As far as tone is concerned, Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey is unlike any Stephen King adaptation audiences have ever seen. There have been King films in the past that have funny lines and funny scenes, but the 2025 movie is the first to go all out and consistently use extreme horror as a vehicle for comedy.

Stephen King entered the zeitgeist of American storytelling a half-century ago, and he has not left it since. Decade after decade, Hollywood has returned to the well that King created and continues to fill it with stories that tap into the fears all around us.

There have been winners and clunkers in the Stephen King film canon. With the release of new horror comedy "The Monkey," we're ranking the 15 best.

The Monkey movie is based on a slightly unknown Stephen King book – here’s all the changes you need to know about.

Stephen King’s work has been adapted so many times — sometimes by King himself — that it’s impossible to find a single unifying thread in all of the film adaptations. Sure, a lot of them are horror (certainly a lot of the worst are horror),

The legendary author has been slowly mastering crime fiction in recent years, and adapting one such story to the screen could prove it to audiences.

Famed horror fiction novelist Stephen King has revealed his favourite book of all time is a 1954 classic. The Shining writer shared his top 10 favourite books back in 2017 to mark Goodreads' 10th anniversary.