LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Monkey, in theaters Friday, is the kind of horror movie that celebrates elaborate deaths. Those who share the film's macabre sense of humor will find these deaths absurdly comical, rather than disturbing.

In this adaptation of the Stephen King short story, twin brothers Hal and Bill -- played by Christian Convery as kids and Theo James as adults -- learn their father's (Adam Scott) organ grinder monkey causes someone to die every time they wind it up. The pair try to destroy the toy but it returns, so they drop it in a well in the hope it will prevent misuse.

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