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”.