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Monster: The Ed Gein Story slammed by Anthony Perkins's son
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Monster: The Ed Gein Story slammed by Anthony Perkins’s son

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Osgood Perkins, the son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins, has criticised the latest season of Ryan Murphy’s true crime series Monster.

Speaking to TMZ, the Longlegs and The Monkey director admitted he hasn’t seen Monster: The Ed Gein Story but “wouldn’t watch it with a 10-foot pole”.

He also condemned streaming platforms for taking the true crime genre and attempting to give it “glamorous and meaningful content”, adding that he worries about contemporary culture being “reshaped in real time by overlords”.

One of the show’s subplots centres around Osgood’s late father Anthony (played by Joey Pollari) and depicts the actor being cast as the Gein-inspired character Norman Bates in Sir Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 movie Psycho.

Following its debut, Monster season 3 received backlash for hinting at a link between Perkins and Gein, because of the actor’s decision to keep his sexuality private during his lifetime.

Perkins added that the genre as a whole is “increasingly devoid of context and that the Netflix-isation of real pain is playing for the wrong team”.

While the star’s sexuality was an open secret among Hollywood, he remained married to Osgood’s mother Berry Berenson until his death from AIDS aged 60 in 1992.

Osgood Perkins. Leon Bennett / Getty Images.

The inclusion of Anthony Perkins isn’t the only storyline strand to have received backlash following Monster season 3’s debut, with its portrayal of Gein’s connection with Ted Bundy, his relationship to Adeline Watkins, and the show’s version of Evelyn Hartley’s disappearance also having come under fire from some viewers.

Gein star Charlie Hunnam previously defended the show’s divisive depiction of the titular serial killer, telling The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t agree the series sensationalises the killer’s crimes.

“I never felt on set that we did anything gratuitous or for shock impact,” he said. “It was all in order to try to tell this story as honestly as we could.”

He also questioned whether Gein is the real monster of the show, or whether it’s the audience for watching the series.

“Is it Ed Gein who was abused and left in isolation and suffering from undiagnosed mental illness and that manifested in some pretty horrendous ways? Or was the monster the legion of filmmakers that took inspiration from his life and sensationalised it to make entertainment and darken the American psyche in the process?” he asked.

“Is Ed Gein the monster of this show, or is Hitchcock the monster of the show? Or are we the monster of the show because we’re watching it?”

Monster: The Ed Gein Story is now streaming on Netflix – sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.

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Yes' 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' Featured in 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'
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Yes’ ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ Featured in ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’

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Welcome to Progtober. This month, you can catch several prog acts on tour, from Yes playing Fragile in its entirety, to Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, who is on the road celebrating 50 years of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Then there’s the Musical Box, a Seventies-era Genesis tribute band currently on tour (they’re so dedicated that lead singer Denis Gagné goes full Peter Gabriel, donning the Foxtrot costume and reverse mohawk). And just this morning, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced a 50th-anniversary Rush tour, dedicated to the memory of their late bandmate, Neil Peart (German virtuoso Anika Nilles will be joining them on drums). 

But if concerts aren’t your thing, you can enjoy Progtober from the comfort of your own home. And while you can throw on Close to the Edge or 2112, something a little darker, in the spirit of Halloween. That would be Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the new season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology series, out now on Netflix. It focuses on Ed Gein — the murderer and grave robber who inspired iconic horror films like Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre — and its eighth and final episode includes a fantastic prog moment. 

It occurs in the finale, “The Godfather,” when Gein (played by Charlie Hunnam), is residing in the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1984, battling lung cancer. (He was caught by authorities in 1957 and charged with first-degree murder. He was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in an asylum.) In the show, Gein had just helped the FBI agents catch Ted Bundy (a fun if entirely fictional detail) but he’s mostly spending his time reading books about death, watching other residents play ping pong, and sitting on the couch, sucked into MTV. Kiss appear on the screen, screaming, “I want my MTV!” Apparently Gein does, too. The nurse tells him, “Turn that garbage off. That MTV will rot your brain, Ed!” (I think we’re a little past that, lady, but sure). 

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Trevor Rabin’s opening riff floods through the room, and the band’s classic Storm Thorgerson-directed video starts to play. Gein’s eyes close, and suddenly he’s being ushered through the hospital in his wheelchair, while the staff dance along to the 1983 hit. Serial killers who were all, according to the show, inspired by Gein — Charles Manson, Ed Kemper, Jerry Brudos, and Richard Speck — are there as well, ushering him through. “I hope to burn in hell with you one day,” Kemper tells him. Gein eventually has a tearful reunion with his mother, and it’s clear he’s reached the afterlife. By the end, he’s dead of respiratory failure. 

