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Theres even a voice-over as an older Hal looks back at his traumatic childhood.
The Monkeyisnt really aStand by Meesque coming-of-age story, though thats part of Perkinss bait and switch.
(Fishhooks, fire, impalement: She goes through it.)
In fact, there are moments when the movie flirts with parody.
This also makes the references to certain King adaptation mainstays feel like deliberate ribbing.
But lots of recent first-time adaptations werent exactly standouts either youd be hard-pressed to find fans ofMr.
Harrigans Phoneis an even more ponderous slog that trades all of the chills of the original novella for tears.
Ultimately, its this feelings-first approach to King thatThe Monkeyis pushing back on.
Instead of dragging the source material down, Perkins ramps up the grotesqueness, absurdity, and laughs.
In the short story, people die falling out of a tree house or getting hit by a car.
