‘The Monkey’ Rated “R” for Strong Bloody Violent Content and Gore
The company that brought us Longlegs this past year, NEON is hoping to strike more horror gold here in early 2025 with director Osgood Perkins’ follow-up movie, The Monkey. A film adaptation of Stephen King’s same-titled short story, The Monkey arrives in theaters on February 21, 2025, and NEON promises a brand new trailer on […]
The company that brought us Longlegs this past year, NEON is hoping to strike more horror gold here in early 2025 with director Osgood Perkins’ follow-up movie, The Monkey.
A film adaptation of Stephen King’s same-titled short story, The Monkey arrives in theaters on February 21, 2025, and NEON promises a brand new trailer on January 8 at 12pm ET.
From NEON and producer James Wan, The Monkey has also been rated “R” this week for “Strong bloody violent content, gore, language throughout, and some sexual references.”
This Wednesday’s new trailer alone promises everything from a “bowling ball smashing a child’s face” to “bloody entrails,” glimpsed in the MPA trailer report shared by NEON today. Check out the report below (A+ marketing!) and come on back on January 8 for the new trailer.
The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crew, a 1985 collection that also featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reach, and more.
Theo James (“The White Lotus”), Tatiana Maslany (She–Hulk: Attorney at Law), Elijah Wood (Maniac), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek) star in The Monkey.
“In The Monkey, 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 monkey 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 monkey for good before it takes the lives of everyone close to them.”
