Osgood Perkins' adaptation of Stephen King's The Monkey dominates the horror genre in theaters, becoming the highest-grossing horror movie of 2025.
The Monkey is the first Stephen King movie of the year, but the next one, to be released in November, is very different but equally exciting.
The Monkey's biggest change wasn't even something Osgood Perkins wanted to do, but the change actually makes the movie much better.
The Monkey features many changes from Stephen King's short story, with the original ending being much bleaker.
The film, adapted from a Stephen King short story, stars Theo James as twin brothers who battle for control of a randomly lethal toy monkey. It received significant praise from critics and audiences alike, earning a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Monkey sees director Osgood Perkins follow Longlegs up with a horror-comedy that looks death in the eye and says "sh!t man, that sucks." Perkins, producer James Wan, and the legendary Stephen King join IGN Fan Fest to talk about what made The Monkey such a perfect candidate for a movie,
The "Longlegs" filmmaker drew from his own experience with people dying "in insane ways" for the Neon horror comedy The post How ‘The Monkey’ Writer-Director Osgood Perkins Added Soul to All the Splatter appeared first on TheWrap.
After The Monkey's success, Osgood Perkins reveals his dream adaptation is a mind-bending psychological thriller with a complex and enigmatic story.
Numerous Stephen King adaptations in the works span a variety of movies and TV shows. Osgood Perkins' movie The Monkey surpassed a $21 million box office milestone globally. With the success of The Monkey,
If you walked out of The Monkey either scratching your head or dying to hear more, the filmmakers themselves, a truly impressive trio, joined IGN during Fan Fest to explain the ending.
The Monkey is the most recent big-screen adaptation of a work by Stephen King. Written and directed by modern horror auteur Osgood Perkins, The Monkey is, however, unlike any other Stephen King movie you've seen.