'The Monkey,' a wild horror comedy, shows how a toy kills and never reveals why
The first rule of “The Monkey” is there are no steadfast rules to “The Monkey.” This is a blood-red dark comedy about a toy ...
‘The Monkey’ Filmmaker Osgood Perkins Says the Studios “Don’t Want to See” Horror-Comedy
Despite having powerful producers James Wan and Peter Safran aboard the Stephen King adaptation, no major studio wanted Perkins' take on the project before indie outfit Neon boarded: "I had to take it ...
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The Monkey – A hysterically mad story with bittersweet undertones
Out this week in Irish cinemas is The Monkey. Based on a short story by Stephen King and adapted by Osgood Perkins this ...
‘The Monkey’ Is a One Long, Sick Joke Without a Punchline
What do you get when you mix the 'Longlegs' director with a short story by the Master of the Macabre? Hint: It involves drum ...
Everybody Dies, And That’s F***ed Up: The Monkey Stars Open Up About The Stephen King Movie’s Blunt View On The Horrors Of Death
Considered by many to be one of the greatest movies of all time, The Shawshank Redemption celebrated its milestone 30 th ...
The Monkey Post-Credits Scene Check-In (No Spoilers)
The Monkey, the new horror comedy movie from Osgood Perkins, James Wan and Stephen King, has arrived. But is there anything ...
The Monkey Review: Osgood Perkins Strikes Out With New Stephen King Movie
Osgood Perkins inverts the horror of Longlegs for a dark comedy take on Stephen King’s “The Monkey.” Unfortunately, it’s one ...
The Monkey film review — a murderous toy goes on the rampage in Stephen King adaptation
Based on a Stephen King story, the film is played strictly for charnel-house laughs. It begins with the childhood of twin brothers, mild Hal and bully Bill, both expertly played by Christian Convery.
‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’s Death-Dealing Doll
The ‘Longlegs’ director returns with a gruesome horror film, based on a Stephen King short story, about a wind-up toy that ...
The Monkey, Osgood Perkins’s follow-up to Longlegs, needed Nicolas Cage instead of Theo James
One of the most intriguing voices in horror has adapted a short story by Stephen King – about a mechanical toy that incites ...
‘The Monkey’ Is the Grisly Horror-Comedy of the Year
Few filmmakers have successfully adapted Stephen King’s work for the screen, and even fewer have found a way to stay true to ...
‘The Monkey’ brings screams and laughs in equal, if not abundant, measure
Writer-director Osgood Perkins follows “Longlegs” with a Stephen King-derived horror comedy.