Murphy has always given us awesome needle drops (think Milli Vanilli in last season’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), but this scene is particularly awesome. Here’s a murderer on his MTV deathbed, reaching the not-so pearly gates as Jon Anderson sings, “You always live your life/Never thinking of the future.” We all have to go sometime. Dying to a song Trevor Rabin wrote entirely on the toilet isn’t so bad.

When it was released this month in 1983 (again, Progtober), “Owner of a Lonely Heart” became the band’s only Number One hit. It completely resuscitated Yes, who were then known as a painfully dated Seventies prog band. “It was the most extraordinary event in my life,” Anderson told us in 2016. “You’re playing to thousands and thousands of people all over the world who know who you are. You never forget those times. It was very much like that at the Close to the Edge time and Fragile time. You never forget that incredible sense of camaraderie, harmony and friendship.”

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Explaining the lineup history of Yes would take hours, far longer than playing every classic prog album back-to-back. But suffice to say that Anderson tours on his own now, separate from Yes (guitarist Steve Howe, singer Jon Davison, bassist Billy Sherwood, drummer Jay Schellen, and keyboardist Geoff Downes). The last time Anderson and Howe performed together was in 2017, when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Rabin, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and the late drummer Alan White. You can probably guess what they played. 

In an odd move, Howe handled the bass parts that night. It’s the last time he’s done the song in concert, and odds are very low he’ll ever do it again. For Howe, Progtober doesn’t mean “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” even though he’s one of the men behind Asia’s “Heat of the Moment.” Maybe Murphy is saving that for the next season of Monster, which focuses on Lizzie Borden. Imagine the scene: Lizzie butchering her family members while John Wetton belts out, “I never meant to be so bad to you….one thing I said that I would never do…” It’ll be prog-tastic.

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Did Ed Gein Really Dig Up His Mother in Real Life? Fact vs. Fiction – Hollywood Life
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Did Ed Gein Really Dig Up His Mother in Real Life? Fact vs. Fiction – Hollywood Life

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Ed Gein‘s story and crimes are at the forefront of Netflix’s latest season for Monster: The Ed Gein Story. While the deceased serial killer‘s gruesome lifestyle and crimes are the focus, so is his late mother, Augusta Wilhelmine Gein. Questions surrounding the depiction of Augusta’s character (played by actress Laurie Metcalf) immediately soared among viewers, as some wondered what happened to her in real life and whether her son actually dug up her grave like his other victims.

Who Was Ed Gein?

Dubbed the “Butcher of Plainfield,” Gein is a deceased serial killer and grave robber from Plainfield, Wisconsin, who exhumed corpses and admittedly murdered two women in the 1950s. Police discovered that he had stolen corpses from their graves and turned their remains into home appliances, including bowls and a lampshade made of human bones and skin.

Gein confessed to the murders of tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.

Gein’s gruesome lifestyle and crimes have haunted the nation from the 1950s to today. He was arrested in 1957 and was deemed legally insane in 1968. He spent the rest of his life at the Mendota Mental Health Institute until his 1984 death from respiratory failure at the age of 77.

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Who Was Ed Gein’s Mother?

Gein’s mother was Augusta Wilhelmine Gein, who raised him in a strict environment. The religious woman, who died from a stroke in December 1945, influenced both her sons, Ed and Henry (who also died), to believe that all women — apart from herself — were sinful beings.

Augusta’s teachings are widely considered to be the basis of Gein’s crimes after she died.

Did Ed Gein Dig Up His Mother?

No, Gein did not exhume his mother, despite rumors that circulated over the years. He did, however, dig up and steal the corpses of multiple deceased women and kept their remains in his home as appliances and nicknacks.

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Is ‘Psycho’ Based on Ed Gein? Movies & Shows Inspired by Serial Killer – Hollywood Life
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Is ‘Psycho’ Based on Ed Gein? Movies & Shows Inspired by Serial Killer – Hollywood Life

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Few true crime stories have cast as long a shadow over Hollywood as Ed Gein’s. The Wisconsin murderer and grave robber horrified the nation in the 1950s and went on to inspire some of the most iconic horror films ever made. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) famously drew from Gein’s twisted crimes, transforming real-life terror into cinematic history. But Psycho was only the beginning.

