As crazy as it sounds, I completely misunderstood the assignment when it came to The Monkey. Somehow, I avoided all the trailers, CinemaBlend’s countless articles about the new Stephen King adaptation, and pretty much everything that’s been said about it since the film was released on the 2025 movie schedule a few months ago. I thought it was going to be just straight-up horror, but instead, Osgood Perkins’ take on the 1980 short story was one of the funniest things I’ve seen all year.
When I checked out The Monkey with a Hulu subscription a few weeks ago, the surprise that this was an over-the-top and gory horror-comedy actually made the great King adaptation even better. It was honestly one of the biggest surprises of the year, and I have to talk about it.
