
      @genesistorres3257 4 роки тому +2

      Correction: "Be careful of what you wish for, because you might just get it, but with a way to get it"
      I know it almost sounds the same as yours and the last part doesn't really go much with the video but I wanted to correct it a bit and I hope you understand

    • @genesistorres3257
      @genesistorres3257 4 роки тому

      @DQ Glizzard !?!?!?!?!?!??

    • @wooreturned8447
      @wooreturned8447 4 роки тому

      @DQ Glizzard stfu

    • @R4FIK1
      @R4FIK1 4 роки тому

      @DQ Glizzard am gag

    • @taehyungsangel2057
      @taehyungsangel2057 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah I wish to be tae wife in future 😂👍 lol

  • @thenotorious5825
    @thenotorious5825 5 років тому +179

    "Monkey's paw" is just not the assignment i got....i see ppl from many countries getting the same assignment....btw I'm from india....

    • @woodyyy2478
      @woodyyy2478 4 роки тому +2

      STMFUB

    • @ghosti3073
      @ghosti3073 4 роки тому +9

      Teachers around the world are all the same... greetings from Turkey! :)

    • @masterblast7171
      @masterblast7171 4 роки тому +1

      Me

    • @Shadowlobandi
      @Shadowlobandi 4 роки тому +3

      Well it’s here in the U.S too!

    • @squishynips7229
      @squishynips7229 4 роки тому +4

      @@ghosti3073 All teachers are the same, by deniz

  • @ihoopalittlebit
    @ihoopalittlebit 4 роки тому +162

    this dude is 35, living with his parents, and calling his dad a "greedy bastard". this is the weirdest film I've seen lmao

    • @los8259
      @los8259 4 роки тому +20

      It was common to live like that at those times

    • @mr.waffle9668
      @mr.waffle9668 4 роки тому +12

      if you think this is weird I had to watch the landlady which is weird af

    • @israelcortez2485
      @israelcortez2485 4 роки тому +1

      Bro you guys call him dad my ela teacher calls him grandpa in the film not the book

    • @Raccon_Detective.
      @Raccon_Detective. 4 роки тому +1

      @DQ Glizzard
      England, he takes care of them.

    • @adryanap7200
      @adryanap7200 4 роки тому +2

      literally and the husband calling his wife mother and the wife calling the son father really is a weird film lmao.

  • @genocidalyoukai7890
    @genocidalyoukai7890 3 роки тому +26

    25:00
    “I wish my son alive again. Ughkk!”
    That sound that Mr. White made after he said literally just killed me.

  • @lavender199jamaa5
    @lavender199jamaa5 8 років тому +606

    my English teacher had us read this story

    • @dextergillett-jacobs5379
      @dextergillett-jacobs5379 8 років тому +2

      Lavender199 Jamaa same!

    • @laary
      @laary 8 років тому +2

      Lavender199 Jamaa Same

    • @reyrey5259
      @reyrey5259 8 років тому +3

      Lavender199 Jamaa same we watched the ending

    • @AnimalJammer101
      @AnimalJammer101 8 років тому +2

      we literally watched and read the books today

    • @davidcarmona5508
      @davidcarmona5508 8 років тому

      Lavender199 Jamaa what school did u go to

  • @Inescapable
    @Inescapable 8 років тому +734

    thought it was 200 pounds?

  • @zaniyah3470
    @zaniyah3470 4 роки тому +43

    if he hadn’t post this i wouldn’t be doing this assignment

  • @rahini5429
    @rahini5429 5 місяців тому +5

    I am 33 now. Still I remember this story when I was in 11th grade my English sir Veerabaghu told this story. How nicely he narrate this story. It's far better to hear this story more than that watching when you have a good narrator!!

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  5 місяців тому

      A good narrator can definitely stir the imagination.

  • @Elly3981
    @Elly3981 12 років тому +82

    I remember my fifth grade teacher telling me this tale over twenty years ago and I never forgot it. This is the first time I've seen a film adaptation of it and I think this is very good. Only a few things were off; the Whites were an elderly couple with an adult son and I think the actors playing them were a bit young for the part. And Mr. White asked for 200 pounds, not 300 :) And although the story never did say the price for the third wish, I believe it might be Mrs. White dying of grief.

    • @moa8173
      @moa8173 2 роки тому +6

      so true, too young to be an old couple

    • @bloodybones63
      @bloodybones63 Рік тому +2

      @@moa8173 And the son too old.

