The Monkey is the first Stephen King movie of the year, but the next one, to be released in November, is very different but ...

Director Oz Perkins made a major change to Stephen King's short story while adapting The Monkey, and I can't believe how much ...

Unlike “Longlegs,” “The Monkey” is not an original story, either. On the contrary, while Perkins wrote and directed “The Monkey” alone, the new film is actually an adaptation.

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 ...

Stephen King’s 1980 short story “The Monkey” (which can be found these days in his outstanding 1985 collection, Skeleton Crew) tells the story of Hal Shelburn, a man who is obsessed with an ...

In Stephen King’s original The Monkey short story, the monkey toy that causes so much gnarly chaos is a classic staple of any vintage toy shelf. Specifically, a cymbal-playing monkey ...

Adapted from a Stephen King short story, “The Monkey” is directed by Osgood Perkins, whose most recent film was last year’s disturbing, vibey horror hit “Longlegs.” I didn’t chuckle ...

Director Osgood Perkins adapts the Stephen King story that inspired the cover of ... Osgood Perkins reserves for his characters in “The Monkey.” Death not only has a sick sense of humor ...