‘The Monkey’ Effects Supervisor Talks Adam Scott’s Flame Thrower Obsession, the Brutal Pool Explosion and Osgood Perkins’ Visceral Brand of Filmmaking: It’s Like ‘Robert Zemeckis With a Little Drop of Acid’

Maceo Milligan film review: 'The Monkey' has strong acting but loses steam at the end

Osgood Perkins is a filmmaker who I feel makes movies that look like I would absolutely love. His visual style and unique sense of humor blended with over-the-top violence makes a combo that should be my exact cup of tea…

‘The Monkey’ Effects Supervisor Talks Adam Scott’s Flame Thrower Obsession, the Brutal Pool Explosion and Osgood Perkins’ Visceral Brand of Filmmaking: It’s Like ‘Robert Zemeckis With a Little Drop of Acid’

'The Monkey' visual effects supervisor Edward J. Douglas breaks down the brutal pool explosion and Adam Scott's flame thrower obsession.

“The Monkey” is not for scary junkies

Director Oz Perkins has directed famous author Stephen King’s 1980 short story, “The Monkey” into a film. The movie was released to theaters on Feb 21. It included the famous creative horror aspects that King is most known for. The film is about two twin brothers named Hal and Bill Shelburn. They are both played by British actor Theo James, who found a toy monkey that causes a strange death when played with. After discovering the outcomes of win…

‘Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift’ 4K UHD Blu-ray (review)

A veritable genre of its own, the Stephen King adaptation has been a mainstay of eerie entertainment on screens big and small for just shy of half a century since Brian De Palma’s Carrie took audiences by telekinetic storm in 1976. With The Monkey currently making audiences cringe and cackle with delight, it seems […]

The Monkey Review: One of the Most Rewatchable Horror Films in Years! - Just for Movie Freaks

Horror is a genre that possesses a committed fanbase, even if it is constantly being overlooked by the film academy as prestigious cinema. It is rare to see a driving force in the making as it is happening rather than years down the road, especially in a genre that fails to recognize its filmmakers as some of “the greats.” Osgood Perkins made his first directorial and writing deut with The Blackcoat’s Daughter ten years ago, following it with Gr…

Everyone dies at some point, but few die as absurdly and spectacularly as the victims of the killer monkey in Osgood Perkins' new horror film, which hit Czech cinemas at the end of February. All it takes is a turn of the key on an old-fashioned toy and fate suddenly cuts someone's life.