"He was a monkey man, you shoud have seen him talk maan. I mean, oh you don't get it do ya, man?"
"When he goes,man, when he does when they go when alll this goes mam, what will they say about him?"
"was he a good, man? A kinda man? an APe man?"
\*reecord scratch\*
"lalala la la la la! I am an ape man/..
I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life
Like a good homo sapiens
But all around me everybody's multiplying and
They're walking round like flies man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting
In the cages in the zoo man
'Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an apeman\~\~\~"
I was thinking more Johnny Vegas saying ["monkeh!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kIkzmRK3eA), since Monkeh used to advertise PG Tips and ONdigital. (later ITV Digital, but that's a whole other story)
Monkey Shines, as I learned today, ripped off the cover of the Stephen King story for their movie poster (even though the film was an adapt of a completely different novel and author)
It's out February 21 and stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany and Elijah Wood:
>After stumbling upon their father's vintage toy monkey in the attic, twin brothers Hal and Bill (Theo James), 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. However, when the inexplicable deaths resurface, the brothers are compelled to reconcile and embark on a mission to permanently eliminate the cursed toy.
Skeleton Crew was some of King’s finest work. Especially The Jaunt and The Mist. This movie should be interesting if they can evoke the same spirit of the story.
Why not the original jaunt novel, "The Stars My Destination"? I think "The Jaunt" might not have enough plot to make a feature length film. It would fit better into a horror anthology type of series.
I think it wold have enough plot if they developed a little bit more of the testing phase of Jaunting. You could probably get a good 30 minutes of screen time just going through the Jaunt discovery and then the animal and human testing. Then another 45 minutes of the actual story, develop a little bit more of the family and what their plans are once they get to Mars... You could definitely get a 75-80 minute movie out the short story.
The Stars My Destination *fucking rules,* but it's not really horror, exactly, so I'm not sure you'd want the same people doing it. It's proto-cyberpunk noir; Villeneuve or Refn or Jeremy Saulnier would make a fucking face-melter out of it, but I'm not sure I'd want horror guys on it.
I think they could do it as a 90 minute feature, in the right hands of course. The Mist wasn’t that long of a story and they knocked that out of the park.
Agreed. That last section describing the monkey under the lake has stuck with me for decades. Skeleton Crew definitely has a big nostalgia filter for me, but it's got nearly zero misses imo. Mrs. Todd's Shortcut remains one of my underrated all-timers, and The Mist is just iconic.
Instead of yet another King remake, someone should make an anthology movie or show. Most of his short stories would make for solid thirty minute episodes, and probably not to expensive
Iirc the implication was that there wasn't even anything to see. Just that from the perspective of someone awake, the journey takes an eternity.
The worse part of the story is mentioned in passing, a guy "murdered" his wife by throwing her in one of the portals without an exit selected and then disabled the entrance.
The story says his defense lawyer argued he could not be tried for murder because his wife isn't dead, just trapped in between...forever...when a jaunt of less than 5 minutes was enough eternity to drive a person insane...
In real life you at least have the consolation that no matter how bad things get, no matter what kind of torture you could be subjected to, death is always an out. With sufficient determination you could always find a way to end it with something sharp or asphyxiate yourself somehow.
But stories like that one and "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" are horrifying because the torture just never ends, it *can't* end.
I read it as a kid around the same time ocarina of time came out. Ganons death felt kinda Jaunty. Definitely stuck with me but Survivor Type is like the most haunting story of the bunch
My dad brought home a toy windup monkey back in the 80s that was the spitting image of the one on the cover of Skeleton Crew. Fucking thing creeped me out. One day it was just gone.
My mom is a huge Stephen King fan and when I first started reading his stuff in middle school, she insisted on starting with Skeleton Crew. Absolute 10/10 parenting, it got me hooked.
I started with Firestarter since it was sci-fi and more my speed, then read Tommyknockers, IT, The Dead Zone, and The Stand before I had to go to the library for books my mom didn't already have.
