Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey’ Drums Up 4K Blu-ray & DVD Release Dates

If you didn’t want to leave your house to watchThe Monkeyin theaters and were patiently waiting for thehorror movie’s home release, we have excellent news for you. Today, not only theOsgood Perkins(Longlegs) production became available to rent on streaming platforms, but it also set a release date for its 4K UHD,Blu-rayand DVD releases. The movie follows twin brothers who are cursed by a malignant monkey toy who causes random and horrible deaths whenever it hits the drums attached to its belly. The physical editions hit shelves on June 24.

If you can’t wait two months, you can just rent it now for $19.99 or buy the movie digitally for $24.99 onPrime Video,Apple TVand other video-on-demand platforms. Whether you wait or watch it immediately, though, you probably won’t regret it. The movie earned a pretty good 79% score onRotten Tomatoesand made over $60 millionat the global box office— which seems modest, but it’s a pretty good number when you factor in that production of the horror movie cost around $10 million.

Collider’sEmma KielycalledThe Monkeya cross betweenQuentin TarantinoandFinal Destinationand wrote that “The Monkey is a horror movie to enjoy in the purest way. Perkins is unrelenting in his gore while still ensuring there’s a consistent, nestling atmosphere of dread that he always executes exceptionally.“Stephen Kinghimself— who wrote the short story that inspired the movie — called it “batshit insane,” and meant it as a compliment.

More Stephen King on the Way

The Monkeyis not the onlyStephen King-inspired projectthat is hitting theaters this year. In just a couple of months, fans will be able to check outThe Life of Chuck, which is also based on a short story written by the author and is also directed by a horror master:Mike Flanagan(The Fall of House Usher). Later this year, fans will also be able to check out The Long Walk, directed byFrancis Lawrence(The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) andThe Running Man, helmed byEdgar Wright(Baby Driver). As for Perkins, his next movie is calledKeeper, and it’s being billedas “a dark trip” from his mind.

The cast ofThe MonkeyfeaturesTheo James(The White Lotus),Tatiana Maslany(She-Hulk: Attorney At Law),Elijah Wood(The Lord of the Ringstrilogy),Sarah Levy(SurrealEstate),Tess Degenstein(Adult Adoption) andAdam Scott(Severance).