A brand new teaser trailer for The Monkey, the newest movie from Longlegs director Osgood Perkins, will most likely put you off these terrible cymbal clashing toys for good.
Again in August, the primary trailer for The Monkey did not showcase all that a lot, simply the titular monkey doing a lightweight spot of drumming with a shot of lead actor Theo James coated in a whole lot of blood. Simply yesterday, Neon put out one other teaser trailer, this time a redband one, so it is acquired extra of that basic horror stuff: violence. Loads of it’s simply implied, the calm earlier than the storm with regards to deaths, instilling a powerful sense of hysteria round swimming swimming pools, hibachi cooks, and, effectively, drumming. Very similar to Longelgs, the vibes look fairly sturdy as soon as once more, although that movie’s ending was a bit pants so I’ve some reservations about all of it the identical.
The official synopsis explains: “When twin brothers Hal and Invoice uncover their father’s outdated monkey toy within the attic, a collection of grotesque deaths begins occurring throughout them. The brothers resolve to throw the monkey away and transfer on with their lives, rising aside through the years. However when the mysterious deaths start once more, the brothers should reunite to discover a method to destroy the monkey for good earlier than it takes the lives of everybody near them.” When you really feel such as you’ve heard this someplace earlier than, that is as a result of it is based mostly on the Stephen King quick story of the identical identify.
It has a powerful forged exterior of James too, as there’s additionally Elijah Wooden (The Lord of the Rings), Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk), Laura Mennel (The Man within the Excessive Fort), Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween 2018), and Christian Convery (Candy Tooth). James Wan, co-creator of Insidious and Noticed, can also be producing this movie, so there is a good mixture of outdated and new horror expertise to be discovered right here.
The movie is simply 4 months away now too, because it’s due out February 21, 2025.