‘The Monkey’ teaser: Osgood Perkins’s Stephen King adaptation is stuffed with messed-up deaths

A freaky monkey toy unleashes loss of life and destruction in The Monkey, director Osgood Perkins’s (Longlegs) adaptation of Stephen King’s brief story of the identical title.

The movie follows twins Hal and Invoice (each performed by The White Lotus‘s Theo James), who discover their father’s outdated monkey toy within the attic. In accordance with The Monkey‘s new redband teaser, the toy is a an otherworldly beast with the ability to kill anybody. “Whoever controls it, controls life and loss of life,” James tells us in voiceover. “And people deaths are actually fucked up.”

Do not consider him? The trailer is blissful to point out you proof, that includes deaths by resort air-con unit, hibachi grill, and flaming child stroller. Gnarly stuff.

The Monkey hits theaters Feb. 21, 2025.