The Monkey
The Monkey
R
5.9
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2025

·

97m

The Monkey

Summary

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, Screenplay

Osgood Perkins

Novel, Short Story

Stephen King

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

February 21, 2025

7

<em>'The Monkey'</em> has a great concept and I enjoyed the wacky nature of it, I did almost lose interest in the human characters towards the end though. That isn't the best sign given the short 90 minute run time, but the end does come when desired so that saves it.

Theo James is pretty good in this, for sure the most I've liked seeing him. I haven't seen him act much (five films now), my main thought of him is actually with human excrement up his nose (yep) in <em>'The Inbetweeners Movie'</em>... hopefully this performance will override that memory (it won't).

The gore shown for all the titular character's escapades is very cool and rather creative to be honest, the 'freak accident' angle is a fun one to watch play out onscreen. Everything with the red-eyed fellow is definitely what makes this movie, as it ought to really. A stronger overall story and I probably would've loved it.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$10,000,000.00

Revenue:

$68,914,458.00

Keywords

sibling relationship
shotgun
supernatural
drums
harpoon
dark comedy
gore
twin brother
maine
accidental death
wasp
monkey
exploding body
death
evil
evil twin
based on short story
dual role
cursed
1990s
father son relationship
mother son relationship
brother brother relationship
toy monkey
supernatural horror
toy
cursed object
horror
disgusted
japanese restaurant
father son estrangement
black comedy