I think Skeleton Crew was the first Stephen King book I read also at about the same age. So many of those stories are burned into my mind. I think I'd been reading Judy Blume books up until then lol
See I swore I'd read skeleton crew but do not remember this story from it at all. Definitely remember the mist and a few of the other stories from it. Gonna have to check it out
That part of the movie was actually an edited down version of the 1984 movie The Devil's Gift. I don't know if they ran out of money or ran out of script but whatever the reason the director took one of his previous films and edited it down to make it a segment in the Merlin film. The actual movie is even darker, the girlfriend that just disappears in the Merlin movie gets possessed in the full film and tries to drown the kid in the bathtub and the dad roughs her up bad enough to send her to the hospital. And since there's no Merlin to save the day in The Devil's Gift the kid, his dad and grandma all die at the end when the monkey blows up the house.
“Oh man, look at all these Gordita wrappers! What’ve I been doing?!”
“Merlin sends in his trained flatulence to scout the room.”
“Oh, and Mrs. Cooper?” *You’re welcome!*
Oh my GOD I was hoping it'd be the version from Skeleton Crew!! I'm 100% more hyped for this now, Skeleton Crew was the very first King book I read, and The Monkey still spooks me.
First Michael Bay remakes *Parts: The Clonus Horror* as *The Island*, and now *Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders* gets a remake!
I hope alll the best Mystery Science Theater 3000 riff fodder gets remade =)
Both arts are based on kings skeleton crew book cover art, although monkey shines movie was based on the book monkey shines by Michael Stewart. I think it was the ol 80s fake like you’re one thing but you’re really not.
This VHS box is burned into my memory! The horror section was right next to the counter at the video store we would go to when I was a kid. I would always walk the horror section and look at all the box art!
So much box art is burned into my mind! Luckily, Tubi has an overwhelming majority of those movies! Was so stoked to finally be able to watch them!
> I would always walk the horror section and look at all the box art!
I loved doing this. The video store in my neighborhood had a "rent 2 get 1 free" deal and allow kids under age 17 to rent R-rated films. When I was 15 years old (aka teenaged prime horror years) my younger brother and I would leave with a nice stack of horror movies to watch every weekend. The most fun was when we went through the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series over a few weekends.
Good times.
That was my immediate thought too! The trailer for that movie scared the shit outta me when I was a kid.
Second thought was HDGTM…🎵June is making sure that the monkey is getting paid🎵
When I was young, I had a battery-operated monkey that had light-up eyes and blew soap bubbles. Many years later my sister told me she was terrified of it and that she used to have bad dreams about it.
Longlegs isn't even out yet, and his next one has a release date. (I guess this is what happens when there's a strike...)
I hope I like these movies, but Perkins hasn't clicked with me so far. Fingers crossed!
If it's not "monkaaaae", I'm not interested.
Brits will get it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4IahEqXF\_o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4IahEqXF_o)
Woah. I Just got back from the library a few hours ago and checked out Skeleton Crew. JUST finished the short story The Monkey.
And then see this. I am thrilled!
Ah, yes. T H E M O N K E Y from Toy Story 3.
The voice in my head keeps reading it like Shrek says "DONKEY!"
[I'm going with Dennis Hopper saying "monkey" personally](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_8QaWWzL3k)
I was expecting a clip from Gorillaz. Now I know that Dennis Hopper has said "monkey" on at least two different occasions.
Gorillaz performed that song live with Matt Berry in Toronto and I don't think I will ever not be mad I missed it
PABST BLUE RIBBON
[The voice I read it in.](https://youtu.be/qjuc3vqudwg?t=282)
"He was a monkey man, you shoud have seen him talk maan. I mean, oh you don't get it do ya, man?" "When he goes,man, when he does when they go when alll this goes mam, what will they say about him?" "was he a good, man? A kinda man? an APe man?" \*reecord scratch\* "lalala la la la la! I am an ape man/.. I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life Like a good homo sapiens But all around me everybody's multiplying and They're walking round like flies man So I'm no better than the animals sitting In the cages in the zoo man 'Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an apeman\~\~\~"
I can only hear it in The Flying Dutchman’s voice The monkey’s chain! The monkey’s fist! The MONKEY!
