10 MORE Horror Movie Wishes That Went Horribly Wrong
1. Witnessing The Merman - The Cabin In The Woods
While not a wish in the strictest, most magical sense, The Cabin in the Woods' Steve Hadley (Bradley Whitford) - a technician at the mysterious Facility where the world-saving rituals are carried out - makes several references throughout the film to the Merman he's never seen.
Steve's always wanted to see a Merman show up during one of the rituals and murder the nubile teenagers, yet despite his long tenure he's never seen it appear, and seems deeply disappointed by this, enough to bring it up a few times.
But Steve certainly gets his desire by film's end, when the facility's menagerie of creatures are all let loose, resulting in a massacre. This includes the Merman, which slithers up to an injured Steve amid the chaos and promptly murders him.
Hilariously, Steve even plainly appreciates the irony of his situation, saying, "Oh, come on!" in the moments before the Merman brutally ends him.