Review (Scott McCutcheon 20/02/25)
Anyone going to see Osgood Perkins The Monkey expecting something
similar to his last film, Longlegs, is going to be in for something of a surprise.
Whereas Longlegs was an out an out thriller The Monkey is a horror comedy that
has more in common with the Final Destination films and even Home Alone than
the aforementioned Longlegs.
Theo James and Rohan Campbell are identical twins Hal and
Bill, James plays them as adults whilst Campbell plays them as kids. After the
death of their father the twins inherit a clockwork monkey that, if it beats its
drum, unexplained bizarre deaths occur.
Perkins has a lot of fun with the premise with some jokes
working and some not. Cheerleaders’ turning up at the house of a recently deceased
is somewhat bizarre whilst the Home Alone jokes really don’t make too much
sense.
Overall The Monkey is a bit of a hodgepodge of a film that
steals ideas from other better films. It is a lot of fun but might not be what
you’re expecting.
