The Monkey (15)

★★★ Don’t expect the true terror of Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs or Stephen King’s source story. Do expect plentiful gags to make you, well, gag. The best scenes here are a gory glory. ~ Empire.

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Based on a short story by Stephen King, The Monkey is Osgood Perkins’ much-anticipated follow up to Longlegs. 

When twin brothers Hal and Bill discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring all around them.  

The brothers decide to throw the money away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years. But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must reunite to find a way to destroy the money for good before it takes the lives of everyone close to them. 

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★★★✭ A 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. ~ Little White Lies.

★★★★ Get your required dose of blood and guts, horror fans, as served up by the titular, simian serial killer in this totally bananas horror thriller from the director of ‘Longlegs’. ~ NME.

★★★★★ Osgood Perkins triumphs again with an eerie, emotionally profound tale of a malevolent wind-up toy. ~ The Observer.

★★★★ Good old-fashioned disgusting fun. You’ll have a blast. ~ Irish Times.