Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Monkey.Osgood Perkins' newest horror movie, The Monkey, serves as an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name. The movie follows ...

the monkey toy that causes so much gnarly chaos is a classic staple of any vintage toy shelf. Specifically, a cymbal-playing monkey, a critter that even made it onto the cover of various versions ...

Let's start with the resemblances, which are glaring. In King's story and Berton's film, a cymbal-banging monkey causes fatalities after it clangs. They're also supernatural situations intertwined ...