Hal soon discovers that it's his estranged twin Bill who now has the monkey and is responsible for the deaths. Bill has been turning the monkey's key, hoping that it'll be Hal that the monkey kills.

Have you ever had an old toy that didn't really make you smile? But actually, it sent shivers down your spine? Maybe it was its dead eye stare, or the frozen grin, or just the thought of what it might ...

The following contains spoilers for The Monkey, in theaters Feb. 21, 2025. Most people do not expect their horror-comedy to come with a side of emotionality. The subgenre exists to expand the ...

"The Monkey," the new Osgood Perkins film based on a Stephen King short story, ends with the main character encountering a ghostly horseman.

Despite my slight reservations about Theo James as Hal, his surprisingly funny performance as both him and Bill in The Monkey ...

Consequently, Perkins decided to pursue the subgenre of horror-comedy, which tends to be a tough sell within the studio system. That proved to be the case once more when a major studio balked at his ...

“The Monkey” is not one of those serious, dreary, though mostly brilliant films. It’s a wacky, fast-paced, mostly brilliant comedy. Adapted from a 1980 short story by Stephen King (who also ...

Directed by Osgood Perkins, who broke out with the ominous 'Longlegs,' his follow-up is jokier and less effective, piercing the jugular with splatter gags.

As long as the jokes are funny, there’s plenty of space for humor ... That’s also one of the movie’s most glaring faults: “The Monkey” is certain that humans don’t think enough about ...

The post The Monkey Review: Stephen King-Inspired Horror Comedy Hits Looney Tunes Levels of Mayhem appeared first on Consequence. Oh, it’s definitely scary at points, Perkins proving quite ...