[Spoilers for The Monkey ahead.] A campy, gory horror movie starring Theo James is as fun of a time as it sounds. The White Lotus actor gives a stellar performance in director Osgood Perkins ...

Well, here comes another one. The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus monkey who, when wound up via a key in the back ...

If you want to know when "The Monkey" is coming to streaming services you're not alone. This horror movie has been one of the biggest movies of 2025 so far. Granted, the year is still relatively ...

The Monkey marks a new step in that evolution. Like Perkins’ last movie, Longlegs, The Monkey is set—at least partially—in the ‘90s. And it does take inspiration from that era. But another ...

But “The Monkey,” which Perkins adapted from a 1980 short story by Stephen King, doesn’t build on the earlier film’s promise. On the contrary, it’s a ham-handed, lurchingly obvious mess ...

Following up Longlegs, Perkins shows he’s just as adept at excessive gore with his adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, The Monkey. Effectively, Perkins’ The Monkey will either work for ...

I can only hope you don’t go out in one of the hyperviolent, showstopping ways that writer-director Osgood Perkins reserves for his characters in “The Monkey.” Death not only has a sick ...

Languages: English. The verdict is in for the new horror film from the director of Longlegs, and the critics say The Monkey is a hit, rating it at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes in early reviews from 21 ...

As a child, Hal (Christian Convery) was terrorised by a toy monkey that acted as a harbinger of death. Now Hal (Theo James) is in his thirties. And the monkey is back. The Monkey, first published ...

The Monkey opens in theaters Friday, February 21. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but horror… that right there’s a pretty great genre for exploring trauma. It’s a truism that Longlegs ...

That being said, never before have we seen something like Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey: a terrific blend of pitch black sensibilities, a wickedly wry sense of humor, and epic body mutilation.

His 15th novel, “Fever Beach,” comes out in May. And one of his previous books, “Bad Monkey,” is a hit Apple TV series starring Vince Vaughn. So I was excited he agreed to come to ...