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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Even though the last few months have been relatively rough for horror movies, this week's The Monkey needn't worry too much. While major mainstream films have under-performed at the box office ...

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 ...

The Monkey ending spoilers follow. Death has never been more absurd or random as it is in Osgood Perkins's horror-comedy The Monkey, an adaptation of the Stephen King short story. It centres on ...

And the more gruesome it is, the better. The figure behind the killing spree is a grotesque toy monkey (you know the kind), with a giant snarl, a drum, and a key at the back. Once it is turned and the ...

Of course, all machinations are born of a cursed monkey toy that proves impossible to get rid of, whether hacked to pieces or thrown down a well. The harsh, circus twang of the music that plays as ...