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 ...

Reveling in kills that are senseless, aggressive, and increasingly imaginative and nightmarish, The Monkey is not just a stomach-churning treat for horror fans. It also feels like a challenge ...

Perkins makes a hard left into merrily grotesque slapstick with his new film, his fifth, “The Monkey.” The knob has been turned to a distinctly different tonal setting: Merry death ...

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.