‘The Monkey’ review: Stephen King’s killer toy becomes ‘Longlegs’ creator Osgood Perkins’ plaything
Filmmakers tinker with the question of tone from project to project, many not as much as they should. But writer-director Osgood Perkins has no problem with tonal adjustment.
'Longlegs' director trips over adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Monkey'
With “The Monkey,” there's flashes of what makes director Oz Perkins and original storyteller Stephen King so interesting.
‘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.
‘The Monkey' Review: A Toy Monkey Heralds Over-the-Top Deaths in Osgood Perkins' Trivially Snarky, Ham-Handed Follow-Up to ‘Longlegs'
"The Monkey," which Perkins adapted from Stephen King's 1980 short story, doesn't build on the earlier film's promise. On the contrary, it's a ham-handed, lurchingly obvious mess, without the glimmer of human interest that even a sensationalist horror film needs.
Review: Stephen King's 'The Monkey' adaptation piles up the bodies, but to what end?
Osgood Perkins has said that he makes horror films as a form of therapy to deal with a complex childhood as the son of “Psycho” actor Anthony Perkins. That introspection served “Longlegs,” one of the best horror films of 2024,
“Longlegs” ending explained: Breaking down the last bloody birthday party's twist (and whether Lee is also possessed)
There's a twist! It turns out Lee was visited by Dale when she was a child, as seen in that chilling cold open. The only ...
Longlegs Ending Explained: What Happens in the Nicolas Cage Serial Killer Movie?
Disney+, giving a much wider pool of viewers the chance to experience one of 2024’s most talked-about horror films. There ...
Longlegs director Osgood Perkins: ‘I am an authority in losing people in insane ways’
The actor-turned-filmmaker – who you may recognise from, yes, ‘Legally Blonde’ – has directed a new film about an evil ...
‘The Monkey’ review: This poor man’s ‘Chucky’ isn’t scary or funny
Another man’s head is obliterated by a bowling ball. A shop clerk’s intestines are ripped out by a retractable arrow. A baby ...
New horror movie from Longlegs director The Monkey will be the first film ever to screen in churches and theaters simultaneously
Plenty of horror movies have found their way into churches, but The Monkey has become the first ever film to screen in them ...
LONGLEGS : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Longlegs ( now streaming on Hulu, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) is the year’s biggest horror phenomenon: A creepy and effective marketing campaign and the promise of an on-brand ...
Neon Bought Oz Perkins’ Longlegs After Seeing Just One Shot of Nic Cage
Exclusive: Osgood Perkins talks about building a "name-above-the-title" relationship with Neon, which originally began with ...
The Monkey, Osgood Perkins’s bloody follow-up to Longlegs, is bananas for all the wrong reasons
Even the most dedicated gore-hound will find themselves simply grinning and bearing through it all, desperately searching for ...
The Monkey falls short of Longlegs – but here's why that's perfectly OK
The Monkey is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name, and there couldn't be a better fit for Perkins.