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The Monkey, Trauma haunts

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

Stephen King adaptation Monkey is a sick joke

Hosted on MSN · 3h

'The Monkey' Is a Delirious Gross-Out Hoot That Totally Cracks the Stephen King Adaptation Code

Director Osgood Perkins follows up 'Longlegs' with a giddy, gruesome, film that would make the King of Horror proud.

USA TODAY on MSN · 9h

The best Stephen King movie adaptations, ranked (including 'The Monkey')

There have been winners and clunkers in the Stephen King film canon. With the release of new horror comedy "The Monkey," we're ranking the 15 best.

The Financial Times · 1d

The Monkey film review — a murderous toy goes on the rampage in Stephen King adaptation

Based on a Stephen King story, the film is played strictly for charnel-house laughs. It begins with the childhood of twin brothers, mild Hal and bully Bill, both expertly played by Christian Convery.

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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.

Variety · 4h

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 by a cursed wind-up toy.

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, Post-Credits Scene and Horror film

Forbes · 21h

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.

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

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

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

See EW's top pop culture picks for the week, including Neon's latest horror film 'The Monkey,' singer Marina's new single, ...

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Theo James arrives in ‘The Monkey’ — twice

After 'The White Lotus' and 'The Gentlemen," the British-born actor takes his biggest risk yet in a dual role that doubles ...

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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 ...

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‘The Monkey’ Star Theo James Talks Deleted Scenes and the Welcomed Change of ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2

The actor pulls double duty as twins facing a deadly toy monkey in the Stephen King adaptation, which had a script that he loved but left him "slightly confused" because of its comedic tone.

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