Longlegs’ Osgood Perkins Needs His Stephen King Film to Be Humorous, However Violent

As pleasure ramps up for Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs with rising phrase of mouth of how darkly grim and scary the Nicolas Cage-starring function is, the director’s subsequent venture, Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, is beginning to acquire an increasing number of consideration.

The filmmaker’s adaptation of King’s quick horror story featured in Skeleton Crew is ready to be his subsequent function; it stars Theo James (The White Lotus), Tatiana Maslany (She–Hulk: Legal professional at Legislation), and Elijah Wooden (Maniac). In an interview with Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew, Perkins previewed what to anticipate, and it’s after all the surprising. “It’s gonna really feel extra like Distress or Creepshow or Gremlins or [An American Werewolf in London],” he stated. “It couldn’t be much less like Longlegs. To me, if you happen to’re gonna make a film a few toy monkey, you may be severe about it. However a lot of King is humorous and nostalgic feeling. So we tried to make a film that felt a bit of bit extra like one thing from the late ’80s-’90s. It’s sorta like, if Robert Zemeckis had identical to a bit of little bit of acid and made a Stephen King image a few monkey toy.”

The director teamed up with Neon (which can be releasing Longlegs) and James Wan’s Atomic Monster for his take, which we couldn’t be extra excited for because it appears like that boundary-pushing gateway horror vibe. “For me, ideally it’s the film that children and their mother and father wanna go see collectively,” Perkins continued. “Individuals blow up, individuals explode; it’s very excessive however it’s very humorous. It’s very father-son redemption, it’s very touching, it’s very nostalgic, it’s very Stephen King.”

The Monkey opens in theaters February 21, 2025. Longlegs arrives this July 12.

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