That being said, never before have we seen something like Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey: a terrific blend of pitch black sensibilities, a wickedly wry sense of humor, and epic body mutilation.

The Monkey opens in theaters Friday, February 21. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but horror… that right there’s a pretty great genre for exploring trauma. It’s a truism that Longlegs ...

But “The Monkey,” which Perkins adapted from a 1980 short story by Stephen King, doesn’t build on the earlier film’s promise. On the contrary, it’s a ham-handed, lurchingly obvious mess ...

Following up Longlegs, Perkins shows he’s just as adept at excessive gore with his adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, The Monkey. Effectively, Perkins’ The Monkey will either work for ...