The Monkey
Neon (2025)
It seems as if the horror comedy genre has overtaken horror films over the past few years. I like a good horror comedy as much as the next person, but the movies that successfully blend the two genres like Ghostbusters or Shaun Of The Dead seem to me to be outnumbered by far less memorable efforts like Y2K or Heart Eyes. I didn't dislike either of the latter, but I found them to be not scary enough to be a great horror film and not funny enough to be a great comedy. Ask me in two years if I have ever seen Y2K or Heart Eyes and there's a pretty good chance that I won't remember.
I'm not sure if I'd put The Monkey on the same pedestal as Ghostbusters or Shaun Of The Dead, but it's one of the better horror comedies that I've seen in recent years. It does a good job balancing terror with a dark, absurdist style of comedy that reminded me a little bit of the Coen brothers. If you're a horror fan, this one is worth checking out on the big screen.