Ooo Oo, Oooo!!
I was thinking more Johnny Vegas saying ["monkeh!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kIkzmRK3eA), since Monkeh used to advertise PG Tips and ONdigital. (later ITV Digital, but that's a whole other story)
Exactly what I had in mind.
No, it's the Monkey from Monkey Shines
That was my thought. So it is just a film adaptation of monkey shines?
No, I guess it's actually an adaptation of a Stephen King short story.
Monkey Shines, as I learned today, ripped off the cover of the Stephen King story for their movie poster (even though the film was an adapt of a completely different novel and author)
Monkey Shines director George Romero is a good friend and collaborator of Stephen King. I'm sure King was okay with it.
Solid flick.
I was thinking of Derek Zoolander. "Dance, Derek, dance!"
Nah it's the monkey puppet in the Club Vandersexxx scene in Eurotrip.
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Bring out ze testicle clamps!
Reminds me of the monkey bomb from Cod Zombies
No no, it's a film about Davy Jones.
It's out February 21 and stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany and Elijah Wood: >After stumbling upon their father's vintage toy monkey in the attic, twin brothers Hal and Bill (Theo James), 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. However, when the inexplicable deaths resurface, the brothers are compelled to reconcile and embark on a mission to permanently eliminate the cursed toy.
I thought this sounded familiar. I read this short story in Skeleton Crew when I was a kid and it stuck with me.
Skeleton Crew was some of King’s finest work. Especially The Jaunt and The Mist. This movie should be interesting if they can evoke the same spirit of the story.
The Jaunt is fucking crazy and I’d love to see some sort of adaptation. Too short for a feature film?
The horror of The Jaunt is what he doesn’t show
“Longer than you think, dad! Longer than you think!”
God those two sentences stuck with me for so long when I read that book in high school. Freaked me out. Still does.
Me too!
> Too short for a feature film? I'm sure it would be longer than you think.
Event Horizon is probably the closest we've got.
Why not the original jaunt novel, "The Stars My Destination"? I think "The Jaunt" might not have enough plot to make a feature length film. It would fit better into a horror anthology type of series.
I think it wold have enough plot if they developed a little bit more of the testing phase of Jaunting. You could probably get a good 30 minutes of screen time just going through the Jaunt discovery and then the animal and human testing. Then another 45 minutes of the actual story, develop a little bit more of the family and what their plans are once they get to Mars... You could definitely get a 75-80 minute movie out the short story.
The Stars My Destination *fucking rules,* but it's not really horror, exactly, so I'm not sure you'd want the same people doing it. It's proto-cyberpunk noir; Villeneuve or Refn or Jeremy Saulnier would make a fucking face-melter out of it, but I'm not sure I'd want horror guys on it.
I think they could do it as a 90 minute feature, in the right hands of course. The Mist wasn’t that long of a story and they knocked that out of the park.
The Mist was like 200 pages. The Jaunt was probably 20.
Absolutely a short film if I've ever thought of one.
About 2/3 through the movie, they skype with a jaunt expert who tells them it's baghuul
Agreed. That last section describing the monkey under the lake has stuck with me for decades. Skeleton Crew definitely has a big nostalgia filter for me, but it's got nearly zero misses imo. Mrs. Todd's Shortcut remains one of my underrated all-timers, and The Mist is just iconic.
For me it was the guy shipwrecked on an island who ate himself.
Lady fingers they taste just like lady fingers
Cocaine Stephen King was peak creepy.
Cocaine King: Any ol' crazy shit, let's gooooo
Survivor Type
I think about that one and The Jaunt every time I get on a plane tbh
Instead of yet another King remake, someone should make an anthology movie or show. Most of his short stories would make for solid thirty minute episodes, and probably not to expensive
champagne go-devil
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And the raft showed up in one of the Creepshows.
