Osgood Perkins' 2025 film "The Monkey" was based on a 1980 short story by Stephen King, but drastically alters the original story's tone. King's rendition was a straightforward horror story about a haunted wind-up monkey toy that, when activated to smash its cymbals together, mysterious summons misfortune. /Film's own Chris Evangelista detailed the many differences between the story and Perkins' film, including a few that might come as a surprise. He knows a lot of film students would like to adapt his work, and he wants to encourage them. Spencer Sherry licensed "The Monkey" and made a film that played mostly in local theaters around Saratoga Springs.