The Monkey pairs its macabre sense of humor with an unsettling takeaway.

“Like life” promises the box of a mysterious, demented-looking wind-up mechanical chimp in the horror-comedy “The Monkey.” Turn the key on the little beast’s back, and unleash ...

Directed by Osgood Perkins, who broke out with the ominous 'Longlegs,' his follow-up is jokier and less effective, piercing the jugular with splatter gags.

Creepy Monkey’s not unlike Chucky or M3GAN or Talky ... well, different possessed dolls. Like Marie Osmond, he’s clearly a collector. Despite this genre mush, I remain the man’s fan.

Thus malevolent dolls stalk horror directors’ nightmares ... The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus monkey who ...

In King's story and Berton's film, a cymbal-banging monkey causes fatalities after it clangs. They're also supernatural situations intertwined with Death's plans. There are murderous doll movies ...

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 ...

For one, he clearly has a thing for creepy dolls. (And after this film, you may never find a monkey’s face cute again.) More deeply, he likes to explore family dynamics. If “Longlegs ...