Over the years, Gein’s disturbing legacy has continued to influence filmmakers, from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs and, more recently, Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story. His name remains synonymous with the blurred line between fact and fiction in horror.

Below, learn how Psycho was inspired by Ed Gein, and see which other movies and TV shows were shaped by his chilling story.

Who Is Ed Gein?

Gein was an American murderer and grave robber from Plainfield, Wisconsin, whose gruesome crimes shocked the world in the 1950s. Born on August 27, 1906, Gein lived an isolated life under the strict control of his religious and abusive mother, Augusta Gein, who instilled in him a fear of women and sin.

After her death, Gein began robbing graves, exhuming bodies, and fashioning household items and clothing out of human remains. His deeply disturbed actions would later make him one of the most infamous figures in American criminal history.

What Happened to Ed Gein?

On November 16, 1957, local hardware store owner Bernice Worden went missing in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Investigators traced her disappearance to Gein. When police searched his farmhouse, they uncovered Worden’s mutilated body, along with furniture, masks, and clothing made from human skin and bones. Gein admitted to killing two women—Worden and Mary Hogan, a tavern owner who vanished in 1954—as well as robbing graves for years.

In 1958, he was declared legally insane and committed to Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, later transferred to Mendota Mental Health Institute. He remained institutionalized for the rest of his life and died in 1984 at the age of 77 from respiratory failure due to cancer.

Was Psycho (1960) Inspired by Ed Gein?

Yes. Hitchcock’s Psycho was directly inspired by Gein’s real-life crimes. The film’s protagonist, Norman Bates, mirrors Gein in several unsettling ways: both were isolated men with domineering mothers whose deaths triggered psychological breakdowns.

The novel Psycho, written by Robert Bloch in 1959, was influenced by Gein’s case, as Bloch lived just 35 miles from Plainfield. Hitchcock later adapted Bloch’s story into the iconic 1960 film, making Norman Bates one of cinema’s most enduring horror figures.

Movies & Shows Based on Ed Gein

Over the decades, Gein’s story has continued to influence filmmakers and storytellers across generations. His crimes have inspired numerous films and television projects, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Ed Gein (2000), and Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007).

Most recently, Netflix revisited his story in Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025), starring Charlie Hunnam as Gein and Laurie Metcalf as his mother, Augusta.

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How Charlie Hunnam Transformed as Ed Gein, Sarah Paulson’s Advice
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How Charlie Hunnam Transformed as Ed Gein, Sarah Paulson’s Advice

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[This story contains some spoilers from Monster: The Ed Gein Story.]

It’s fall, so that means another season of Monster from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan‘s anthology series is upon us, and this time, the horror series follows the life of the infamous serial killer of the 1950s, Ed Gein, who inspired classic horror films Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.

For the show to land, everything falls on the performance of its title character, played by Charlie Hunnam. To step into the world of Ed, and try to understand him, the Sons of Anarchy star spent months researching the murderer to do his role justice and “not glamorize” the horrific things Ed is known for, such as murdering women, wearing their faces and digging up graves.

“I read every single book that had been written about him, and there was a lot of books. I read all of the court transcriptions, all of his medical records. And then I read the scripts over and over to understand what would drive a human being to do some of the pretty wild things he did — pretty despicable acts,” Hunnam told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week at the series’ New York City premiere. “We were really very serious about trying to understand the man and not just sensationalize this, and certainly not glamorize it at all.”

While preparing for the role, he said he didn’t seek out advice from Evan Peters, who starred as Jeffrey Dahmer in the first season of Monster, because they had never crossed paths. Instead, he found help from another American Horror Story veteran.

“I’ve never met Evan Peters. I’m an enormous fan of his work. I would love to get to meet him, but I never had an opportunity to. I did bump into Sarah Paulson, who’s worked with Ryan Murphy a lot and tackled some pretty dark characters and she’s an old friend of mine from way back in the day,” Hunnam said. “So I asked her advice about navigating it and she was really kind and basically said, ‘Challenge yourself. Don’t be afraid. It’s inside you, just look deep and find it.’”

The series kicks off with viewers seeing Ed kill his brother Henry (Hudson Oz), but not realizing it until later because of his undiagnosed schizophrenia, where he imagines he’s talking to his brother — after he just murdered him. Once his mother, Augusta (Laurie Metcalf) finds out her son is dead, she has a stroke and later dies. All of this leads to becoming secluded in Plainfield, Wisconsin, where the murders ramp up. As Hunnam describes, “It’s really about mental health and the consequences of abuse and isolation.”

