The trailer for the film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story The Monkey has apparently been banned by multiple TV networks for its excessive displays of violence and bloodshed.
A gory promotional video for the upcoming movie, which was helmed by Longlegs director Osgood Perkins and is set to be released in cinemas on 21 February, was turned down by four broadcasters, according to its distributor NEON.
In an Instagram post, the indie production company shared redacted screenshots of emails that they had received from four “major TV networks”, with all of the companies declining to feature the trailer.
“We submitted a TV spot for THE MONKEY to the four major TV networks,” the caption read. “It did not go well.”
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The film has already received the seal of approval from King himself, who hailed The Monkey as “bats*** insane”.
What absolute fucking pussies. Fucking karens.
If adults don’t want to see scary movie trailers, they can stay home under the covers. Adults can be responsible and not let their children watch TV unsupervised.
I’m an adult, and I shouldn’t be blocked from watching it cause the crybaby christian kumbaya Karen’s are afraid of horror movies and want to ruin it for everyone else.
I’d put good money on this being a publicity stunt - submit trailer that contravenes a broadcasters guidelines, posts responses online, get some press attention, profit.