Perkins’ morbid jokes and faux-1970s decor lend the house a “Royal Tenenbaums”-meets-“Addams Family” vibe. However, that would be giving “The Monkey” too much credit. Its tone is ...

The film opens with an incredibly lengthy flashback detailing the monkey’s beginning in Hal’s life, with Convery playing both Hal — the nerdy, frustrated victim — and Hal’s twin brother Bill, the ...

Their father disappeared, and a curse seems to hang over their family. That curse is ... punchline to an elaborate joke. "The Monkey" is an outrageously funny vessel for shock humor, and if ...