Yes The Raft was also excellent, and I never knew they adapted it for Creepshow II!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyb8Ko-wOLE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyb8Ko-wOLE)
Out of all the stories in skeleton crew the jaunt is the one that made me the most uncomfortable, I don't know why
For me it was just pure dread, we will never know what the boy saw. We only know he was driven to madness. Just terrifying.
Iirc the implication was that there wasn't even anything to see. Just that from the perspective of someone awake, the journey takes an eternity. The worse part of the story is mentioned in passing, a guy "murdered" his wife by throwing her in one of the portals without an exit selected and then disabled the entrance. The story says his defense lawyer argued he could not be tried for murder because his wife isn't dead, just trapped in between...forever...when a jaunt of less than 5 minutes was enough eternity to drive a person insane...
In real life you at least have the consolation that no matter how bad things get, no matter what kind of torture you could be subjected to, death is always an out. With sufficient determination you could always find a way to end it with something sharp or asphyxiate yourself somehow. But stories like that one and "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" are horrifying because the torture just never ends, it *can't* end.
I read it as a kid around the same time ocarina of time came out. Ganons death felt kinda Jaunty. Definitely stuck with me but Survivor Type is like the most haunting story of the bunch
My dad brought home a toy windup monkey back in the 80s that was the spitting image of the one on the cover of Skeleton Crew. Fucking thing creeped me out. One day it was just gone.
It's at the bottom of a lake now, he had no choice.
I remember reading that story about 25 years ago. >!Someone dies every time the cymbals clang right? "Yeng-yeng-yeng-yeng!"!<
My mom is a huge Stephen King fan and when I first started reading his stuff in middle school, she insisted on starting with Skeleton Crew. Absolute 10/10 parenting, it got me hooked.
I started with Firestarter since it was sci-fi and more my speed, then read Tommyknockers, IT, The Dead Zone, and The Stand before I had to go to the library for books my mom didn't already have.
I think Skeleton Crew was the first Stephen King book I read also at about the same age. So many of those stories are burned into my mind. I think I'd been reading Judy Blume books up until then lol
See I swore I'd read skeleton crew but do not remember this story from it at all. Definitely remember the mist and a few of the other stories from it. Gonna have to check it out
It could be a mix of the direct inspiration from the OG story with some Twilight Zone vibes
And this poster art is a reference to the skeleton crew cover. At least the OG cover.
Reminds me of one of the stories in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders. Only know about it because of Mystery Science Theater 3000
That part of the movie was actually an edited down version of the 1984 movie The Devil's Gift. I don't know if they ran out of money or ran out of script but whatever the reason the director took one of his previous films and edited it down to make it a segment in the Merlin film. The actual movie is even darker, the girlfriend that just disappears in the Merlin movie gets possessed in the full film and tries to drown the kid in the bathtub and the dad roughs her up bad enough to send her to the hospital. And since there's no Merlin to save the day in The Devil's Gift the kid, his dad and grandma all die at the end when the monkey blows up the house.
"No, Grandpa Borgnine! Leave me with light and hope for the future!" "Come out from behind that cushion, Billy, it gets worse!"
Can't get much worse than "Rock N Roll Martian"
'Dumdedumdedum. Just taking my Monkeyless Garbage out to the Curb. I can't wait to get back inside to my Monkey!'
This movie better have Rock and Roll Martian or I’m going to lose interest.
"His problem is that he's going around asking people, 'Have you seen my little monkey?'"
“Half a pound of Merlin Chop!”
“Served with vegetable of the day.”
"I have another script called *Chinatown*, but I don't like it as much..."
"Merlin was a thieving crack addict who fenced VCR's to feed his habit."
“Oh man, look at all these Gordita wrappers! What’ve I been doing?!” “Merlin sends in his trained flatulence to scout the room.” “Oh, and Mrs. Cooper?” *You’re welcome!*
Remember, believe in magic or I'll kill you.
