Teaser for Oz Perkins’ Horror ‘The Monkey’ Adapted from Stephen King
by Alex Billington
August 12, 2024
Source: YouTube
🐒 Neon has revealed the first look teaser trailer for a new horror movie called The Monkey, adapted from the Stephen King story of the same name, about one of those super creepy clapping monkey toys. The teaser first debuted in front of Cuckoo showings this weekend before landing online. The Monkey is the very highly anticipated follow-up to this year’s massive horror hit Longlegs from mastermind horror director Osgood Perkins. Produced by James Wan, written and directed Perkins, The Monkey is a story about two brothers. The siblings decide to throw the monkey toy away after it starts killing, and try to move on with their lives, growing apart over the years… Starring Theo James as both bothers Bill & Hall, with Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy. There’s no real footage in this teaser trailer, so I’ve included a few first look photos that hit the web recently. This is going to be creepy! This monkey is already scary – but in the hands of Oz Perkins, it’s going to be a real nightmare.
Here’s the first teaser trailer (+ photos) for Oz Perkins’ film The Monkey, direct from Neon’s YouTube:
Based on the short story by Stephen King. When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years. The Monkey is written and directed by American genre filmmaker / writer / actor Oz Perkins (aka Osgood Perkins), director of the horror movie The Blackcoat’s Daughter, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House,and Gretel & Hansel previously, as well as this year’s Longlegs, plus one episode for the new “The Twilight Zone” series. Adapted from the Stephen King short story originally published in Gallery magazine in 1980 (and a part of Skeleton Crew). It’s produced by Dave Caplan, Michael Clear, Chris Ferguson, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, & James Wan. Neon releases Perkins’ The Monkey in theaters starting on February 21st, 2025 early next year. First impression? Looking good?
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