And "The Monkey," now in theaters, doesn't disappoint, even if it never quite reaches the horror heights.
The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus monkey who, when wound up via a key in the back, beats his little drum and ...
Hal soon discovers that it's his estranged twin Bill who now has the monkey and is responsible for the deaths. Bill has been ...
The Monkey pairs its macabre sense of humor with an unsettling takeaway.
In Perkins’ film, its toy monkey bangs a drum. Speaking with SFX Magazine, Perkins explained that he made said change to avoid a strange copyright issue with Disney. “When I was given the ...
A toy monkey heralds a series of over-the-top deaths in Osgood Perkins' trivially snarky, ham-handed adaptation of a Stephen ...
As you’ll notice, King’s original story features a toy monkey with cymbals — an image we’re all familiar with — but the monkey in Perkins’ film bangs a drum. In an exclusive interview ...
In Stephen King’s original The Monkey short story, the monkey toy that causes so much gnarly ... ‘I was like, ‘Hey, that’s awesome. The drum is better.’ The drum is like a marching ...
It’s a movie that doesn’t rely on cheap jump scares and focuses on what it does best, for the most part. It’s a solid film ...
The Monkey is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name, and there couldn't be a better fit for Perkins. All of his movies, in one way or another, have dealt with family trauma ...