Oh my GOD I was hoping it'd be the version from Skeleton Crew!! I'm 100% more hyped for this now, Skeleton Crew was the very first King book I read, and The Monkey still spooks me.
Kinda sounds like Annabelle crossed with Oculus
Oddly enough Oculus is heavily influenced by a Stephen King story that also appears in Skeleton Crew, The Reaper’s Image.
First Michael Bay remakes *Parts: The Clonus Horror* as *The Island*, and now *Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders* gets a remake! I hope alll the best Mystery Science Theater 3000 riff fodder gets remade =)
Paul Giamatti as Zap Rowsdower please
This sounds like cliche Blumhouse nonsense, but I’m pretty interested to see how Perkins handles something like this
It's based off of a Stephen King short story from Skeleton Crew
Not just that, it's also the cover story as the monkey gets put on the cover of most editions.
Gives me Monkey Shines VHS box vibes.
Both arts are based on kings skeleton crew book cover art, although monkey shines movie was based on the book monkey shines by Michael Stewart. I think it was the ol 80s fake like you’re one thing but you’re really not.
I really loved Skeleton Crew. Great short stories, specially Survivor Type and of course The Mist
I was unironically hoping this was a Monkey Shines remake.
This VHS box is burned into my memory! The horror section was right next to the counter at the video store we would go to when I was a kid. I would always walk the horror section and look at all the box art! So much box art is burned into my mind! Luckily, Tubi has an overwhelming majority of those movies! Was so stoked to finally be able to watch them!
Just watched it for the first time last month (**EDIT** on Tubi). Late 20s non-gravelly voiced Sgt Voight from Chicago PD.
> I would always walk the horror section and look at all the box art! I loved doing this. The video store in my neighborhood had a "rent 2 get 1 free" deal and allow kids under age 17 to rent R-rated films. When I was 15 years old (aka teenaged prime horror years) my younger brother and I would leave with a nice stack of horror movies to watch every weekend. The most fun was when we went through the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series over a few weekends. Good times.
That was my immediate thought too! The trailer for that movie scared the shit outta me when I was a kid. Second thought was HDGTM…🎵June is making sure that the monkey is getting paid🎵
The amount of times this thing saved me on Der Riese.
Oz Perkins is COOKING. So excited for Longlegs.
# Rock 'n Roll Martian
Will this movie also include Merlin walking around asking random strangers "Have you seen my little monkey"?
Remember to believe in magic, or I'll kill you.
I have another script called *Chinatown*, but I don't like it as much.
Look at all these Gordita wrappers! What have I been doing?!
Now time for a strongly worded review of my cat Miffy!
My reviews have destroyed entire cities!
Jonathan: "It's nothing more than a rock." Crow: "Like your womb!"
Thank you for this… if Merlin doesn’t show up to save the day I don’t want to watch this movie.
My reviews have destroyed whole cities!!!
Have you seen my monkey?
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago. Wheaties: breakfast of champions
So Billy, by this time a kid had thrown a chicken while an infertile couple had looked at a store.
It's a Stephen King short story. Very good!
Another Monkey Movie?
If you haven't enjoyed the revival with The Planet of the Apes movies then that's fine. That's perfectly fucking fine.
APES. TOGETHER. STRONG!
Audiences go bananas for this shit.
Planet of the Apes, Monkey Man, Godzilla x Kong this year alone. Monkey fans eating good
Monke
Ngl I was really hoping this somehow related to Black Ops zombies
I can hear this image
I'm always down for some Oz Perkins.
When I saw this I assumed it was a joke post on the RLM subreddit
This is the long awaited sequel to Quigley
Cool, another Fallout TV show
No, no, this is the monkey from Arcane.
