Can a horror movie itself suffer from nervous fright? That's the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey.” Given its overabundance of empty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Monkey — a hit horror comedy from Longlegs filmmaker Osgood Perkins — is apparently ...

Oz Perkins is working some things out. The “Longlegs” filmmaker is the horror darling of the moment, but he also has a very famous, and very tragic, family history that he’s not afraid to face head-on ...

The Monkey deviates quite a bit from King’s original plot in order to reach a feature-length runtime. Things begin in a pawn shop, where pilot Petey Shelborn (Adam Scott, an always welcome surprise) ...

A scene from the movie “The Monkey,” directed by Oz Perkins. Oz Perkins is working some things out. The “Longlegs” filmmaker is the horror darling of the moment, but he also has a very famous, and ...