Between Longlegs in 2024 and this year’s The Monkey, writer-director Osgood Perkins has run the gamut of horror subgenres. The former is a relatively restrained exercise in the surreal and psychological, while his most recent film skews towards gory excess and reads like a live-action Looney Tunes skit.
Each project Perkins takes on, while firmly embedded in horror, is a departure from the last. That trend will continue with his next film, Keeper; Perkins recently told Inverse that the story is “much darker, quieter,” and “more sophisticated” than The Monkey. There’s no telling what tone other future projects could take, but for what it’s worth, the director does have a major sci-fi franchise on his wishlist.
