Netflix has released the first trailer for Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the third instalment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s crime drama anthology series.
Charlie Hunnam leads the cast as Ed Gein, the sadistic killer whose gruesome crimes that took place in his decaying home in 1950s rural Wisconsin became the inspiration for iconic Hollywood horror films for decades.
Joining Hunnam in the cast is Suzanna Son as Adeline Watkins, Tom Hollander as Alfred Hitchcock, Laurie Metcalf as Augusta Gein, Vicky Krieps as Ilse Koch, Olivia Williams as Alma Reville, Joey Pollari as Anthony Perkins, Tyler Jacob Moore as Sheriff Schley, Charlie Hall as Deputy Worden, Will Brill as Tobe Hooper, Mimi Kennedy as Dr. Mildred Newman, Robin Weigert as Enid Watkins, and Lesley Manville as Bernice Worden. Watch the trailer below…
Serial killer. Grave robber. Psycho. In the frozen fields of 1950s rural Wisconsin, a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein lived quietly on a decaying farm – hiding a house of horrors so gruesome it would redefine the American nightmare. Driven by isolation, psychosis, and an all-consuming obsession with his mother, Gein’s perverse crimes birthed a new kind of monster that would haunt Hollywood for decades. From Psycho to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein’s macabre legacy gave birth to fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with the criminally deviant. Ed Gein didn’t just influence a genre — he became the blueprint for modern horror.
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s groundbreaking anthology series returns with its third, most harrowing installment yet. Monster: The Ed Gein Story tells the story of how one simple man in Plainfield, Wisconsin became history’s most singular ghoul. He revealed to the world the most horrific truth of all — that monsters aren’t born, they’re made…by us.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story arrives on Netflix on October 3rd.
