Osgood Perkins and James Wan's big screen adaptation of Stephen King's 1980 horror short story The Monkey premiered back in February, and now it’s gearing up for a home theater release on June 24.

In a jungle where all animals live in harmony under the Lion King, a dissatisfied monkey overhears the lion expressing his desire to step down. The monkey, driven by greed and ambition, schemes to ...

The Monkey needs to gross just $6 million worldwide for King's career box office haul to hit the $3 billion mark. For context, the highest-grossing film in history, James Cameron's Avatar, has ...

In dissociating the toy from the people around it, King finds optimism even in the short story’s murky ending. For Perkins, The Monkey is nothing without stupid and spiteful people there to use it.

The monkey toy in Osgood Perkins' new movie is undoubtedly terrifying, but it is actually different from Stephen King's story ...

"The Monkey" movie director Osgood Perkins spills on his cartoonish kills, nods to Stephen King and why Death himself makes an appearance. (Spoilers!) ...

Review: ‘The Monkey’ is one of those on-target Stephen King adaptations Stephen King fans know film and TV adaptations of his books are hit-or-miss — “The Monkey” is one of the good ones.

This thesis for The Monkey, a loose adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name, is beautifully fulfilled by the rest of the film: an existential and gut-drenched horror-comedy ...

Adapted from a Stephen King short story, “The Monkey” is directed by Osgood Perkins, whose most recent film was last year’s disturbing, vibey horror hit “ Longlegs.” ...

This may be the least faithful Stephen King adaptation on record, but fidelity to the source material only gets a filmmaker so far. “The Monkey” — 3 stars (out of 4) MPA rating: R (for ...