NEON’s The Monkey with a C+ CinemaScore (same as Perkins’ Longlegs) and a 2 1/2 star PostTrak posted $ ... style and brand of horror.’ Many are seeing comparisons in other horror hits ...

The Monkey has overtaken The Shining's lifetime global haul as well but still trails the film domestically. The movie stars Theo James as a pair of twins haunted by a toy monkey from their childhood.

With Longlegs, The Monkey, and other popular horror movies ... to allude to his desire to bring some horror elements into Star Wars that have never really been seen before in the franchise.