Rent The Monkey (2025)
3.1 of 5 from 155 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- 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.
- Actors:
- Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Oz Perkins, Tess Degenstein, Danica Dreyer, Beatrix Perkins, Kingston Chan, Zia Newton, Nicco Del Rio, Shafin Karim, Lumen Beltran, Laura Mennell, Janet Kidder, Paul Puzzella
- Directors:
- Osgood Perkins
- Producers:
- Dave Caplan, Chris Ferguson, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, James Wan
- Writers:
- Stephen King, Osgood Perkins
- Aka:
- o
- Studio:
- Black Bear
- Genres:
- Comedy, Horror, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/06/2025
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.00:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Outrageously Gory and Thoroughly Gratuitous
- The Cast of 'The Monkey'
- Becoming Hal and Bill
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/06/2025
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.00:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Outrageously Gory and Thoroughly Gratuitous
- The Cast of 'The Monkey'
- Becoming Hal and Bill
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Reviews (1) of The Monkey
Gory, grand guignol, good fun, derivative, cartoon character comedy horror - The Monkey review by PV
The grand guignol here and waiting for the inevitable sequence of gory deaths reminds me of Final Destination, or British film Severance (2006) one of the best comedy horrors ever made.
But it has older roots or the King short story does - stories like The Monkey's Paw and more. It is like those old portmanteau Hammer Horror films where an object is haunted or evil and brings bad things on those who buy/find it. From Beyond the Grave (1974) with Peter Cushing as the knowing shop owner is one. And then there is the absolute classic Night of the Demon (1957) ('it's in the trees, it's coming' sampled by Kate Bush from it on Hounds of Love title track 1985)
It jumps the shark a bit in the third act imho. The start is more interesting tbh.
Clever casting with the same actor Theo James playing the chalk and cheese twin brothers, and Christian Convery playing them well as boys too. So good I thought they were played by different actors. Elijah Wood hams it up as a new-age inspirational speaker/author. Other cartoon characters here too. The monkey toy is a great design and suitably spooky too.
So almost 4 stars, as it starts well, but 3 stars with the sagging absurd OTT final act. Subtle it ain't!
A Friday night with friends film! Nothing serious here. So roll with it and enjoy the blood and gore...and laughs...
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