Based on the short story of the same name by the iconic Stephen King, The Monkeyrecently hit the $50 million mark globally, ...

After four weeks in theaters, Perkins' horror is performing well against strong current competition, including box office ...

The Monkey writer/director Osgood Perkins explains how his unique experience with people dying in weird ways funneled into ...

Osgood Perkins wrote and directed the comedy-horror movie The Monkey, based on Stephen King's 1980 short story. Neon released it theatrically in the United States on February 21, 2025. In the ...

The persistence in those films puts Perkins’ to shame. “The Monkey” is not a movie about accepting that death will come for us all, it’s a movie about giving up. The “Saw” films follow ...

Have you ever had an old toy that didn't really make you smile? But actually, it sent shivers down your spine? Maybe it was its dead eye stare, or the frozen grin, or just the thought of what it might ...

This is where The Monkey runs into trouble. For all the ways horror-comedy has been a tough nut to crack, Perkins at least deserves credit for trying. His take on King’s short swings for the ...

The Monkey film takes creative liberties with King's story, changing characters, tone, and setting. The movie transforms a horror story into a black comedy with absurd and gory deaths. Both the ...

His one rule: “All of these deaths would be completely ... causes a series of mass casualties. The movie ends with Bill's misuse of the monkey causing an apocalyptic event, and the bros make ...

someone is killed and the weirdest thing is that whoever turns the monkey’s key will not be killed. The kills are all spectacularly splashy, tasteless in an operatic horror movie form.

Review: Osgood Perkins takes a unique approach to The Monkey, blending supernatural horror ... though it may not land for all audiences. Theo James delivers a committed performance as both Hal ...