Film • Feb 14, 2025
The Monkey


Watch The Monkey online (United States)
- Status
- Released
- Release
- February 14, 2025 (8 months ago)
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- R
- Themes
- Dark Comedy, Splatter Horror, Supernatural Horror
- Origin
- United States
- Companies
- Atomic Monster, Black Bear Pictures, C2 Motion Picture Group, Range Media Partners, The Safran Company
Cast

Theo JamesHal Shelburn / Bill Shelburn

Elijah WoodTed Hammerman

Tatiana MaslanyLois Shelburn

Rohan CampbellRicky

Adam ScottCapt. Petey Shelburn

Christian ConveryYoung Hal Shelburn / Young Bill Shelburn

Sarah LevyAunt Ida

Nicco Del Rio

Colin O'BrienPetey

Zia NewtonDwayne

Kingston ChanPepper

Oz PerkinsUncle Chip

Laura Mennell

Corin Clark

Danica DreyerAnnie

Tess Degenstein

Dianne GreenwoodTicketed Cop

Beatrix Perkins
Crew

Oz PerkinsDirector, Screenplay

Stephen KingShort Story

Dave CaplanProducer

Chris FergusonProducer

Fred BergerExecutive Producer
Nancy XuExecutive Producer
John FriedbergExecutive Producer

Brian Kavanaugh-JonesProducer

Peter LuoExecutive Producer

James WanProducer
John RickardExecutive Producer
Jesse SavathExecutive Producer

Natalia SafranExecutive Producer
Ali JazayeriExecutive Producer
David GendronExecutive Producer

Michael ClearExecutive Producer

Peter SafranExecutive Producer

Judson ScottExecutive Producer
Elizabeth DestroExecutive Producer
Chris ColeExecutive Producer
Omani CarsonExecutive Producer
Andy PriceExecutive Producer
Sara W. PriceExecutive Producer

Tom QuinnExecutive Producer
Jason WaldExecutive Producer
Christian ParkesExecutive Producer
Emily ThomasExecutive Producer
Ryan FrisciaExecutive Producer

Teddy SchwarzmanExecutive Producer
Michael HeimlerExecutive Producer
Owen OngExecutive Producer
Scores
- Average Score
- 56%
FilmAffinity
- 53%
IMDb
- 59%
Letterboxd
- 53%
Metacritic
- 60%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 55%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- Low >
- Violence
- High >
- Profanity
- High >
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low >
- Fright & Intensity
- High >
Reviews
ABC NewsReview: 'The Monkey' doesn’t disappoint even if it never quite reaches horror heights
Chicago Sun-Times'The Monkey,' a wild horror comedy, shows how a toy kills and never reveals why
Zachary LeeReview: The Monkey - Chicago Reader
ConsequenceThe Monkey Review: Stephen King-Inspired Horror Comedy Hits Looney Tunes Levels of Mayhem
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment GuideReview: Stephen King’s ‘The Monkey’ adaptation piles up the bodies, but to what end?
The IndependentThe Monkey, from the director of Longlegs, needed some Nicolas Cage mania – review
Christina NewlandThe Monkey is the worst thing a horror film can be: boring
The Irish TimesThe Monkey review: Good old-fashioned disgusting fun. You’ll have a blast
Los Angeles Times en EspañolCRÍTICAS. Un mono maldito, una dura de matar y otros estrenos de cine
LooperThe Monkey Review: This Stephen King Adaptation Is Bananas In All The Best Ways - Looper
Coleman Spilde"The Monkey" wants you to know that death is coming for us all, as if we didn't already know that
Spokesman.comMovie review: 'The Monkey' a gleefully gory fable about generational trauma
David SimsA Movie That Has Fun With the Inevitability of Death
The Daily Beast‘The Monkey’ Is the Grisly Horror-Comedy of the Year
theringer.comUnpleasant Gore-ography
Peter HowellHe made the wildest horror film of 2024. Now he’s taking on Stephen King. Does ‘The Monkey’ work?
Kevin Maher, Chief Film CriticThe Monkey review — a bafflingly lazy horror flick starring Theo James
William Bibbiani‘The Monkey’ Review: In Osgood Perkins’ Vicious Horror-Comedy, Monkey Shocks You!
Angelica Jade BastiénThe Monkey Has Good Kills, But No Soul
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