The Monkeyred-band trailer is here, and it’s a wild ride full of cymbal-clanging chaos, dark humor, and straight-up nightmare fuel. The trailer starts innocently enough (don’t they all?) with twin brothers Hal and Bill rummaging through their dad’s old attic. There’s dust, cobwebs, and the eerie silence that screams, “something spooky is about to go down.” Then they find it: a small, rusty, wide-eyed toy monkey holding cymbals. At first, it looks harmless like something your grandma might’ve kept as a quirky decoration. But oh, how wrong they are. Cue ominous music, creepy close-ups, and a slow-motion shot of the monkey’s cymbals coming together with a menacing CLANG! And just like that, things spiral out of control.
Cut to gruesome chaos. Each time the monkey claps its cymbals, someone nearby meets a hilariously over-the-top, gory demise. A construction worker falls into a wood chipper (yikes!), a librarian gets buried under a suspiciously large stack of books, and there’s even a rogue lawnmower scene that will have you laughing nervously. It’s like Final Destination, but with a cymbal-playing psycho as the executioner.
Grown-up Hal and Bill (played by Theo James in dual roles) are living separate lives when the monkey resurfaces years later. Why? Because cursed toys don’t stay gone, and they definitely don’t respect boundaries. Bill finds the monkey sitting smugly on his kitchen counter, despite him chucking it into a lake decades ago. His reaction? A classic, “Oh, COME ON!” (Relatable.) Meanwhile, Hal is just trying to protect his family from becoming the monkey’s next victims, but you can tell he’s losing it. His teenage son gets one look at the monkey and says, “Why is it smiling at me?” Hal responds with, “Because it knows something we don’t.” Thanks, Dad. Super comforting.
The trailer dials up the comedy when the brothers try and fail to destroy the monkey. Fire? Nope, it’s fireproof. A garbage compactor? It survives without a scratch. At one point, they literally try to bury it alive, but guess who’s sitting on the hood of their car five minutes later? That’s right: Monkey. One. Humans. Zero.
Enter Elijah Wood as a quirky paranormal investigator who explains, in the most deadpan way, “This isn’t just a monkey. It’s a vessel for... you know, evil.” His solution? Something about severing its cursed connection. Easier said than done when the monkey has the persistence of a telemarketer.
The trailer ends with a montage of pure chaos: screaming, running, cymbal-clanging, and explosions (because why not?). The final shot is a slow zoom on the monkey’s haunting smile as it raises its cymbals one last time, while Hal and Bill scream in unison, “NOOOO!” Smash cut to the title card: The Monkey. The cymbal sound echoes ominously, followed by an absurd tagline like, “Evil comes in small packages.”
In short, the red-band trailer is equal parts horror and hilarity, with just the right amount of ridiculousness to keep you hooked. If you love twisted laughs and over-the-top scares, this movie’s your jam. Just don’t trust any toy monkeys after watching it. Seriously.
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