If you read Stephen King's 1980 short story "The Monkey" and went into Osgood Perkins' new movie "The Monkey" expecting basically the same thing, I have some bad news for you. Perkins' absurdist ...

“The Monkey” is in theaters now. “Longlegs” director Osgood Perkins adapts a Stephen King short story, collected for eternity in “Skeleton Crew,” which stars Theo James as twin ...

Spoiler alert! We're discussing key plot points and the ending of “The Monkey” (in theaters now) so beware if you haven’t seen it. “Everybody dies, and that’s life” is director Osgood ...

Osgood Perkins' The Monkey follows a pair of twins who live in fear of a drum-playing toy monkey that once belonged to their father. The toy leads to a series of random, gruesome, and uncontrollable ...

Coming off one of the best-reviewed, buzziest and biggest box office indie horror/thriller movies in years in Longlegs, writer/director Osgood Perkins already has his next project on the horizon, an ...

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"The Monkey" writer/director talks to IndieWire about his career, why he loves Stephen King and can't watch "Terrifier," and the origins of his toy monkey with no backstory but a lot of personal ...

That’s the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey.” Given its overabundance of empty shock humor, the movie seems afraid to be ...

If you want to know when "The Monkey" is coming to streaming services you're not alone. This horror movie has been one of the biggest movies of 2025 so far. Granted, the year is still relatively ...