New poster for Osgood Perkins' 'The Monkey' explains the premise

NEON continues to prepare the audience for the theatrical release of The Monkeyfrom the screenwriter and director Osgood Perkinsan adaptation of the short story by Stephen Kingproduced by Atomic Monster of James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring).

This will be the second horror release for Perkins in less than a year, following the release of the acclaimed film Longlegsalso produced and distributed by NEON.

The latest in the marketing campaign is a new official poster, which, along with a knife full of blood, includes a detailed description of the project's content:

“It is a movie full of bloody violence and death. All of these deaths are outrageously bloody and totally gratuitous.. And while some are deserved, others are a case of “wrong place at the wrong time.” It's like life in that sense.

“The instruments of death in this feature film include (but are not limited to): a harpoon, a shotgun, a bowling ball, a hibachi knife, a swimming pool, a surfboard, a lawn mower, and a wild horse stampede.” .

“The hard truth is that everyone dies, and that's f*cked up. But at least now you can enjoy death with your friends and loved ones in the comfort of your favorite movie theater this February.”

The poster is available at the end of this note.

Graduated The monkey in our market, it is starred by Theo James (Divergent, The White Lotus, The Gentlemen) in double roles as twin brothers Hal and Bill.

The plot centers on Hal and Bill, who, after discovering their father's old toy monkey in the attic, begin to see a series of gruesome deaths occur around them. The brothers decide to get rid of the monkey and move on with their lives, growing apart as the years go by. But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must come together to find a way to destroy the monkey forever before it takes the lives of everyone they love.

The rest of the cast includes Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings), Sarah Levy (Schitt's Creek), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), y Rohan Campbell (The Hardy Boys).

The feature film is produced by James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) y Michael Clear de Atomic Monster, Jason Cloth (Joker), Dave Caplan (Babylon), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious), and Chris Ferguson (Child’s Play). Executive producers are Fred Berger (La La Land), Peter Luo, Nancy Xu, y John Friedberg.

The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crewa 1985 collection that also included The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reachamong others.

NEON premieres The Monkey on February 21, 2025 in theaters. In Mexico it will be distributed by Corazón Films.

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