The Monkey is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name, and there couldn't be a better fit for Perkins. All of his movies, in one way or another, have dealt with family trauma ...

included in the 1985 short story collection “Skeleton Crew,” the toy monkey brings about death by playing cymbals. But Perkins couldn’t have them because apparently Disney had copyrighted a monkey ...

But Perkins couldn’t have them because apparently Disney had copyrighted a monkey playing cymbals for “Toy Story 3.” “They own Darth Vader and they own the cymbals,” Perkins says.