Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Director Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey — the hit horror comedy based on a short story by Stephen ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The logline for The Monkey reads, “When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a ...

Running time: 98 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violent content, gore, language throughout and some sexual references). In theaters. Meet Injurious George. The supernatural villain of “The Monkey,” ...

A gruesome horror comedy adapted from a Stephen King story mixes nihilism, fatherhood and carnage. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, ...

Can a horror movie itself suffer from nervous fright? That’s the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey.” Given its overabundance of empty ...

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