Can a horror movie itself suffer from nervous fright? That’s the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey.” Given its ...

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The problem is that the deaths are so cartoonish that they become neither horrific nor funny, with the sometimes deliberately cheesy special effects no help. In the press notes, the filmmaker ...

And I do mean havoc. Perkins is having an absolute blast figuring out inventive ways to murder people. One unforgettable death involves an electrified swimming pool; another has an almost cartoonish ...

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