The Monkey opens with Hal and Bill's father, Capt. Petey Shelburn, trying to give away the toy monkey at a nearby antique store. When talking to the shopkeeper, Petey explains that he doesn't know ...

The toy monkey was a gift for his sons, but he knew early on the kind of carnage it could cause. Petey disappeared after that, with the twins’ mother calling him a deadbeat dad.

The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus monkey who, when wound up via a key in the back, beats his little drum and ...

You see, “The Monkey” is based on a 1980 King short story that was published in a now-defunct adult magazine and later as part of the King story collection “Skeleton Crew” in 1985.