“Everybody Dies And That’s Life” Osgood Perkins on ‘The Monkey’

Adapting The Stephen King Short Story

“It seemed to me right from the jump that everybody in some way or other looks at that toy monkey’s face there’s an uncanny reaction in the human psyche. That’s become something in the collective unconscious,” says Osgood Perkins about his adaptation of Stephen King’s short story TheMonkey.

It wasn’t simply the opportunity to reinterpret such a well known story that attracted Perkins to the story. “As soon as you connect to the material, you can see the poster,” he continues.

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