His dedication to portraying Ed was praised by co-star Suzanna Son, who plays Ed’s love interest in the show, the very morbidly curious Adeline Watkins. “What a gift to work alongside Charlie. He was in character, I would say 80 percent of the time, and that made my job all the easier because he’s building the world for me to live in,” she said.

Tyler Jacob Moore, who portrays the real-life Sheriff Schley who arrested Ed in 1957, added, “The first day was shocking. It never got easier to deal with him as Ed, because he was Ed when he was on set — the voice, his demeanor,” Moore told THR. “I was just genuinely shocked. Him being Ed in those moments was horrifying.”

Similarly, Brennan also told THR about how Hunnam brought “a deep sense of care” for the character. “From the very first time I sat down with him, I was like, ‘This guy is attacking it from the right angle.’ He was very much not interested in just playing a villain or a goul. He really wanted to find the person beneath all this illness,” Brennan said. “It’s just a spectacular performance. There’s a moment in episode seven, which was just one take, and it completely makes the whole show.” While it wasn’t clear what exact scene Brennan was referring to, there is a pivotal moment in episode seven where Ed is finally diagnosed with schizophrenia and gets medicated.

Brennan (co-creator of Glee, Scream Queens, Hollywood, The Watcher), who wrote all the episodes and co-directed it with Max Winkler, previously told THR in an interview published in August that this season of Monster was the one he was most impressed with creating. “It’s a really rich, very weird, extremely upsetting, very emotional, deeply funny season of television. I think it’s the most impressive season of television that I’ve ever been involved in,” he said.

All eight episodes of Monster: The Ed Gein Story are now streaming on Netflix.

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Addison Rae Stars in New Trailer for 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'
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Addison Rae Stars in New Trailer for ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’

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Addison Rae is on her way to scream queen status. As showcased in a new trailer for Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Monster: The Ed Gein Story posted Tuesday (Sept. 16), the TikTok sensation is set to appear in her latest horror project, playing the victim of a brutal murder.

The latest installment of Murphy’s true-crime anthology series, as the title suggests, will focus on serial killer Ed Gein, who was suspected of killing women and robbing graves in the 1950s. Rae reportedly plays one of his alleged victims, teenager Evelyn Hartley, with the trailer showing a disturbing scene in which she is tied to a chair wearing nothing but her underwear while the titular character (portrayed by Charlie Hunnam) forcibly shoves her head downward.

At one point, the camera zooms in on Rae’s face, and she looks properly terrified as Hunnam lurches toward her.

Premiering Oct. 3, The Ed Gein Story will mark the third edition of Murphy’s Netflix show. Previous subjects have been Jeffrey Dahmer and Lyle and Erik Menendez.

Rae has previously tested out her horror acting chops by starring in Eli Roth’s 2021 slasher film Thanksgiving. Before that, she made her acting debut in 2021’s He’s All That.

The social media star has also been growing her music career this year, unleashing debut album Addison in June. The LP reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. In an August Billboard cover story, Rae told senior writer Kristin Robinson about embracing new adventures, from music to acting. “I really just never give up and never quit, no matter what,” she said. “Really, what it comes back to is that I’m fearless — I’m not afraid of much. It doesn’t really take me much to try something new and go all in, and here, I went all in.”

Check out Rae in the trailer for The Ed Gein Story above.



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The Ed Gein Story' Premiere Date, Cast, and More Details
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The Ed Gein Story’ Premiere Date, Cast, and More Details

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Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are following up again on the success of their 2022 miniseries Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which was originally conceived as a limited series but returned with an acclaimed second installment in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Season 3 centers on Ed Gein, set to be portrayed by Charlie Hunnam, an infamous serial killer whose story inspired some of Hollywood’s biggest horror films.

When will Monster Season 3 premiere?

The exact premiere date for Monster: The Ed Gein Story is October 3 on Netflix.

Who stars in Monster: The Ed Gein Story?

Joining Hunnam is Laurie Metcalf, who will portray his on-screen mother, Augusta Gein. Suzanna Son also stars as Adeline Watkins, Gein’s former romantic partner. Tom Hollander will play Alfred Hitchcock, and Olivia Williams will portray Alma Reville. Additional cast members include Vicky Krieps as Ilse Koch, Olivia Williams as Alma Reville, Lesley Manville as Bernice Worden, Joey Pollari as Anthony Perkins, Charlie Hall as Deputy Worden, Tyler Jacob Moore as Sheriffy Schley, Mimi Kennedy as Dr. Mildred Newman, Will Brill as Tobe Hooper, and Robin Weigert as Enid Watkins.

