This cursed toy isn’t just monkeying around. ‘The Monkey’ delivers gruesome thrills, dark humour, and a wild ride you won’t ...

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But “The Monkey,” which Perkins adapted from a 1980 short story by Stephen King, doesn’t build on the earlier film’s promise. On the contrary, it’s a ham-handed, lurchingly obvious mess ...

In theaters. Meet Injurious George. The supernatural villain of “The Monkey,” writer-director Osgood Perkins’ one-note followup to last year’s surprise horror hit “Longlegs,” is a toy ...

“Everybody dies, and that’s life.” This repeated line in Oz Perkins’ twisted “The Monkey” sums up its main theme of the inevitable brutality of life, something the filmmaker knows all too well. The ...

Reveling in kills that are senseless, aggressive, and increasingly imaginative and nightmarish, The Monkey is not just a stomach-churning treat for horror fans. It also feels like a challenge ...

Following up Longlegs, Perkins shows he’s just as adept at excessive gore with his adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, The Monkey. Effectively, Perkins’ The Monkey will either work for ...

After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

I can only hope you don’t go out in one of the hyperviolent, showstopping ways that writer-director Osgood Perkins reserves for his characters in “The Monkey.” Death not only has a sick ...

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