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.

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 ...

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 ...

The comedy horror film 'The Monkey' is based on Stephen King's short story of the same name (Image via YouTube/Neon) Stephen King’s short story The Monkey has been adapted by director Osgood Perkins ...

The Monkey had to change toy from cymbals to a drum after Disney had trademark ownership due to Toy Story 3. The horror movie stars Theo James alongside Elijah Wood and other big names in the ...

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 ...

A gruesome horror comedy adapted from a Stephen King story mixes nihilism ... The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus ...