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Oz Perkins, The Monkey

‘The Monkey’ Director Oz Perkins on His Unusual Relationship to Horror, the Genre He Was Born Into

The 'Longlegs' writer/director talks to IndieWire about his career, Stephen King, and the origins of his toy monkey with no backstory in 'The Monkey.'

Houston Chronicle · 7h

Review: 'The Monkey,' the latest film from 'Longlegs' director Osgood Perkins, is a well-made gory romp

Theo James delivers knockout performances as identical twins with a horrible secret that revolves around a toy monkey.

Wall Street Journal · 1d

‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’s Death-Dealing Doll

The ‘Longlegs’ director returns with a gruesome horror film, based on a Stephen King short story, about a wind-up toy that unleashes random acts of violence.

The Monkey, Trauma haunts

LA Times on MSN · 4h

Review: Trauma haunts ‘The Monkey,’ but the film is more interested in going bananas

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.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat · 1h

Review: 'The Monkey' is a family drama with guts — the kind that spill all over the place

Thus begins “The Monkey,” Osgood Perkins’ latest horror film, an absorbing and stylish if not quite smoothly blended mix of family drama, humor, and blood-and-guts mayhem. Not all of it works, but it’s never uninteresting or uncreative — especially when it comes to finding inventively horrible (or horribly inventive) ways for people to die.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · 1d

Review: 'The Monkey' a gleefully gory fable about generational trauma

Oz Perkins is working some things out. The “Longlegs” filmmaker is the horror darling of the moment, but he also has a very famous, and very tragic, family history that

The Monkey, Post-Credits Scene and Horror film

Forbes · 22h

Does New Horror Comedy ‘The Monkey’ Have A Post-Credits Scene?

Longlegs” director Osgood Perkins’ new horror comedy “The Monkey” is in theaters. Is there a reason to stick around after the film's final scene?

Hosted on MSN · 1d

The Monkey post-credits scene explained: does the new horror movie have a post-credits scene?

With The Monkey post-credits, there is a different kind of surprise in store for fans of Longlegs director Osgood Perkins

IGN on MSN · 1d

The Monkey Post-Credits Scene Check-In (No Spoilers)

Do you want to know if The Monkey has any post-credits scenes? We’ll tell you right here: There are no extra scenes after the credits of the film, but there is a special surprise worth sticking around for.

The Monkey, Short Story and Horror Legend

Yahoo · 10h

'The Monkey' Is the Latest Must-See Horror Film—Here’s How to Watch

Stephen King adaptations continue to captivate audiences, and The Monkey is the latest addition to the horror expert’s cinematic legacy. The film brings King’s 1980 short story to life with a distinctive blend of suspense and dark humor.

TheWrap on MSN · 4h

How 'The Monkey' Adapts a Short Story by a Horror Legend

"Longlegs" writer-director Osgood Perkins has returned this month with "The Monkey," another nightmarish horror film with a shockingly violent edge. The similarities between the two movies more or less end there,

/Film on MSN · 2h

The Monkey Ending Is Way Darker Than Stephen King's Original Short Story

The ending of Osgood Perkins' film adaptation of The Monkey is significantly darker and weirder than the original Stephen King short story on which it's based.

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“The Monkey”, Marina's latest single, and new daytime soap “Beyond the Gates” top this week's Must List

A Criterion collection featuring the works of Joan Mickin Silver and Netflix's Gabby Petito docuseries round out our picks ...

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'The Monkey's Outrageous Cold Open, Explained

Scott warns the shop owner not to turn the key in the monkey's back - horrible things will happen. Inevitably, the key is ...

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"The Monkey" wants to remind you that death is coming for us all, as if we didn't already know that

Osgood Perkins' follow-up to "Longlegs" pivots toward comedy, but there's no fun to be had with this toy monkey ...

The Monkey ending explained: What's up with that weird horseman?

Hal and Petey take the monkey and drive out of town, resolving to keep the monkey in order to stop anybody else from turning ...

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Let's Break Down the Gruesome—Yet Surprisingly Happy—Ending of 'The Monkey'

What's better than one Theo James? Theo James playing twins.

Osgood Perkins on Making ‘The Monkey’ With Guts Cannons, Gallons of Blood and a Personal Touch

"Longlegs" filmmaker Osgood Perkins adapted Stephen King's story "The Monkey," starring Theo James as twin brothers haunted ...

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ReelBlend's 'The Monkey' Review | Stephen King Adaptation Starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany & Elijah Wood

We’re reviewing The Monkey, the new Stephen King adaptation from director Osgood Perkins, and answering your questions in the ...

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