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The Kingcast

266: An Interview with James Wan

The Kingcast

FANGORIA Podcast Network

Tv & Film

4.8990 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

James Wan is famous for Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, and Aquaman, but he's also produced a few Stephen King adaptations, including The Monkey, which is being released February 21st.

We talk a lot about working with Osgood Perkins, how perfectly horror and comedy can work together if crafted correctly, his version of The Tommyknockers which never made it off the ground, and his love of Stephen King's It.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today's sponsor is The Monkey, you might have heard of it, from Neon and Atomic Monster.

0:04.6

Based on Stephen King's iconic short story, the monkey has been brought to the screen by

0:09.2

Osgood Perkins, the writer-director of Long Legs, and horror master James Wan, who just so

0:14.5

happens to be today's guests. Stephen King himself described the monkey as, quote,

0:19.4

bat-shit insane and said, you've never seen anything like it.

0:22.8

And bloody disgusting calls it the most outrageous horror movie of the year. I've seen it and

0:27.5

King isn't being hyperbolic here. The movie is bonkers as all hell and one of the most fun King

0:32.4

adaptations to date. The monkey opens in theaters everywhere February 21st. And that means it's time for the Fangoria House Read.

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0:54.8

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0:59.2

including little old me from time to time.

1:01.5

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1:05.4

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1:23.2

Now on with the show.

1:27.2

Bangoria! Now on with the show.

1:29.5

Yeah, Oh, yeah.

1:32.3

Hi.

1:33.5

My name is Stephen King.

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