Longlegs director says he's going to the "extremes," says we can expect "explosive gore" with new Stephen King adaptation: "There’s a lot of mess"

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Longlegs director Osgood Perkins says The Monkey is going to be an over-the-top gorefest - and we're here for it.

"If you’re going for comedy then you're going for extremes. Not subtlety," Perkins told Empire. "We are guilty of putting far more blood in our human bodies than is really in a human body. When someone explodes in this movie - and a couple of people do - there's a lot of mess. All the death set-pieces were hard to do. They all have a Rube Goldbergian connectivity - this happens, then this happens, then this happens..."

Perkins also says he feels "honestly feel fucking great" about how different The Monkey is from Longlegs, describing it as a "morbidly surreal horror comedy that’s also heartwarming and redemptive and stars a bonafide movie hunk." We're ready.

Lauren Milici
Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.