Review: 'The Monkey' is a family drama with guts — the kind that spill all over the place
Thus begins “The Monkey,” Osgood Perkins’ latest horror film, an absorbing and stylish if not quite smoothly blended mix of family drama, humor, and blood-and-guts mayhem. Not all of it works, but it’s never uninteresting or uncreative — especially when it comes to finding inventively horrible (or horribly inventive) ways for people to die.
Review: Trauma haunts ‘The Monkey,’ but the film is more interested in going bananas
Directed by Osgood Perkins, who broke out with the ominous 'Longlegs,' his follow-up is jokier and less effective, piercing the jugular with splatter gags.
Review: 'The Monkey,' the latest film from 'Longlegs' director Osgood Perkins, is a well-made gory romp
Theo James delivers knockout performances as identical twins with a horrible secret that revolves around a toy monkey.
'The Monkey' Review: In Osgood Perkins' Vicious Horror-Comedy, Monkey Shocks You!
Osgood Perkins isn't necessarily known for his sense of humor, which is a little odd since he co-starred in "Legally Blonde," a movie which isn't particularly terrifying (well, maybe the anecdote about Tracy Marcinko's perm).
Review: 'The Monkey' doesn’t disappoint even if it never quite reaches horror heights
And "The Monkey," now in theaters, doesn't disappoint, even if it never quite reaches the horror heights. No matter. It's still a grabber. The monkey is not a real monkey, it's a toy with a curse on its head.
‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’s Death-Dealing Doll
The ‘Longlegs’ director returns with a gruesome horror film, based on a Stephen King short story, about a wind-up toy that unleashes random acts of violence.
‘The Monkey’ review: Stephen King’s killer toy becomes ‘Longlegs’ creator Osgood Perkins’ plaything
Filmmakers tinker with the question of tone from project to project, many not as much as they should. But writer-director Osgood Perkins has no problem with tonal adjustment.
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