‘The Monkey’ Director Oz Perkins on His Unusual Relationship to Horror, the Genre He Was Born Into
The 'Longlegs' writer/director talks to IndieWire about his career, Stephen King, and the origins of his toy monkey with no ...
'The Monkey's Post Credits Scene Explained: What Is Osgood Perkins Setting Up?
The Monkey is based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story of the same name. The plot follows twin brothers Hal and Bill, played ...
‘The Monkey’ Review: A Toy Monkey Heralds Over-the-Top Deaths in Osgood Perkins’ Trivially Snarky, Ham-Handed Follow-Up to ‘Longlegs’
A toy monkey heralds a series of over-the-top deaths in Osgood Perkins' trivially snarky, ham-handed adaptation of a Stephen ...
Some actors want 'one great death scene.' In 'The Monkey,' nearly everybody dies in gruesome, horrifying ways.
It’s also a very personal story for writer-director Osgood Perkins.The film follows twin brothers who are stalked throughout ...
Movie Review: ‘The Monkey’ is a family drama with guts — the kind that spill all over the place
Hal and Bill are twins, growing up with their single mom, abandoned by their dad. There's another, unwelcome member of the ...
‘The Monkey’ review: This poor man’s ‘Chucky’ isn’t scary or funny
Another man’s head is obliterated by a bowling ball. A shop clerk’s intestines are ripped out by a retractable arrow. A baby ...
The Monkey falls short of Longlegs – but here's why that's perfectly OK
The Monkey is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name, and there couldn't be a better fit for Perkins.
'The Monkey' review: A sick, twisted, gloriously gory good time
That wise mother is Lois Shelburn ("Orphan Black's" Tatiana Maslany), who is trying to protect her sons Hal (the sweet, shy ...