'The Monkey,' a wild horror comedy, shows how a toy kills and never reveals why
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 ability to kill people in a variety of creative and gruesome ways, and either you go with that or you don’t.
The Monkey’s repeated tagline — “Everybody dies” — is presented as maybe a little cathartic, a little bit of a relief, ...
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The 'Longlegs' writer/director talks to IndieWire about his career, Stephen King, and the origins of his toy monkey with no ...
The Monkey, on the other hand, is a breath of fresh air. It’s a lean, mean ninety-minute thrill ride that demands to be seen in a theater with your fellow horror fans. No nitpicking allowed.
While The Monkey isn’t particularly scary, that’s not really the point. The enjoyment comes as Perkins (and King) delight in delivering increasingly nasty ways to die. You want to see someone ...
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