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2. Last Respects

Three bickering sisters left in charge of their late father's struggling curiosity shop come into possession of a cursed monkey's paw, and try to use it to their advantage - with deadly results.

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Yvonne ( Emma Samms ), Dolores ( Kerry Fox ), and Marlys Finger ( Julie Cox ) are three sisters who bicker with one another constantly. Left in charge of their late father's struggling curiosity shop, they discover a monkey's paw in a box of items. Thinking that they have found a way out of their financial troubles, Marlys and Yvonne use it to wish for riches. But their riches are not without tragic consequences.

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