by Andrew Barker and starring Alex McAvoy and Patricia Leslie. A 1993 episode named Taveez of the Indian television series The Zee Horror Show. A 2004 adaptation as a radio play narrated by Christopher Lee in 2004 as part of the BBC radio drama series Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales. A 2008 Nepali film, Kagbeni, is a loose adaptation of the story. The Monkey's Paw (2013 film) with the screenplay by Macon Blair, and directed by Brett Simmons. A 2017 opera, The Monkey's Paw, by composer Brooke deRosa and produced by Pacific Opera Project. Variations and parodies A great number of novels, stories, movies, plays and comics are variations or adaptations of the story, featuring similar plots built around wishes that go awry in macabre ways, occasionally with references to monkeys' paws or to the story itself. See also Unintended consequences References External links "The Monkey's Paw"; full short story text Gaslight edition of the story Monkey's Paw Radio Play Podcast of "The Monkey's Paw" as read by John Lithgow 1902 short stories British short stories Fiction about curses Horror short stories Metaphors referring to monkeys Short stories adapted into films