Despite falling short of Longlegs both domestically and worldwide, director Osgood Perkins ' follow-up feature, The Monkey, ...

But with his adaptation of The Monkey, filmmaker Oz Perkins takes Stephen King back to the cornball ... emitted by a cartoon sun laughing hysterically as it chars sunbathers to a crisp.

Despite having powerful producers James Wan and Peter Safran aboard the Stephen King adaptation, no major studio wanted Perkins' take on the project before indie outfit Neon boarded: "I had to take it ...

The filmmaker knew it wouldn’t work to be precious when adapting “The Monkey,” a short story by Stephen King, hitting theaters ... and it’s obviously a cartoon. Every death is totally ...

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 ...

Adapting a Stephen King short story about a wind-up ... “Everybody dies” is a somber truth, but The Monkey treats that fact with a cartoon sensibility, which felt like the most sophisticated ...

The filmmaker knew it wouldn’t work to be precious when adapting “The Monkey,” a short story by Stephen King, hitting theaters Friday ... “The movie leads with its heart, and it’s obviously a cartoon.