The same toy monkey that the film keeps claiming is alive is given no real life at all. When a movie is so uninterested in unpacking its own mysteries, how can anyone expect the audience to be hooked?

But the toy monkey does not take requests and freakish ... killing in the movie that it’s a miracle anybody got out alive. But despite its comedic horror scenes, there are some pretty heavy ...

In King’s original story, the monkey was one of those eight-inch-high ’60s novelty toys you would crank with ... picked up on when he made “Dead Alive,” which was an orgy of slapstick ...

Donation Options Search Search Search “The Monkey” is built around a wind-up toy that creates carnage wherever it goes. Neon Share The first rule of “The Monkey” is there are no steadfast ...

Their vagabond wastrel of a father (Adam Scott, in a prologue cameo), long out of the picture, has left behind some trinkets and mementos, including one bad-intentioned toy monkey, not a cymbal ...

And it all goes back to 2010, when Walt Disney Pictures released “Toy Story 3.” Here’s what happened. You see, “The Monkey” is based on a 1980 King short story that was published in a ...

I said: Sign me up. It’s also funny. You can’t take a story about a toy monkey murdering people too seriously. What I love about Oz is that he makes you touch on a truth or a sentimentality ...