Perkins’ The Monkey deviates substantially from King’s original, both narratively and tonally. The film blends horror with comedy, with some of the goriest, grizzliest scenes played for laughs ...

But with his adaptation of The Monkey, filmmaker Oz Perkins takes Stephen King back to the cornball grindhouse—far sleazier, sillier, and juicier than the dreadful source. These takes only share ...

Based on a Stephen King short story, the film stars Theo James as twins Hal and Bill Shelburn who have been traumatized since childhood by a cursed monkey toy that brings about a shocking death ...

What if I told you Oz Perkins' The Monkey isn't the first to adapt Stephen King's short story? While Neon's 2025 goreganza is the approved and licensed adaptation, there's a lesser-known 80s ...

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for The MonkeyOsgood Perkins' new horror comedy The Monkey is adapted from a short story by ...

Based on the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West, the opera production, The Monkey King, will have its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera House on Nov 14. As a major production for ...

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 ...

More important, King builds his characters and their dilemmas to be relatable for the reader. Without that connection, the stories wouldn’t nearly be as unnerving. With “The Monkey ...

Essentially a series of sketch-comedy illustrations of how many ways you can kill off your cast members, “The Monkey” comes from Stephen King’s 1980 short story. The psychic link between ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Named The Monkey, this critter traumatized an entire generation of young moviegoers.