The 'Longlegs' writer/director talks to IndieWire about his career, Stephen King, and the origins of his toy monkey with no backstory in 'The Monkey.'

Before Oz Perkins became a modern horror maestro, he was our beloved David Kidney in Legally Blonde. And we'll always love him for that.

The Monkey’s repeated tagline — “Everybody dies” — is presented as maybe a little cathartic, a little bit of a relief, because it’s so absolute and inarguable. But when the characters say it, the tone is cynical, sometimes a little scary, sometimes bitter. It’s a complicated message. How were you hoping people would take it?