‘Sadistic’ new Stephen King film dubbed the goriest horror of the year
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. A new Stephen King adaptation has been described as ‘chaos’ and ‘demented’ ahead of its cinema release. The Monkey, based on the short story by the ‘Master of Horror’, is directed by Osgood Perkins, who gave us satanic crime chiller Longlegs in 2024.
It stars James Bond hopeful Theo James in two roles, playing twins Bill and Hal who find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, after which a series of gruesome deaths start. It will be produced by James Wan, the mastermind behind the Saw and The Conjuring franchises.
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The Monkey will be released in cinemas on February 21, but audiences at Beyond Fest were treated to an early screening of the ‘sadistic’ and ‘gory’ horror film. Taking to social media, many emphasised just how wild a ride horror fans are in for.
‘Adored #TheMonkey. Oz Perkins has been one of the most exciting genre filmmakers since he started and his latest is about as good a time as you can have at the movies – funny, scary, poignant and so, so fun,’ DrewTailored posted on X. ‘A rare movie that can be compared to Gremlins in terms of giddy chaos.’.
Matt Donato teased the gore in store for horror fans, dubbing The Monkey ‘one of the bloodiest films of the year.’. He wrote: ‘The Monkey (2025): “Midnight Movie” bliss. Oz Perkins ditches his signatures for a gallows comedy that explodes with gore. It’s so funny, it’s so bloody, and Perkins never takes his foot off the gas.
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