‘The Monkey’ Trailer: Theo James Unleashes A Monkey Killing Spree In Osgood Perkins’ Horror-Comedy

How much does NEON love Osgood Perkins right now? His previous film Longlegs wasn’t just a hit for them in 2024, it was the distributor’s highest-grossing release ever. They’re so keen to keep working with Perkins that his next film, The Monkey, is only a month away and it’s something completely different than before. Well, there’s still a lot of blood and death, but this one has double the Theo James, a cursed toy, and a lot of macabre humor.

James stars in The Monkey as twin brothers Bill and Hal, who discover their dad’s toy monkey in the attic, unleashing a killing spree that they must reunite to stop many years later.

The Monkey is based on the Stephen King short story first published in 1980. Perkins wrote and directed the film, with James Wan aboard as a producer.

Joining James in the cast are Christian Convery, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy.

NEON will open The Monkey in theaters on February 21st.

SYNOPSIS: “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.”