" The Monkey " is a 1980 horror short story by Stephen King featuring a cursed cymbal-banging monkey toy. The story was first published as a booklet included in Gallery magazine in 1980. It was significantly revised and published in King's collection Skeleton Crew in 1985.

Summary of The Monkey by Stephen King In Stephen King’s short story “ The Monkey,” Hal Shelburn, a man with a quiet life, returns with his wife, Terry, and his two sons, Dennis and Petey, to the old family home. While inspecting the attic, Dennis finds a forgotten toy: a wind-up monkey with brass cymbals, which evokes in Hal a sense of profound horror. This toy is not only a …

The Monkey is an upcoming American horror comedy film [4] based on the 1980 short story "The Monkey" by Stephen King. The film adaptation is written and directed by Osgood Perkins. It stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy. Neon will release The Monkey in theaters in …

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“The Monkey” is a short horror story by American writer Stephen King, who is often called “The Master of Horror.” It was first published in 1980 as a booklet in Gallery Magazine and later significantly revised and included as part of King’s 1985 short story collection, Skeleton Crew.

The Monkey is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. An adaptation of the 1980 short story by Stephen King, it stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy.

Dec 19, 2024 · 'The Monkey' star Theo James and director Osgood Perkins preview their Stephen King movie in which 'people die in insane ways': 'We wanted to make a family movie, but an R-rated one.'

Dec 28, 2024 · Based on the eponymous short story originally published in 1980, The Monkey concerns a pair of brothers who discover a mysterious cymbal-playing monkey toy in the attic. Unfortunately for the unsuspecting siblings, someone close to them perishes every time the mechanical simian clangs its cymbals.

After stumbling upon their father's vintage toy monkey in the attic, twin brothers Hal and Bill witness a string of horrifying deaths unfolding around them. In an attempt to leave the haunting behind, the brothers opt to discard the monkey and pursue separate paths over time.

Jan 1, 2001 · 1 cassette (100 minutes). Read by David Purdham. Hal didn't know where it had come from, but every time the moth-eaten monkey with the strange yellow eyes clashed his cymbals, jang, jang, jang...somebody died. An irresistible urge had made him turn the key, but that was before he knew what it could do.