The Monkey (2025, D: Perkins) S: James, Maslany, Wood -- based on the Stephen King short story
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The Monkey (2025, D: Perkins) S: James, Maslany, Wood -- based on the Stephen King short story
THE MONKEY.
Based on the short story by Stephen King, produced by James Wan, and written and directed Osgood Perkins.
In theaters February 21, 2025.
Based on the short story by Stephen King, produced by James Wan, and written and directed Osgood Perkins.
In theaters February 21, 2025.
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Digging the cinematography -- Perkins does like working with Mexican cinematographers, too.
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The Neon marketing team is going to work again...
Notes from the MPA.

Notes from the MPA.


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Surprised nobody posted Perkins Christmas gift to us:
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I know this is supposed to be a horror movie, but that scene on its own out of context came across as darkly comical.
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Somebody PLEASE give us a mashup of this and the stupid singer-as-a-monkey self-fellating movie.
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I'll be honest, I didn't even watch the clip until just now - liked what I saw. I know a lot of people didn't like Longlegs but that's because they weren't aware they were watching a supernatural horror movie the entire time disguised as a detective movie (I'll give you one of the many, many, things you probably missed....when Nick Cage is talking on the TV at the police station, he's actually talking to the people in the room through the TV "and you, and you"....the Devil smashes his face in and kills him because he was done with him - Longlegs was also living in the FBI agents home since she was a kid - that one should be obvious but a ton of people miss it).
This looks like Perkins having a blast.
This looks like Perkins having a blast.
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They should have cast Robbie Williams.
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The trailers did make it look potentially really gory.
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Got a ticket for the early screening. This looks like a gory bonkers ride.
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This looks great.
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Not watching a trailer . . . just going on y'all's reactions! And the marketing!
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Got an Early Access screening reserved for the 12th. Excited to see how bonkers crazy this is.
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Reviews starting to drop already: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_monkey
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After seeing the red band trailer in front of Presence and Companion, our teenager definitely wants to see this. I may have created a horror movie monster!
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Early Access screenings start tonight. I plan to see this tonight at AMC.
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Eventually she may be "seasoned" enough where it won't matter....also Joking.
First "Companion", then "The Monkey", followed by "Novocaine"......Have fun!
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I'm glad they took this tack with the movie (though I'll wait to catch it streaming). The short story, as I recall, ain't all that.



