The Monkey

"Everybody dies. And that's fucked up."

2025 1h 37m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 1,484

HorrorComedy

Synopsis

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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.

“Everybody dies. And that's fucked up.”

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Cast

Theo James
Hal / Bill
Tatiana Maslany
Lois
Christian Convery
Young Hal / Young Bill
Colin O'Brien
Petey
Adam Scott
Captain Petey Shelborn
Elijah Wood
Ted
Rohan Campbell
Thrasher / Ricky
Sarah Levy
Aunt Ida

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Osgood Perkins
Writers: Osgood Perkins, Christopher Donaldson, Stephen King
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.9× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Osgood Perkins, shot by Nico Aguilar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Edo van Breemen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Greg Ng shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Theo James and Tatiana Maslany and Christian Convery carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everybody dies. And that's fucked up.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Osgood Perkins directs. Nico Aguilar behind the camera. Edo van Breemen scores. Greg Ng cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 6.9× over at the box office.
2Released last year.
3International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
4Directed by Osgood Perkins, shot by Nico Aguilar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Edo van Breemen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Greg Ng shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Theo James and Tatiana Maslany and Christian Convery carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Everybody dies. And that's fucked up.".
9IMDB entry: tt27714946 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 33 themes, including "sibling relationship", "shotgun", "supernatural", "drums".

The technical file

Cinematography: Nico Aguilar
Original score: Edo van Breemen
Editing: Greg Ng
Production design: Danny Vermette
Costume design: Mica Kayde
Makeup / hair: Caitlin Groves
VFX supervisor: Jeff Bruneel
Sound: Eugenio Battaglia
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $68,871,071
Return: 689% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Monkey (2025)

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r96sk2025-02-21
★ 7/10
<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.
Manuel São Bento2025-02-25
★ 4/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/the-monkey-review-a-chaotic-blend-of-tones-and-genres-that-misses-the-mark/ "The Monkey teeters between ingenuity and frustration. Osgood Perkins crafts moments of inspiration and gets the best out of a solid cast, but the lack of a cohesive identity prevents its erratic blend of tones and genres from reaching its true potential. For some, this chaotic, blood-soaked mix of horror, satire, family drama, and comedy will feel refreshing and daring; for others, it will be simply exasperating and disorienting. Personally, it didn't work... at all." Rating: C-
CinemaSerf2025-03-02
★ 6/10
This takes for ever to get going and once it does, it’s really an unoriginal semi-comedic horror drama centred around yet another not-so-menacing puppet. This time, it’s squabbling brothers “Hal” and “Bill” who discover an old hat box after their father dies and in it is what looks like a toy monkey. They wind it up and next thing, their babysitter is no more and that’s the just the start of it’s malevolence. Putting two and two together, they decide it’s best to drop the thing down a well and get on with growing up. Scoot on years later and now “Hal” (Theo James) has a son of his own “Petey” (Colin O’Brien) and is trying to rebuild some bridges with him after his marriage collapsed. Equally estranged is his twin, so he’s not impressed when, out of the blue, he is called and told their aunt has died. He now has to drag the reluctant lad along to the home they grew up in and guess what is in the wardrobe? At times it’s quite funny, but I’m not sure how intentional that is as James delivers a seriously flat performance and the epitome of sibling rivalries involves a frankly risible degree of menace. It’s not that the idea is rubbish, though it is derivative, it’s that the acting and writing are poor and the scenarios - familial discord, new stepdad (Elijah Wood) etc. are all just too predictable and it provides virtually nothing new over a lacklustre one hundred minutes. I could certainly think of a few good uses for the chimp, though!