Why watch?

Theo James and Tatiana Maslany play a couple who return to a family home and find something disturbing in the basement, and things spiral from there. Osgood Perkins crafted something genuinely weird — horror scenes flip into absurd comedy mid-moment, and you're never sure if you're supposed to be scared or laughing. 97 minutes packed with the kind of density most films need two hours to deliver.

Who is it for?

For a late-night watch when you want something dark and weird — Osgood Perkins makes movies that unsettle and entertain at the same time, and this one's about a monkey destroying a house and a family's life. If you liked Hereditary or Sinister, you already know Perkins's vibe, but The Monkey leans harder into horror-comedy without apology. Fair amount of violence and language, not for kids.

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The Monkey

2025 · 1h 37min6.0R
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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.

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Hal and Bill find their father's creepy wind-up monkey toy in the attic, and suddenly people around them start dying in bizarre, gruesome ways. Theo James and Tatiana Maslany play brothers trying to convince everyone—and themselves—that the toy has nothing to do with it, even as bodies keep piling up. Osgood Perkins directs this with a dark sense of humor that keeps you off balance, never letting you settle into pure scares or pure laughs. If you liked Hereditary mixed with the absurdist dread of Evil Dead, this hits that same nerve.

Why watch?

Theo James and Tatiana Maslany play a couple who return to a family home and find something disturbing in the basement, and things spiral from there. Osgood Perkins crafted somethi…

Who is it for?

For a late-night watch when you want something dark and weird — Osgood Perkins makes movies that unsettle and entertain at the same time, and this one's about a monkey destroying a…

Similar titles

If the off-kilter horror-comedy vibe of The Monkey got under your skin, check out The Wailing or Goodnight Mommy — they both twist genre expectations and layer dread with moments t…

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