[The Monkey] is a bloody blast. A big shift away from the feel of Longlegs, the movie is a full on horror-comedy with Osgood Perkins having a ton of fun going into Final Destination territory with one crazy-gory-twisted death after another.

Theo James, who is known for his roles in White Lotus and Time Traveler's Wife, is making his horror debut with The Monkey. The film, produced by James Wan and directed by Osgood Perkins, is an adaptation of Stephen King 's 1980 short story.

A s far as genre traditions go, gore has never been a focal point in the works of Stephen King. The terror he conjures in his stories tend to have empathetic origins. Instead of o

When it came time to make the Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, Longlegs director Oz Perkins drew on tragedies from his own life.