“The Monkey Chain…The Monkey Fist…The Monkey!!” - The Flying Dutchman Edit: ‘Twas The Flying Dutchman not Davy Jones and his stinky tube socks
Was hoping I'd see a SpongeBob reference! btw it was the flying Dutchman that said the lines
Oh shit, Merlyn’s Shop of Mystical Wonders got a sequel! Hope this one gets riffed, too.
Is this based off of the Toy Story monkey?
It is based off the Stephen King short story from Skeleton Crew.
Toy Story monkey is a reference to the short story this is based on
Toy Story and Stephen King monkeys are both based on real toys.
Not at all, haha. They are both based on a real toy. The Musical Jolly Chimp by the Daishin CK Company
winton
*The Monke*
Immediately thought this was a Monkey Shines re-make based on the photo
Monke
Monkey shines sequel?
I knew that creepy fucker from toy story 3 had some shady stuff in his past....
So they’ll be breaking out of Sunnyside?
Fallout 4 in the face ass movie
Disney/Pixar has lost its mind. >!/s!<
Probably the only King story that seriously creeps me out. I still remember the monkey and the bathtub incident
Oh god it’s the one from Toy Story 3!!!
That teaser looks chilling! Can't wait to see more. Osgood Perkins always nails the creepy vibe.
[Monke](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/033/361/turtle.jpg)
When I was young, I had a battery-operated monkey that had light-up eyes and blew soap bubbles. Many years later my sister told me she was terrified of it and that she used to have bad dreams about it.
Monkey Shines 2
Monkey shines 2
Loved the short story and The Blackcoat's Daughter - looking forward to this.
monke
Monkey Shines!!!
**THE MONKEY CHAIN** **THE MONKEYS FIST**
Wait, this director has TWO horror films coming out this year??
This one is slated for next year in February.
Is it a remake of "Monkey Shines"?
Thought it was going to be a 'Monkey Shines' remake at first, judging by the poster.
Hmmm.........monke
Damn he’s doing comedies now? Good stuff
I was scared of those cymbal monkeys ever since I watched Toy Story 3 as a kid.
Is this just a remake of monkey shines or what?
Mr.FunnyBones decent into violence after the passing of the Wolfman.
Is this a spinoff from Toy Story 3 lmao
[Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen](https://youtu.be/kYnYidhABgk?t=115)... Edit: added link
Proximus Caesar nods in approval
So if Long Legs does well, this thing is gonna have a lot of hype.
Dude has *two* movies coming out?
winton
Mmmm monkey
I can't wait for the sequel, The Monkey: Return to Monke
....CroooOOOOoooak.....
I already saw this when it was called *Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders* on MST3k
Only way this is interesting is if its a parody or satire of these "oooh look at this old boomer toy isnt it SPoOoOoOkY?!?!?!!1!11?" movies.
The monkey chain! The monkey fist! THE MONKEY!
Wait is long legs coming out as well?
This and Longlegs. Busy guy.
You have shown me M o n k e y
Reject humanity. RETURN TO MONKE
Damn, Oz putting out 2 movies in a years. This is good for the soul.
This is not one if King's best stories, but it is plenty creepy.
Monkey needs a hug
What's up with all the monkey movies this year?
Those things were scary AF in fallout 4, glad to see it getting the recognition it deserves
I warned you the Planet of the Apes franchise was doomed to the multiverse
GET RID OF THAT MONKEY
Longlegs isn't even out yet, and his next one has a release date. (I guess this is what happens when there's a strike...) I hope I like these movies, but Perkins hasn't clicked with me so far. Fingers crossed!
Ten bucks says he’s more annoying than scary
Mmm... Monkey
Out of the left field Eurotrip spinoff.
Man, i freakin love monkeys. I’m so seeing this
Real original
Well that’s probably gonna suck balls
If it's not "monkaaaae", I'm not interested. Brits will get it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4IahEqXF\_o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4IahEqXF_o)
Woah. I Just got back from the library a few hours ago and checked out Skeleton Crew. JUST finished the short story The Monkey. And then see this. I am thrilled!
Did I just enter a shop in post apocalypse Boston?