Though the clanging of the cymbals are arguably still slightly more jarring, the drumming actually fits better with the horror comedy tone of The Monkey. Despite the difference from the original ...

Whether banging a drum or clanging cymbals, when the monkey starts to work, people die in mysterious ways. But the visual is just one of many changes in The Monkey, preparing audiences for a movie ...

Stephen King's grim short story The Monkey becomes Oz Perkins' gonzo midnighter where death is just another punch line.

But Perkins couldn’t have them because apparently Disney had copyrighted a monkey playing cymbals for “Toy Story 3.” “They own Darth Vader and they own the cymbals,” Perkins says.