Described by Perkins in a recent Bloody Disgusting interview as "sorta like if Robert Zemeckis had just a little bit of acid and made a Stephen King picture about a monkey toy," The Monkey, whilst still very much a horror movie, will represent a change of tack for the Gretel & Hansel....
The Monkey, yet another adaptation of aStephen Kingstory, has a new home. NEON will release the film thatwe told you aboutback in May of last year. The cast is super strong on this one, includingTheo James(The White Lotus),Tatiana Maslany(She–Hulk:Attorney at Law),Elijah Wood(The Lor...
Osgood Perkins inverts the horror of Longlegs for a dark comedy take on Stephen King’s “The Monkey.” Unfortunately, it’s one joke that never lands.
“The whole idea from the getgo is that it was going to be a movie that honored Stephen King,” Perkins says. “I wanted it to be called ‘Stephen King’s The Monkey.’ That was on the title page. Things get nudged through legal and advertising and all this stuff, but every title...
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“To me, if you’re gonna make a movie about a toy monkey, you can be serious about it,” Perkins toldBloody Disgusting’sBoo CrewPodcast. “But so much of King is funny and nostalgic feeling. So we tried to make a movie that felt a little bit more like something from...
And while horror staples Wan and King are behind the film, Perkins told The Hollywood Reporter that “The Monkey” is his most comedic feature yet. “It’s feeling more like an old John Landis movie or a Joe Dante movie or a Robert Zemeckis movie,” Perkin said. “I saw an...
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 horror movie with eerie similarities to King's short story “...
“The Monkey King” is inspired by the famous Chinese tale “Journey to the West,” in which a special monkey fights gods, demons, dragons — and his own hubris. The film is executive produced by Chow, with “Over the Moon’s” Peilin Chou and “How to Train Your Dragon 2’s Kendra...
THE MONKEY Directed by Osgood Perkins. Written by Perkins, based on the short story by Stephen King. Starring Theo James, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Tatiana Maslany, Danica Dreyer, Adam Scott, Nicco Del Rio. At AMC Boston Common, Landmark Kendall Square, Alamo Drafthouse Seaport, AMC...