Film: The Monkey
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Osgood Perkins, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood
Director/Screenplay : Osgood Perkins
Rating: 2/5
Runtime: 98 min

The “Longlegs,” director goes on to his next project, a horror comedy, with a sense of fatalistic fun. It’s nothing like “Longlegs” which was a tricky, gimmicky, choppy serial killer mystery with a creepy atmosphere, great horror cinematography and a Nicolas Cage, looking unlike himself with long hair and heavy makeup.

Perkins’ follow-up film,“The Monkey,” adapted from a 1980 Stephen King short story, is funny because its really messy and clumsy in it’s attempt to generate macabre enjoyment. The tone is all over the place and the action is over-the-top. It’s neither classy nor subtle - just a whole lot of body parts splattering in ridiculous fashion.