so a sequel could explore a different toy that came from the same place. Everyone who dies in the film does so accidentally; the monkey speeds up this process (and perhaps makes it more gruesome ...

Have you ever had an old toy that didn't really make you smile? But actually, it sent shivers down your spine? Maybe it was its dead eye stare, or the frozen grin, or just the thought of what it might ...

"The Monkey" is about a cursed wind-up monkey toy that causes someone to die whenever it's played. The movie from filmmaker Osgood Perkins is based on a Stephen King story of the same name.

In the nightmarish The Monkey, shocked chuckles accompany gross-out chills. The only concession made for the faint-hearted is ...

enters a pawn shop with a wind-up-doll monkey he wants to sell. In King’s original story, the monkey was one of those eight-inch-high ’60s novelty toys you would crank with a turnkey in the ...

Viewed as an absurdist dark comedy, or live-action horror cartoon for grown-ups, The Monkey is a gory good time, subverting audience expectations at every turn. Just don’t enter the cinema expecting ...

Their enmity gives way to shared curiosity, momentarily at least, when they discover a toy monkey among their missing ... changing things up from his star turn as an arsehole in White Lotus ...

The film, which is loosely based on Stephen King’s short story The Monkey. Is directed by Osgood Perkins, follows twins, Hal and Bill—played by actors Christian Convery and Theo James. After finding a ...

“When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths ... the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.” Osgood Perkins wrote and directed the movie, which ...

Elijah Wood was cast last minute in The Monkey after an unexpected opportunity arose. Colin O’Brien shares how the actor landed the role and how the team rushed to integrate him into the film. Find ...