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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