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Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw), THE MONKEY is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director, Osgood Perkins.
When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.
Director
Osgood Perkins
Cast
Theo James, Elijah Wood, Osgood Perkins
Rating
Year
2025
Country
United States
Language
English
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Reviews
- "THE MONKEY is one of the best horror-comedies (and Stephen King adaptations) in recent memory, exploding off the screen with both gory kills and big laughs."
- IGN - "THE MONKEY might be a horror, but it's a laugh riot too, as Osgood Perkins offers up a plethora of inventively gruesome kills and some surprisingly profound ideas surrounding life and death."
- Total Film - "THE MONKEY is prime evidence that Perkins is one of the rare horror directors who can strike a sublime balance between comedy, suspense, and the type of gore and nastiness that has been missing from mainstream horror for years."
- Collider - "Part Gremlins and part Final Destination, it’s a vicious little horror-comedy whose punchline is that we’re all walking around with our heads in an invisible guillotine whose blade could fall at any moment."
- AV Club - "Perkins flaunts confidence and audacity in conceiving this adaptation as a twisted, pessimistic look at family and destiny."
- Screen International - "There’s no fat on this one, which can’t be said about a lot of modern horror movies, or a lot of films adapted from short stories."
- RogerEbert.com - "Super stylish and somewhat whimsical, The Monkey is a gloriously kitsch comedy horror that has blood and guts by the bucketful."
- THN - "It’s a vicious and hysterical spectacle of blood and brain matter that’ll make you laugh, gasp, gag, and even think."
- Mashable