Osgood Perkins' adaptation of Stephen King's The Monkey dominates the horror genre in theaters, becoming the highest-grossing horror movie of 2025.

The Monkey's biggest change wasn't even something Osgood Perkins wanted to do, but the change actually makes the movie much better.

The film, adapted from a Stephen King short story, stars Theo James as twin brothers who battle for control of a randomly lethal toy monkey. It received significant praise from critics and audiences alike, earning a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

After The Monkey's success, Osgood Perkins reveals his dream adaptation is a mind-bending psychological thriller with a complex and enigmatic story.

The Monkey features many changes from Stephen King's short story, with the original ending being much bleaker.

The "Longlegs" filmmaker drew from his own experience with people dying "in insane ways" for the Neon horror comedy The post How ‘The Monkey’ Writer-Director Osgood Perkins Added Soul to All the Splatter appeared first on TheWrap.

Osgood Perkins and his work can be. It also made me realize that he is probably one of the best filmmakers to bring Stephen King stories to life. When you know more about Perkins though, you understand his work better.

If you walked out of The Monkey either scratching your head or dying to hear more, the filmmakers themselves, a truly impressive trio, joined IGN during Fan Fest to explain the ending.

The Monkey is the most recent big-screen adaptation of a work by Stephen King. Written and directed by modern horror auteur Osgood Perkins, The Monkey is, however, unlike any other Stephen King movie you've seen.

Directed by Osgood Perkins, The Monkey is set to conclude its theatrical run with a respectable haul, but it's falling vastly short of Longlegs.

Numerous Stephen King adaptations in the works span a variety of movies and TV shows. Osgood Perkins' movie The Monkey surpassed a $21 million box office milestone globally. With the success of The Monkey,