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Osgood Perkins on Making ‘The Monkey’ With Guts Cannons, Gallons of Blood and a Personal Touch

"Longlegs" filmmaker Osgood Perkins adapted Stephen King's story "The Monkey," starring Theo James as twin brothers haunted by a cursed wind-up toy.

‘The Monkey’ Filmmaker Osgood Perkins Says the Studios “Don’t Want to See” Horror-Comedy

Despite having powerful producers James Wan and Peter Safran aboard the Stephen King adaptation, no major studio wanted Perkins' take on the project before indie outfit Neon boarded: "I had to take it and run.

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‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’ Energetic but Aggravating Mess of a ‘Longlegs’ Follow-Up

The horror filmmaker follows his smash Nicolas Cage/Maika Monroe-starrer with this adaptation of a Stephen King story, headlined by Theo James and Tatiana Maslany.

Stephen King adaptation Monkey is a sick joke

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The best Stephen King movie adaptations, ranked (including 'The Monkey')

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.

13 Stephen King Adaptations That Should Be Made As Comedies After The Monkey

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 adaptation The Monkey is a sick joke

The Monkey turns out to be is something more like a personification of its demon than an examination of it — perhaps because Stephen King and Osgood Perkins may just be the two worst possible creatives to bring together.

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‘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 ...

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‘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 ...

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‘The Monkey’ a gleefully gory fable about generational trauma

Osgood Perkins is working some things out. The “Longlegs” filmmaker is the horror darling of the moment, but he also has a ...

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Theo James arrives in ‘The Monkey’ — twice

After 'The White Lotus' and 'The Gentlemen," the British-born actor takes his biggest risk yet in a dual role that doubles ...

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Box Office: ‘The Monkey' Drums Up $5.8 Million Opening Day, ‘Captain America' Gets Second Term on Top

Neon’s horror comedy “The Monkey” is seeing and doing a strong opening weekend, though it’ll take silver at the box office ...

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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 ...

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