The Monkey currently has an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 and has been rated by 198 users on our platform.
...needed Nicolas Cage instead of Theo James.
Read full review at The Independent...an uproariously bleak work of comedy horror, powered by two of the genre’s brightest – sorry, darkest – minds.
Read full review at Starburst Magazine...it sure makes for a fun night at the movies.
Read full review at EmpireThere’s no cheating in “The Monkey.” It’s coming for you. And it’s gonna be messy.
Read full review at Roger EbertIt might be a horror, but it's a laugh riot, too. It's all things, all at once. Just like life.
Read full review at GamesradarPrepare for a disgusting, hilarious cinematic experience.
Read full review at CinemablendA cheeky monkey with a violent streak gets Theo James in all sorts of trouble in Osgood Perkins' bloodthirsty horror based on a Stephen King short story.
Read full review at Little White LiesNo one else could have made this version of The Monkey because of all those indefinable, immutable yet ethereal elements that make Perkins’ movies not just popcorn flicks but gourmet popcorn.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleOsgood Perkins’s Stephen King adaptation laughs at generational trauma.
Read full review at Slant MagazineReveals some feeling beneath its torrents of splat-stick blood.
Read full review at Paste Magazine...totally bananas horror thriller from the director of ‘Longlegs’.
Read full review at Nme...fear is the key in a terrifyingly brilliant toy story.
Read full review at The GuardianThis is a blood-red dark comedy about a toy monkey who is evil incarnate and has the supernatural ability to kill people in a variety of creative and gruesome ways, and either you go with that or you don’t.
Read full review at Chicago Sun Times...it does showcase that Osgood Perkins has other sides to him which can only help him be a force in the horror genre for years to come.
Read full review at Digital Spy...finds fresh ways to explore Perkins’ favorite theme: generational trauma.
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