Hal finally goes in after Petey and has a stand-off with his twin brother, who reveals he found out about Hal’s desire for the monkey to kill him after they threw the toy down the well.

Director Oz Perkins explains his thoughts on the toy's origins in The Monkey and the symbolism of how the figure works in the Stephen King movie.

Well, here comes another one. The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus monkey who, when wound up via a key in the back ...

I said: Sign me up. It’s also funny. You can’t take a story about a toy monkey murdering people too seriously. What I love about Oz is that he makes you touch on a truth or a sentimentality ...

Their vagabond wastrel of a father (Adam Scott, in a prologue cameo), long out of the picture, has left behind some trinkets and mementos, including one bad-intentioned toy monkey, not a cymbal ...

No matter. It's still a grabber. The monkey is not a real monkey, it's a toy with a curse on its head. Wind up the key on its back and it plays a menacing drum roll that portends a gruesome death.

In 1999, Captain Petey Shelborn (Adam Scott, in one of the film’s handful of cameos that excite for more than they’re ultimately worth) tries to return a toy monkey to a novelty store.

Neon Share The first rule of “The Monkey” is there are no steadfast rules to “The Monkey.” This is a blood-red dark comedy about a toy monkey who is evil incarnate and has the supernatural ...

The blurb for The Monkey: When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move ...