Along the way, the darkly comedic horror film leaves a massive trail of bodies wherever Hal goes.
Every death shown on-screen seems to be connected to the Monkey.
However, the cursed object never actually lashes out or kills someone directly.
Introduced alongside his brother Hal as children, Bill is the more outgoing but cruel of the brothers.
Osgood Perkins adapts Stephen King’s The Monkey, based on the short story.
We break down how scary and violent the new horror film actually is.
Bill drives most of the plot ofThe Monkey’s second half.
This obsession drove Bill for his entire life, ultimately driving an even greater wedge between them.
Hal’s son Petey has no idea that Bill even exists.
This distance festered into hatred over time.
Bill spends most of the film trying to recover the Monkey.
This effort to control death gets countless innocents around the nearby town killed.
The Monkey is, as it says on the box, “like life.
“Death isn’t something to be controlled or used for personal vendetta.
Alternatively, the Monkey simply decided it wanted one more kill and took the opportunity to slay Bill.
InThe Monkeyshort story by Stephen King, Bill and Hal are brothers, but not twins.
While they bicker, they aren’t nearly as vicious towards one another as they are in the film.
Bill never becomes a reverent follower of the Monkey.
Published in 1980, Stephen King’sThe Monkeywas later re-released as part ofSkeleton Crew.
Without him, the film’s version of the narrative may not have ever set off.
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