Considered by many to be one of the greatest movies of all time, The Shawshank Redemption celebrated its milestone 30 th anniversary last year, and Brown recently spoke about his experience making the movie during an interview on The Rich Eisen Show.

That introspection served “Longlegs,” one of the best horror films of 2024, well. But “The Monkey,” based on a Stephen King short story, about the son of an absent father who is now a distant father to his own son, seems cheaper. Its thick layer of offhanded glibness masks a profound emptiness of spirit.