The Monkey

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4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Dead Time For Bonzo

Twin boys decide to wind up TheMonkey toy left to them by absentee father Adam Scott (Severance), only to learn the mechanical drum solos cause mass carnage throughout small-town Maine. Can introvert Theo James (White Lotus) grow up to stop a bullying twin brother (also Theo James) from using the organ grinder to play off all their neighbors and family members into an early grave? Listen Now to hear Arnie, Stuart, and Brock dance to the offbeat rhythm that director Osgood Perkins (Longlegs) has given this classic Stephen King short story.

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0:00.0	When I was a kid, my twin brother and I found something that loved to kill.
0:11.3	I did everything I could to make it go the fuck away, but it had other plans.
0:19.6	Welcome to now playing podcast review of The Monkey.
0:23.5	The coroner said it was an accident, but it was no accident.
0:28.2	It was a monkey.
0:30.4	Part of the Stephen King movie retrospective series.
0:34.0	It's a toy monkey?
0:34.9	It's evil.
0:35.8	It's basically the devil.
0:38.3	Hosted by Stuart. A beast, not from this earth.
0:41.3	Arnie.
0:42.3	Always just kind of prefer to life where you sit down and you don't stand up again until you want to.
0:47.3	And rock.
0:48.3	We have been chosen to witness its power over life and death.
0:53.3	But be warned, this episode will contain detailed plot spoilers and strong language.
0:58.9	Oh, fuck.
1:02.4	We hope you enjoy the show.
1:04.7	It must be vanquished.
1:05.8	Why don't you vanquish it, huh, Bill?
1:09.0	Today we're discussing The Monkey, starring Theo James, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien,
1:17.2	Rowan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood, and Tatiana Maslani, directed by Osgood Perkins.
1:26.4	Hello, dumb shit. This is Arnie, co-hosted Now Playing. And Stuart.
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