Hulu’s Top Movie Is A Wacky Horror-Comedy — And The Rest Of This Week’s Streaming Hits Are Just As Wild

“The Monkey” is currently the top movie on Hulu, according to the platform’s public ranking system.

The horror-comedy based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story centers on a toy monkey that turns deadly. Per the movie’s synopsis, 25 years after the mysterious wind-up toy murders their family, estranged twin brothers (Theo James in a dual role) must confront the cursed contraption when it goes on a new killing spree.

Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy and Elijah Wood also star in the film, which was written for the screen and directed by Osgood Perkins.

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