Christian Convery

Feb 21, 2025 | cgmagonline.com | Shakyl Lambert |Tatiana Maslany |Christian Convery |Stephen King

Less than a year after breaking out to mainstream popularity with the devilish procedural Longlegs, writer/director Oz Perkins’ follow-up The Monkey couldn’t feel more of a tonal 180 while remaining in the same genre. This time around, the son of horror royalty—his father being original Psycho Anthony Perkins—is adapting the short story of the same name from the icon himself, Stephen King, with the additional help of modern horror maestro James Wan as a producer.