Osgood Perkins, recognized for steering horror movies like Longlegs, Gretel and Hansel, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, and others, got here with a brand new gory and twisted film within the style referred to as The Monkey. However apparently, it is too gory to be proven on tv networks.
On January 30, indie film manufacturing firm and distributor Neon shared screenshots of emails from a TV community, declining their request to air the trailer, on his Instagram. The put up confirmed that the rationale for banning the trailer of The Monkey was as a consequence of “extreme violence.”
“We submitted a TV spot for THE MONKEY to the 4 main TV networks. It didn’t go effectively,” the studio captioned the put up. The e-mail chain confirmed a back-and-forth between one of many firm’s staff and the tv community.
In response to Neon’s inquiry concerning the community’s actual situation with the film trailer, they mentioned that “just about each scene” is gory and disturbing and contains graphic pictures, severed heads, and way more. “We’re comfortable to begin the method with a extra toned-down spot,” the Community added.
The film is an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1980 eponymous brief story. It’s helmed by Psycho actor Anthony Perkins’s son Osgood Perkins and stars Theo James within the lead function. Tatiana Maslany and Vampire Dairies star Elijah Wooden spherical off the solid.
The film could not be thought of a grosser model of the well-known horror franchise, Chucky, however as an alternative of a doll, it is a toy monkey that causes demise and destruction for twin brothers (each performed by James) and their household.
The story begins when the dual brothers Invoice and Corridor discover their father’s previous monkey toy within the attic. They carry the toy again into their house, beginning a collection of grotesque deaths. “The siblings determine to throw the toy away and transfer on with their lives, rising aside through the years,” the official synopsis provides.