Was there a toy mechanical monkey banging cymbals?
Besides the psychotic, trained monkey in this horror flick, was there any depiction of an old-fashioned toy, mechanical monkey, the one with a red hat, red vest and clanging two brass cymbals together? The reason I ask is that the other day I was talking with a fellow horror movie fan. This quirkly topic came up about the old-fashioned toy monkey clanging cymbals becoming an icon of old horror movies. Typically the toy mechanical monkey makes its appearance in superhatural ghost-typle horror films. Sitting on top of a shelf or a mantletop, the toy monkey starts clanging its brass cymbals, scaring the crap out of the people nearby. But it's a sign that something diabolitical is afoot.
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