The Monkey (2025)
Everybody dies. And that's fucked up.
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The Monkey rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.9/10· 87K votes
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic62%
TMDb6.006/10· 1K votesWith 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.9/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About The Monkey
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.
Cast of The Monkey
Theo James
as Hal / Bill
Tatiana Maslany
as Lois
Christian Convery
as Young Hal / Young Bill
Colin O'Brien
as Petey
Adam Scott
as Captain Petey Shelborn
Elijah Wood
as Ted
Rohan Campbell
as Thrasher / Ricky
Sarah Levy
as Aunt Ida
Osgood Perkins
as Uncle Chip
Nicco Del Rio
as Rookie Priest
Zia Newton
as Dwayne
Kingston Chan
as Lt. Pepper
The Monkey facts
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $68.9M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Body horror elements provide genuinely unsettling atmosphere throughout
- •Brother relationship dynamics anchor emotional stakes effectively despite gore
- •Stephen King adaptation balances dark comedy with genuine dread successfully
What the audience disliked
- •Tonal shifts between horror and comedy confuse overall audience experience
- •Pacing occasionally stutters maintaining momentum through absurdist sequences
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