    • @janelllarue6637
      @janelllarue6637 Рік тому

      I think the fact that she realizes she can never have her son back is a steep enough price.

  • @lynx2901
    @lynx2901 6 років тому +27

    The teacher already showed this in class
    I just came back for the unexplained ending....

  • @rickylewisjr
    @rickylewisjr  12 років тому +71

    Thank you for your kind comments. A lot of love and care was put into it. As it always should be.

  • @cassieking3236
    @cassieking3236 7 років тому +6

    Homeschooled.. got an assignment to read this then I said "No, im looking this up on UA-cam and UA-cam gonna read it for me."

  • @cthutu
    @cthutu 9 років тому +150

    lol nobody rushes to the woman when she faints.

  • @bernicetang6504
    @bernicetang6504 4 роки тому +22

    I like how there is an ending in the book/story it ends when the wife opens the door to nobody but in the movie a year passes wife passed husband heartbroken freezes himself to death

  • @anandkane1
    @anandkane1 4 роки тому +7

    I love this because it depicts the era when there were no TVs, no phones, leave alone cell phones.... when nature prevailed and technology was not even in the sight.

  • @michellecoral7692
    @michellecoral7692 4 роки тому +82

    20:32, is no one gonna talk about how the lady passed out and her husband and the other dude did nothing and kept talking? And then he walked passed her and completely ignored her 🤣🤣🤣

  • @valinsummers2565
    @valinsummers2565 5 років тому +87

    Am I the only one here who wanted to watch this for fun and not for a class assignment?

  • @beardownstudios
    @beardownstudios 4 роки тому +56

    Who’s here for the English assessment for the 20/21 year

  • @StevenWarden-z7n
    @StevenWarden-z7n 11 місяців тому +2

    Strong adaptation to accompany the short story, it definitely captures "the essence" and spooky atmosphere of the original piece, with a solid ending!

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much! I have the utmost admiration for the original Jacob’s tale and not only trying to capture what was in my imagination at the time of first hearing it but really wanted to create a film he would approve of.

  • @laic8267
    @laic8267 8 років тому +478

    If your in literacy class like this comment lmao This crap is lit

  • @NintendoMan640
    @NintendoMan640 11 років тому +222

    I would be laughing so hard if he gained 200 pounds

    • @justkeila3229
      @justkeila3229 5 років тому

      NintendoMan640 I’m weak😂

    • @papiantho
      @papiantho 5 років тому +1

      NintendoMan640 frrrrrr 🤣🤣🤣

    • @YungGoochy
      @YungGoochy 4 роки тому +10

      That’s what I thought at first read

    • @capawapa
      @capawapa 4 роки тому

      Ahhahahahahaha

    • @bunnexsstudios9217
      @bunnexsstudios9217 4 роки тому +1

      When I first read the story and the man walked out to the house, I thought he was 200 pounds in weight and that was his wish

  • @subasdongri1394
    @subasdongri1394 5 років тому +98

    Who is here for English book's chapter?
    👇
    Attendance please 😌

    • @joanna7095
      @joanna7095 4 роки тому +1

      dude chill its a comment lol

  • @tradingwithraja5598
    @tradingwithraja5598 4 роки тому +2

    I had this in my English class back in 2013. Now I'm about to graduate med school. Trust me kids, you will miss these stories one day

  • @codypartlow2748
    @codypartlow2748 11 років тому +119

    have you ever noticed Major morris is wearing a fake mustache

  • @richardblackhound1246
    @richardblackhound1246 5 років тому +14

    I'll bear this film in mind the next time someone offers to "give me a hand".

  • @carloscaceres4743
    @carloscaceres4743 4 роки тому +70

    2020:All the tachers in online classes sending the students here

    • @erin5735
      @erin5735 4 роки тому

      2020 this is the second year in a row I have to do this

    • @nicole-yi9bm
      @nicole-yi9bm 4 роки тому

      i literally had to reenact a scene from this (the climax) right before corona hit in 8th grade, and now again in freshman year i’m doing an assignment on it

    • @nicole-yi9bm
      @nicole-yi9bm 4 роки тому

      @@erin5735 read my other comment lmao i had to do the same

    • @deegantyler587
      @deegantyler587 4 роки тому +1

      I came here so so I don’t have to read the story.

    • @darzeno
      @darzeno 4 роки тому

      @@deegantyler587 14 pages

  • @ManjuManju-g1k
    @ManjuManju-g1k 20 днів тому +2

    Who Else watching this Video for Tomorrow's Exams 👏🏻👍🏻

  • @justanothererd01
    @justanothererd01 8 років тому +45

    >Uploads whole film to You Tube with no Ads or anything.
    >Asks viewer to buy DVD off Amazon anyways.
    >A+ logic right there.
    >Logic.exe has stopped working.

