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 ...

Have you ever had an old toy that didn't really make you smile? But actually, it sent shivers down your spine? Maybe it was its dead eye stare, or the frozen grin, or just the thought of what it might ...

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.

Theo James has dual roles as twin brothers whose lives have been hell since finding a cursed monkey when they were kids in "The Monkey." Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

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.

The supernatural villain of “The Monkey,” writer-director Osgood Perkins’ one-note followup to last year’s surprise horror hit “Longlegs,” is a toy chimp that murders somebody every ...