The sound of Stephen King’s name should always be alluring to horror fans, and Osgood Perkins’ latest film “The Monkey” doesn’t disappoint in its adaptation of The King of Horror’s 1980 short story.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The logline for The Monkey reads, “When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a ...

The Monkey, the latest film directed by Osgood Perkins, is a horror comedy movie in which two brothers attempt to stop a supernatural toy monkey from wreaking havoc on the world around them. Despite ...

Around the mid-2010s came a new subgenre in horror movies: elevated horror. Some examples of this are “Get Out,” “Midsommar” and “It Follows.” These are films that do not rely on horror tropes — jump ...

The Book of Revelation is a running motif throughout “The Monkey,” Osgood Perkins’ newest film based on a short story by Stephen King. Specifically, the film repeatedly references Revelation 6:8, ...

"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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Monkey — a hit horror thriller based on Stephen King’s short story from Longlegs director ...

The Monkey follows young twin brothers Bill and Hal Shelburn (Christian Convery), who happen upon their father’s toy wind-up monkey tucked away in the attic. Whenever the key on the monkey’s back is ...

Less than a year after he left audiences haunted with his Nicolas Cage-led indie horror hit "Longlegs," writer-director Osgood Perkins is back with another singular cinematic nightmare. His latest ...