Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image released by the San Francisco Opera shows composer Huang Ruo, whose “The Monkey King,” will ...

The Monkey, based on a Stephen King short story, has critics praising its horror and gore. The Monkey has impressed critics with mentions of Final Destination and Gremlins as references.

King without blood isn’t much of a spectacle, and thankfully, The Monkey has it in bucketloads. Off the back of his success with 2024’s Longlegs, Osgood Perkins has returned in a new form with ...

It also feels like a challenge, as if the monkey — be it his unblinking gaze or the truly outrageous gore he unfurls — dares you to look away. Like King's short story, The Monkey centers on a ...

It’s a truism that Longlegs writer/director Osgood Perkins elevates with equal measures of nuance and brute force in The Monkey: an explosive, delightfully gory adaptation of the Stephen King ...

In 49 years since the release of Brian De Palma’s Carrie, Stephen King adaptations have existed ... we seen something like Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey: a terrific blend of pitch black ...

The Monkey is a horror film adapted from a Stephen King story, praised by King and critics alike. The '90s setting enhances nostalgia and avoids smartphone plot holes, making the film scarier and ...

the composer said. He decided to write “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West” in which a primate born from stone acquires ...

The Monkey is based on a short story by Stephen King, which means that not only does it take place in Maine (it doesn’t start there, but doesn’t take long to get there, either), it also ...

It is considered by many to be King’s take on “The Monkey’s Paw” with his own personal twists. It was generally well-regarded among King fans, though it hasn’t exactly stood out from his ...

One of these stories is The Buddhist Story of the Monkey King. Once, there was a tribe of monkeys who lived in a forest. The King of the monkeys was very strong and kind, and looked after all of ...