Oz Perkins brings one of Stephen King’s scariest short stories to life, making for a brilliantly unhinged comedy horror where no kill comes as expected.

As adults, twin brothers Hal and Bill stumble on a drumming toy monkey from their childhood, which somehow caused death every time it played. As history repeats itself, they scramble to bury the toy again before it causes any more – only to find it stronger, and craftier, than common sense should allow. Less than a year after his chilling breakout hit Longlegs, writer-director Perkins branches out in a funnier yet just as grippingly scary direction, where cartoonish, gory, and brilliantly planned death can jump out from any corner. King himself has called it “bat**** insane” (“with admiration”), making it another standout among his adaptations and the modern classic horror Scene.