George Romero wasn’t really known for feel-good endings; his movies are famous for their biting social commentary, and Night ...

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 ...

A family is demanding answers and an apology after a little girl received a toy monkey and toilet with fake poop as a school ...

If you read Stephen King's 1980 short story "The Monkey" and went into Osgood Perkins' new movie "The Monkey" expecting basically the same thing, I have some bad news for you. Perkins' absurdist ...

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.

The Monkey, directed by Osgood Perkins and based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story. It is a suspenseful and horror-driven story that revolves around a cursed toy monkey capable of causing death ...

We jump to 1999, where twin brothers Hal and Bill Shelborn (played as kids by Christian Convery) stumble upon their father’s old belongings, including — you guessed it — the monkey.

In dissociating the toy from the people around it, King finds optimism even in the short story’s murky ending. For Perkins, The Monkey is nothing without stupid and spiteful people there to use it.

In the short story and the film, the monkey playing its instrument is always followed by a gruesome freak accident, and despite attempts to bury or destroy the “toy,” it always manages to come ...