Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- macabre
- sardonic
- grotesque
- late night horror marathon
- dark comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the striking imagery, committed performances, and inventive macabre humor while finding the tonal shifts and final section uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The old wind-up monkey discovered in the attic triggers a series of gruesome deaths and remains central to the siblings' conflict.
The film combines dark comedy with explicit deaths involving weapons and macabre visual set pieces.
Bill and Hal confront the consequences of the monkey after discovering it as children, then grow apart while trying to move on.
Critical reception repeatedly identifies the film's mixture of horror, comedy, family drama, and blood-soaked absurdity as a defining feature.
Films like The Monkey, and why
It
Shares supernatural horror, grotesque deaths, dark humor, and a cursed-object premise.
Longlegs
Combines family trauma, ominous childhood memories, macabre imagery, and supernatural dread with a distinctive visual style.
Dead Alive
Uses absurd gore, black comedy, and a seemingly innocuous object as the source of escalating horror.
Movie Details
- Director
- Osgood Perkins
- Release Date
- 2025-02-10
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (1471)
Cast
- Theo James
- Tatiana Maslany
- Christian Convery
- Colin O'Brien
- Adam Scott
- Elijah Wood
- Rohan Campbell
- Sarah Levy
- Osgood Perkins
- Nicco Del Rio
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Monkey about?
- Twin brothers confront a murderous wind-up toy whose grotesque violence keeps reopening the wounds of their fractured childhood.
- What is The Monkey like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Monkey as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Monkey violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Monkey as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Monkey?
- Critics broadly praised the striking imagery, committed performances, and inventive macabre humor while finding the tonal shifts and final section uneven.
- Which films are like The Monkey?
- Films with a similar feel include It, Longlegs, and Dead Alive.
- How long is The Monkey?
- The Monkey runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Monkey?
- In United States, The Monkey streams on Hulu.
