Released in 2025, The Monkey has found a new audience on streaming, reaching the top of the HBO Max movie rankings in Romania after recently entering the platform’s Top 10. The film is also performing strongly across several other Central and Eastern European markets.

Directed and written by Osgood Perkins, the filmmaker behind Longlegs, the movie is based on King’s short story of the same name. It follows twin brothers Hal and Bill, whose childhood takes a terrifying turn after they discover a mysterious wind-up monkey belonging to their father.

The cast is led by Theo James, who plays the adult versions of Hal and Bill, with Christian Convery portraying the brothers as children. The film also stars Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell and Sarah Levy.

Rather than treating King's story as a conventional supernatural horror movie, Perkins embraces a more unusual combination of black comedy, absurdity and extreme violence. The result is a film in which the deaths themselves become part of its macabre sense of humor.

For viewers looking for a horror movie that combines Stephen King’s supernatural premise with grotesque humor and a deliberately over-the-top style, The Monkey is currently proving to be one of HBO Max's biggest attractions in Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria!.

For now, the cursed toy has taken over the streaming charts.

A down on his luck publicist gets his lucky break when he discovers a man recently released from a mental health facility looks just like a method actor who refuses to leave his trailer. With the help of a powerful producer, the publicist helps the man become a huge star, even marrying his beautiful leading lady.

Their adventures lead them to cross paths with drunken costars, irreverent unhoused action heroes, unpredictable directors, super agent, and power-mad moguls. Fame and fortune are not all they're cracked up to be, and the two men must fight their way back to the things that matter the most.

The film stars: Charlie Day, Adrien Brody, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jillian Bell, Jimmi Simpson, Kate Beckinsale, Katherine McNamara, Ray Liotta, Travis Fimmel.

Fool's Paradise is now available on HBO Max.

When she finds out that she has to stay in a rehabilitation center for a year, the actress Candy hires her ambitious double, Paula, to take her place. But Paula steals her identity, career and boyfriend, and eventually kicks her out of the house.

Directed by Jamie Babbit, The Stand In stars Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jes Austell, Michael Zegen, T.J. Miller and Holland Taylor.

The Stand In can be seen on HBO Max.

HBO Max™, the premium streaming platform from WarnerMedia, is now available in 61 territories globally after launching in 15 additional European countries today, including the Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

The 15 countries where HBO Max launched today are: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

HBO Max™ is WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform, offering best in class quality entertainment. HBO Max™ features the greatest array of storytelling for all audiences from the iconic brands of HBO, Warner Bros., DC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and more.

The platform launched in the United States in May 2020. HBO Max™ began its global rollout launching in markets across Latin America and the Caribbean last summer, followed by its first European launches in the Nordics and Spain. Currently available in 61 territories, there are plans for continued expansion of HBO Max in 2022.

Many of Prorom movies are already available on HBO Max™: The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Come Away, Animal Crackers, War with Grandpa, The Stand-In, Ava, The Comeback Trail, Made in Italy, Mia and the White Lion.

Other Prorom titles will soon be available on the HBO Max™ as well: The Protégé, Gunpowder Milkshake or The Marksman.