Theme: Wishes

Wishes are desires brought to life, usually by magical means or something beyond the mundane. The most common wish is the one granted by a Genie after the rubbing of a lamp. In such stories, the user who summons the genie is usually granted three wishes.

Most stories involving wishes are ones that usually take the moral outlook that what is received is not something the wisher always wants. The story may centre around the wish being interpreted literally or the wording misunderstood in a way that traps the wisher, or that the wisher cannot handle the additional unforeseen problems that come with it.

There are several horror films on this subject where the wish becomes a cursed one that has fatal consequences for the wisher, or that the granting of the wish has a grim price to pay.