“In all my years as a licensed mortician, I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Writer-director Osgood Perkins and star Theo James sat down with a pair of actual morticians to get their professional opinions on The Monkey.

Based on the Stephen King short story, the film opens in theaters on February 21 from Neon.

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. 25 years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.

James Wan produces the gory horror comedy.

Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy also star.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “With brisk storytelling efficiency and a playful spirit, The Monkey delivers a Stephen King adaptation like no other. Perkins pushes back against logic in favor of entertaining midnight madness, and death has never been funnier or gorier as a result.”

Bloody Disgusting is celebrating the release of The Monkey with Stephen King Week, including giving away a 1/50 resin sculpt from the original monkey.