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The Monkey
(2025)
 
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Directed
by:
Osgood Perkins |
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COUNTRY
USA |
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GENRE
Comedy/Horror |
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NORWEGIAN TITLE
The
Monkey |
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RUNNING
TIME
98 minutes |
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Produced
by:
James Wan
Dave Caplan
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Chris Ferguson |
Written by
(based on the 1980 short story by
Stephen King):
Osgood Perkins |
Review
There are horror elements in this
collaboration between short story writer Stephen King, producer
James Wan, and director Osgood Perkins, but don’t expect any chills
and only very few thrills. The concept revolves around a mystical
doll with inexplicably murderous abilities, and if that sounds
psychologically and phenomenally unengaging, you’re quite right: The
film needs all the help it can get from Osgood's inventive
mutilations and an obviously hard-working special effects team to
keep you anywhere near the edge of your seat. As per usual with
Stephen King, there’s a coming-of-age story and something about
dealing with the demons of your past baked into it all, but it’s all
terribly uninspired. And the director's attempts at making the film
stand out with wild ideas come off as desperate more than anything
else.
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