The Monkey, the upcoming horror movie based on Stephen King's short story, is set during the 1990s, and Osgood Perkins explained why.

You might think you know Osgood Perkins, but The Monkey is about to prove you wrong. The horror helmer has built a reputation for atmospheric spookiness and psychological tension with twisted thrillers like Longlegs,

"Everybody dies, and that's life," Hal and Bill's mother Lois tells them after their babysitter Annie Wilkes (a neat, not-so-subtle nod to Stephen King's Misery) gets into a grisly accident at a teppanyaki restaurant.

T hough critics have long tried to put the work of Stephen King in a box, the reality is that there is immense diversity to be found in adaptations of his writing. The author is b