  • @drealuvxx2414
    @drealuvxx2414 4 роки тому +16

    No one:
    My teacher: sure this will be a great thing to have them write a paper about

  • @MbPAnderson
    @MbPAnderson 12 років тому +41

    Wow, what a fantastically detailed version!!! This is wonderfully true to the original. I just read this story today with my 7th grade classes, and am thrilled to have such a high quality video to show them! Well done!!

  • @duckys-sketches
    @duckys-sketches 2 місяці тому +3

    Why does everyone watch this for an assignment but I watch it because my English teacher recommended it?! Well I mean everything starts with an English teacher 😂

  • @Mr.EmeraldTheGreen
    @Mr.EmeraldTheGreen 2 роки тому +9

    I remember my 6th grade teacher Mrs Boch at Etiwanda jr high in the early 1980’s reading us this story, and just being totally engulfed within it! Years later when I was trying to find it, I kept looking for it but thought it was written by Edgar Allen Poe, it has Poe written all over it! But finally learned it was not EAP, and found it. I remember thinking that it was much shorter than I remember,,,,in my memory, it was longer,,, anyways, still creeps me out all these years later!

  • @cathystentz4564
    @cathystentz4564 2 роки тому +6

    I was watching an old Tales from the Crypt and this title came up. Like many others, I read this MANY years ago! I agree the parents in this production are too young or the son is too old and the closed captioning are abominable. But the production is BRILLIANT! I wish this was available when I was a kid, but we barely had electricity way back then! Thank you!

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  2 роки тому

      Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the tip on the captions. I'll have someone look into it. Possible they've been edited without my knowledge. Happened before.

  • @smiledog2043
    @smiledog2043 4 роки тому +35

    Who else is here because it's for an a assignment

  • @thedemonking6320
    @thedemonking6320 3 роки тому +9

    I'm from India and the story is really scary. This chapter is on our 12th standard English book 2

  • @tommy-dp8qf
    @tommy-dp8qf 5 років тому +22

    Everyone here is assigned with this from their English / language arts period. Hello there, fellow student!

  • @TayKJ
    @TayKJ 8 років тому +236

    So Mr. White almost started the zombie infection

    • @yetiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
      @yetiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 6 років тому +12

      Tay Jackson in the story it says the wind was making faint knocks on the door. All of this could have been a coincidence and that he died by mistake and they coincidentally gave him the amount of money they wanted. Then he wished his son was back and the wind was at the door and Mr. White then wished his son to leave and then the wind stopped blowing. All of it could have been a coincidence of events.

    • @Plutohawk
      @Plutohawk 6 років тому +19

      Z U C C
      That is actually genius writing in my opinion. You never truly know if the monkey's paw worked or if it was just coincidence.

    • @angelrider1602
      @angelrider1602 5 років тому +11

      BigAlsAngryBirdVids so the paw also shocking ur hand during each wish is also coincidence

    • @huayhuy172
      @huayhuy172 4 роки тому

      *corona infection

    • @StopMotionWizard
      @StopMotionWizard 4 роки тому

      so thats how TWD started!!

  • @BlackArroToons
    @BlackArroToons 4 роки тому +8

    Great to see this classic horror story in live action. With the casting, the parents and the son look about the same age for some reason.

  • @SublimeEnt1ty
    @SublimeEnt1ty Рік тому +2

    why did it sound like an "old fu*k you" when morris started talking about the paw lmaooooo

  • @caleborman9329
    @caleborman9329 9 років тому +15

    Read and watched this movie in 7th grade, now I'm a Junior and we are still reading this book in English, going over allusions and motifs.

    • @stuffieslado9062
      @stuffieslado9062 9 років тому +2

      yes me too!I read and watched a movie,seen the play,and now I'm in 8th grade and we started to read it again!I loved this story and it teaches a good lesson☺😊

    • @6100poiuy
      @6100poiuy 9 років тому

      I read this book when I was in the 7th grade too! 😁👊🏼

    • @WokeDoinks
      @WokeDoinks 9 років тому

      Same

    • @lizperez9155
      @lizperez9155 8 років тому +2

      Y'all reading this young and I'm now reading this in 10th grade .

