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 ...

Stephen King's grim short story The Monkey becomes Oz Perkins' gonzo midnighter where death is just another punch line.

I had the chance to speak with the Kiwi filmmaker late last week, and a significant portion of our conversation was dedicated ...

It sounds far-fetched, but it's exactly what Perkins aims for with his unique take on the Stephen King short story that can ...

Wherever you are, whatever point in modern history, you can’t be too far away from an adaptation of one of Stephen King’s ...

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 ...

The Monkey is the latest in a long line of Stephen King adaptations ... The original short story came from Skeleton Crew, King’s 1985 collection that also included The Mist.

1985's Skeleton Crew. With Osgood Perkins taking liberties to make it a comedy while in the process of extending it into a feature-length film, it seemed like a Stephen King cameo would be a given ...

Between filmmaker Osgood Perkins' last two movies – last year’s sleeper serial killer hit Longlegs and the new Stephen ... short story of King’s, originally published in Gallery magazine before ...

The original short story came from Skeleton Crew, King’s 1985 collection that ... the short story flashes between the past and present. Stephen King utilizes this sense of intrigue, indicating ...