“Everybody dies. And that's fucked up.”
A mysterious wind-up monkey sets off a chain of outrageous deaths after twin brothers bring it into their lives. The violence spreads through their family, and the damage lingers long after the first killings. Twenty-five years later, the toy begins again, pushing the estranged brothers back toward the curse they thought they had escaped.
The Monkey was made in Canada and the United States, and it runs 97 minutes. It stars Theo James in a dual role as the twin brothers, with his performance anchoring the film’s clash between family history and supernatural chaos. The cast also includes Tatiana Maslany and Elijah Wood, who help shape the film’s uneasy mix of domestic tension and escalating horror. The story is driven by the brothers’ shared past and the way the monkey turns old wounds into fresh danger.
Set across two periods, the film moves between family memory and renewed disaster. Its tone leans into dark comedy while keeping the deaths and aftermath unsettling. The result is a horror comedy built around guilt, estrangement and the sense that a cursed object can turn ordinary family life into something grotesque.
The Monkey was made in Canada and the United States, and it runs 97 minutes. It stars Theo James in a dual role as the twin brothers, with his performance anchoring the film’s clash between family history and supernatural chaos. The cast also includes Tatiana Maslany and Elijah Wood, who help shape the film’s uneasy mix of domestic tension and escalating horror. The story is driven by the brothers’ shared past and the way the monkey turns old wounds into fresh danger.
Set across two periods, the film moves between family memory and renewed disaster. Its tone leans into dark comedy while keeping the deaths and aftermath unsettling. The result is a horror comedy built around guilt, estrangement and the sense that a cursed object can turn ordinary family life into something grotesque.
Reviews
6 / 10