“The Monkey” is in theaters now. “Longlegs” director Osgood Perkins adapts a Stephen King short story, collected for eternity in “Skeleton Crew,” which stars Theo James as twin ...

The Monkey is a comedy-horror movie about a toy monkey that seems to be responsible for a number of deaths surrounding twin brothers, Bill and Hal (both played by Christian Convery as teens and ...

If you read Stephen King's 1980 short story "The Monkey" and went into Osgood Perkins' new movie "The Monkey" expecting basically the same thing, I have some bad news for you. Perkins' absurdist ...

Well, here comes another one. The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus monkey who, when wound up via a key in the back ...

At first, the premise of The Monkey suggests the same sort of cause-and-effect setup. See, there’s this scary monkey toy—a vintage windup doll that creepily plays the drums—and whenever it ...

Spoiler alert! We're discussing key plot points and the ending of “The Monkey” (in theaters now) so beware if you haven’t seen it. “Everybody dies, and that’s life” is director Osgood ...

That’s the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey.” Given its overabundance of empty shock humor, the movie seems afraid to be ...