  • @CloroxBleach-gq6vt
    @CloroxBleach-gq6vt 8 років тому +122

    We just did a test of this book in English class

    • @reyrey5259
      @reyrey5259 8 років тому +3

      I love bleach facts

    • @nyeashamartin5602
      @nyeashamartin5602 7 років тому

      Clorox Bleach me too

    • @christinazamora3420
      @christinazamora3420 7 років тому +1

      Clorox Bleach i swear your in Every. Single. Comment. In. Every. Single. Video. HOWWWWW??????

    • @ejortega1843
      @ejortega1843 6 років тому

      Same

    • @lay3224
      @lay3224 6 років тому

      Christina Zamora IKK HAHAH

  • @bryllethedon4053
    @bryllethedon4053 4 роки тому +104

    if we are all here because of school what are the answers

  • @akbar41
    @akbar41 Рік тому +5

    Excellent job of telling a memorable story from childhood. And the "feel" of the movie brings back the feeling of watching a scary show or movie back in the day!

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  Рік тому +1

      Cheers! Very happy to hear it got to spirit you away!

  • @NeoDanomaru
    @NeoDanomaru 8 років тому +42

    I'm watching this movie expecting a jumpscare!!!

    • @lcytmusic1095
      @lcytmusic1095 5 років тому +1

      NeoDanomaru in 6th grade I thought 24:30 was a jumpscare

  • @taytayswaggaify
    @taytayswaggaify 11 років тому +9

    Read this story years ago. My brother is now a 10th grader and reading it. He told me that this was a movie as well. I was shocked. The lesson I get out of this is "Be more specific when you wish for things" lol

  • @rickylewisjr
    @rickylewisjr  12 років тому +14

    Thank you! Everything was composed and created. Lot of work.

  • @rowan-d4
    @rowan-d4 4 місяці тому +4

    update for ppl who commented 4yrs ago.. we’re still doing this for 8th grade ela!

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  4 місяці тому +1

      And every 8th grader is welcomed here for years to come!

  • @22301509
    @22301509 8 років тому +20

    that part where it shows Herbert s face in the grave makes me think of Jason from Friday the 13th

  • @HaleyBMokry
    @HaleyBMokry 11 років тому +17

    I read this story in school today and I was wondering if there was a movie and I found this! Great job! And I usually dont get the creeps so bad from a story but this story was just to creepy!

  • @mr.stealyogorl8995
    @mr.stealyogorl8995 4 роки тому +234

    8th grade is becoming way to boring ☠️ frick you 2020😭

  • @Alan-rh1el
    @Alan-rh1el 3 місяці тому +2

    Not here for an English assignment left school many years ago.
    This is a very good adaptation of The Monkey’s Paw far better than the 1948 film version.

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  3 місяці тому

      Thanks so much for saying that!

  • @nonst0pdisco
    @nonst0pdisco 4 роки тому +8

    dude, my teacher really making me watch this, even though we read it for a week, smh lol also i laughed so hard when the woman faints

  • @rjis2valid609
    @rjis2valid609 4 роки тому +56

    Who's here 2021 school year 😒😩

  • @hermanatorfilms
    @hermanatorfilms 9 років тому +5

    Oh man, I remember making a comedy short of this story in grade 8, kind of funny how almost everyone here had an English assignment as did I!

  • @rahulsuseelan7124
    @rahulsuseelan7124 2 роки тому +8

    Im here because beypore sulthan told me this story... 🤟🏻😊

  • @smokinbear9266
    @smokinbear9266 9 років тому +4

    I will absolutely buy this - a few copies in fact, a couple for gifts and one for me. Nicely done and true to the original story! Bravo!!

  • @morganobrien7357
    @morganobrien7357 8 років тому +92

    I'm here for Language Arts because my class watched it in class today but I was getting my braces :/

  • @thecopyjedi2840
    @thecopyjedi2840 3 роки тому +5

    When I first saw this,I low-key thought the son was the mother's brother.I wasn't paying attention in class!

  • @aidangodwin1394
    @aidangodwin1394 3 роки тому

    Hey guess what, I’m someone who came back to this video years after the assignment because I enjoyed the film and the story. You finally found me.

  • @brittnyariel3944
    @brittnyariel3944 12 років тому +6

    Ricky i am reading this in my english class, and i have got to let you know how much you helped me . I am a very visual person . so reading the book and watching this clip , opened my mind. The ending was great ! Thank you so much . this was fabulous !

  • @alexcruz4268
    @alexcruz4268 5 років тому +8

    We watched this in English class and the part Herbert leaves to go work my teacher says “Bye Herbert” cause he was going to die

  • @superfightersdeluxe2805
    @superfightersdeluxe2805 3 роки тому +3

    I had to read this all for a 2021 English assignment. Who else had to read the read able version?

  • @kingdom-dude
    @kingdom-dude Рік тому +2

    8th grade memory here. My teacher only showed the ending of the film where the son was returning as a dead person and then they all died tragically.

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  Рік тому +1

      Aw man, she should have shown the whole film!

  • @Conradlow
    @Conradlow 4 роки тому +125

    i just dont feel like doing this assingment

  • @swostik439
    @swostik439 Рік тому +4

    Presentation is outstanding. A salute is due.

  • @namancommian
    @namancommian Рік тому +3

    I just read it in my English book
    Who else found it due to it?

  • @superkhiladi4804
    @superkhiladi4804 2 роки тому +15

    Perfect example for this story is every action has its own reaction

  • @Abigblueworld
    @Abigblueworld 9 місяців тому

    I did a play based on this story and I was a sound effects person during all the sounds like thunder, storm, and even a clock chime.
    I have won a national award for this production!

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  9 місяців тому

      Awesomeness! Congratulations! Would love to hear it.

    • @Abigblueworld
      @Abigblueworld 9 місяців тому

      @@rickylewisjr Thanks!

  • @rosellelojo2836
    @rosellelojo2836 3 роки тому +6

    Shout out to my students who visits the comment section to search for an answer🤣

  • @triplecore3363
    @triplecore3363 4 роки тому +7

    This is the freakier version of our English text that we read

  • @janhavimishra...
    @janhavimishra... Рік тому +5

    Okay, so I've read this story ik my elder sister's book and not only that but the summary by her, the summary of the book, anywhere and the whole story and watched this with her eagerly. I loved this story, literature is indeed so damn good, and these stories don't even feel like we're studying them, it's just presented in an amazing manner. This short video is by far the best one for this story. Yeah, the actors weren't that great and the fainting scene was funny and the dead Herbert shouldn't have been shown but that's what tje imagination of the director and idk but I genuinely wanted to see how did Herbert looked like when he arrived in the night. But anyway, thankyou for making this short video story for the actual story. It's awesome.✨

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  Рік тому +3

      Thank you so much! If I could make it again there would be things I’d do differently with hindsight but there was still enough you were able to enjoy it.

  • @Amit-mt9ko
    @Amit-mt9ko 4 роки тому

    You guys are here just for assignment, I just searched this up to know if any animation exists. Much delighted to see real movie thing. It's among the best stories I've ever read.

  • @maheshneem1731
    @maheshneem1731 Рік тому +4

    Highly appreciationdirection of such great movie

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  Рік тому +2

      Very kind, thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @chiranchisangma6946
    @chiranchisangma6946 2 роки тому +2

    I'm watching this for the exam. Anyone else who is watching this year??

  • @surfteach1
    @surfteach1 11 років тому +25

    I have been using the story The Monkey's Paw in my ESL classes for the last 5 years. Then I found your short film of it. You did an outstanding job in your treatment of the story and managed to scare the Hell out my students without reverting to stomach churning details like in the Saw franchise. You did it through great writng, production design, a wonderful sound score and fine acting from all concerned. You keep making them and I'll keep buying and/or watching them!

  • @AMVsfan182
    @AMVsfan182 Рік тому +1

    Bro, this is the first time I watched this after when my class and I read the story, and for me I didn’t understand it well when we read it, but now watching the short film totally scared me and almost made me cry at the end. 😢

    • @rickylewisjr
      @rickylewisjr  Рік тому +1

      Awesome! Exactly as I hoped many would react.

  • @jbro8934
    @jbro8934 6 років тому +13

    Stephen King has said that The Monkey's Paw was his inspiration for Pet Sematary.

    • @kamerynbaker9728
      @kamerynbaker9728 4 роки тому +3

      i was getting pet semetary vibes from it i guess thats why lol

  • @QuadrupletGang
    @QuadrupletGang 4 роки тому +13

    my english 8th grade teacher really made me do an assignment comparing the book and the movie anyone what’s the difference between the characters 😭

  • @lukabutemo
    @lukabutemo 2 роки тому +25

    20:32 someone give this woman an oscar

  • @josukefrthistime
    @josukefrthistime 2 роки тому +2

    In my 3rd block English class, we read this story for Halloweeen, and my English teacher showed us both the "Tales from the Crypt" version, and this version. I liked this one. It's neatly done.