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Family informs Osgood Perkins’ approach to ‘Monkey’ horror

Writer-director Osgood Perkins knows about horror, having scored last year with his critically acclaimed Nicolas Cage blockbuster “Longlegs.” Now he tackles Stephen King’s legendary short story, “The Monkey,” where a malignant toy means immediate death for anyone unlucky enough to be in its orbit. Perkins, 51, has made his reputation filming his original scripts.  Adapting King’s