An amazing original musical for the whole family, The Monkey King is based on the legendary mythical figure from the beloved 16th-century Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” by Wu Cheng’en.

Perkins’ The Monkey deviates substantially from King’s original, both narratively and tonally. The film blends horror with comedy, with some of the goriest, grizzliest scenes played for laughs ...

But with his adaptation of The Monkey, filmmaker Oz Perkins takes Stephen King back to the cornball grindhouse—far sleazier, sillier, and juicier than the dreadful source. These takes only share ...

Based on a Stephen King short story, the film stars Theo James as twins Hal and Bill Shelburn who have been traumatized since childhood by a cursed monkey toy that brings about a shocking death ...

Based on the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West, the opera production, The Monkey King, will have its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera House on Nov 14. As a major production for ...

“The Monkey” is based on a short story of the same name by “The Shining” author Stephen King. Published over 40 years ago, the story was originally included in a 1980 edition of Gallery ...

Stephen King’s 1980 short story “The Monkey” (which can be found these days in his outstanding 1985 collection, Skeleton Crew) tells the story of Hal Shelburn, a man who is obsessed with an ...

More important, King builds his characters and their dilemmas to be relatable for the reader. Without that connection, the stories wouldn’t nearly be as unnerving. With “The Monkey ...

Essentially a series of sketch-comedy illustrations of how many ways you can kill off your cast members, “The Monkey” comes from Stephen King’s 1980 short story. The psychic link between ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Named The Monkey, this critter traumatized an entire generation of young moviegoers.