Despite having powerful producers James Wan and Peter Safran aboard the Stephen King adaptation, no major studio wanted Perkins' take on the project before indie outfit Neon boarded: "I had to take it ...

“The Monkey.” It’s a one-note horror-comedy he’s adapted from a 1980 Stephen King short story that had its own influences. (More on that in a moment.) Peter Howell is a Toronto-based movie ...