From: nobody@nowhere.com
On 12/29/2025 7:07 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:31:42 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701
> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 29, 2025 at 10:50:31 AM PST, "shawn"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I basically watched all of Season 1 of MIDNIGHT, TX. I watched the
>>> entire season back in 2018/19 so this was a rewatch. Started up
>>> because I caught a good clip on the Youtube Shorts.
>>>
>>> Oh, last night I caught THE MONKEY, a 2025 movie that I only ended up
>>> watching because I saw a trailer that seemed interesting. The idea is
>>> that some kids found a wind up monkey that plays a drum when the key
>>> is turned. Unfortunately it turns out that when the monkey plays the
>>> drum someone will die. No control over who it will be other than it
>>> seems like it will be someone within a limited distance of the monkey.
>>>
>>> It's described as horror/comedy but it has limited horror other than
>>> some messy deaths and limited comedy. The deaths are quite horrific as
>>> they are all impossible accidents like someone tripping and falling
>>> face first into the arrow of a "House For Sale" sign.
>>
>> Based on the short story by Stephen King of the same name, from his
collection
>> NIGHT SHIFT.
>>
>> Of course expanding a 15-page story into a full-length movie pretty much
meant
>> they were going to write their own tale that bears little resemblance to
>> King's and just use the wind-up monkey as pretty much the only story element
>> that survives the transition.
>>
>
> Yeah I never expect a movie based on a Stephen King story to be an
> accurate retelling of the story.
One of the best King adaptations was THE MIST, which included a major
departure from King's original plot. King acknowledged that the
departure was superior to what he'd written. (And it was.)
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