‘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.
Before ‘The Monkey’ and ‘Longlegs,’ Osgood Perkins Directed This Terrifying ‘Twilight Zone’ Episode
One of the most interesting is the series finale “You Might Also Like,” thanks to the unique style of writer/director Osgood Perkins. Perkins would go on to write and direct Longlegs and The Monkey. In hindsight,
The Monkey, Osgood Perkins’s follow-up to Longlegs, needed Nicolas Cage instead of Theo James
The Monkey, Osgood Perkins’s follow-up to Longlegs, needed Nicolas Cage instead of Theo James - 3/5 One of the most intriguing voices in horror has adapted a short story by Stephen King – about a mech
‘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.
Is 'The Monkey' Streaming? Where To Watch Osgood Perkin's Follow-Up To 'Longlegs'
Osgood Perkins' follow-up to 2024 horror hit 'Longlegs' is Stephen King adaptation, 'The Monkey'. But will the horror comedy be streaming?
‘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.
‘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.
“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 ...
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'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 ending explained: Who dies and is the curse broken?
The movie and the short story are quite different, but the key differences here are in the second act and the ending. In the ...
The Monkey swings into cinemas – but is it scarier than Longlegs?
Less than a year ago, Osgood Perkins shook up the world of horror cinema with his excellent atmospheric chiller, Longlegs.
When Is Horror Thriller ‘The Monkey’ Coming To Streaming?
Theo James and Elijah Wood's new horror film from “Longlegs” filmmaker Osgood Perkins—is new in theaters. When will it be ...
The Monkey falls short of Longlegs – but here's why that's perfectly OK
Longlegs wasn't the directorial or writing debut of Osgood Perkins, but there's every chance that up until the 2024 horror ...