Is there a trailer for Monster: The Ed Gein Story?

Yes. Netflix dropped the full trailer for the series on September 15, and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart. With the chilling tagline, “You’re the one that can’t look away,” the trailer shows Hunnam seemingly addressing the viewer directly while leading them through the most nightmarish moments of Gein’s atrocities. Watch the trailer above.

The first teaser for the series was released on September 4, showing an investigator searching through Ed Gein’s home to find fragments of skin scattered throughout. It featured the first glimpse of Hunnam as Gein.

What is Monster Season 3 about?

The synopsis for Monster: The Ed Gein Story reads as follows: “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,” the synopsis continues. “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.”

Who was Ed Gein?

Gein was born and raised in Wisconsin, where he endured a toxic household. According to Britannica, his father was an alcoholic, and his mother was verbally abusive. Although his older brother often stood up for him, Ed remained deeply attached to his mother and her religious beliefs. Throughout the 1940s, the family was further torn apart by the tragic deaths of each member, shattering Ed.

According to Biography, Gein became a recluse but continued to work odd jobs to support himself. As residents of Plainfield began to disappear, he became a suspect. Eventually, Gein solved the mystery for them by confessing to two murders during questioning.

Gein’s actions shook up the small town, earning him the nicknames, “Butcher of Plainfield,” “Plainfield Ghoul,” and the “Grandfather of Gore.” Though he was eventually found guilty of murder and later died from cancer in 1984, his gravesite has become a tourist attraction, and his various appearances in the media have kept him alive.

Why did Murphy and Brennan choose Gein?

With so many serial killers to choose from, it begs the question: Why Gein? In an interview with Collider, Murphy shared some insights into the team’s decision-making process, speaking on how influential Gein has been to the horror genre. In addition to Psycho, Murphy noted his impact on films like The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and American Psycho.

The title, The Original Monster, also revealed by Murphy in the interview, suggests this season will broaden its scope and focus not only on the circumstances surrounding Gein’s crimes, but also the role of the entertainment industry in immortalizing him. Given the series’ previous criticisms, this could be the angle it needs for continued success.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story, October 3, Netflix

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Scary Full Trailer for 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story' with Charlie Hunnam
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Scary Full Trailer for ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ with Charlie Hunnam

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Scary Full Trailer for ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ with Charlie Hunnam

by Alex Billington
September 15, 2025
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“You’re the one who can’t look away…” Netflix has revealed the full official trailer for the scary new horror series titled Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the third season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s ongoing “Monster” series for Netflix. This time they’re focusing on the infamous, iconic serial killer known as Ed Gein, the basis for Hitchcock’s Psycho and Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre (and many other horror stories). This is a fictionalized version of his real story, embellished to make into a Netflix series, not a true crime doc – starring Charlie Hunnam as Eddie Gein. Hunnam adds: “This is going to be the really human, tender, unflinching, no-holds-barred exploration of who Ed was and what he did. But who he was being at the center of it, rather than what he did.” Murphy adds: “The thesis of every season is: are monsters born or are they made? I think in Ed’s case, it’s probably a little of both.” Monster: The Ed Gein Story tells the story of how one simple man in Plainfield, WI became history’s most singular ghoul. He revealed to the world the most horrific truth of all: monsters aren’t born, they’re made… by us. Also stars Tom Hollander, Laurie Metcalf, & Suzanna Son. Plus: Vicky Krieps, Olivia Williams, Lesley Manville, Joey Pollari, Charlie Hall, Tyler Jacob Moore, Mimi Kennedy, Will Brill, Robin Weigert. This looks freaky! Hunnam looks quite scary…

Here’s the two trailers (+ posters) for Netflix’s horror series Monster: The Ed Gein Story, via YouTube:

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“You’re the one that can’t look away.” Serial killer. Grave robber. Psycho. In the frozen fields of 50s rural Wisconsin, a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein (starring Charlie Hunnam) lived quietly on a decaying farm – hiding a house of horrors so gruesome it would redefine the American nightmare. Driven by isolation, psychosis & an all-consuming obsession with his mother, Ed’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. Monster: The Ed Gein Story (and the on-going “Monster” series) is created by storytellers Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan (“Glee”, “Scream Queens”, “Hollywood”, “The Politician”, “Ratched”, “The Watcher”). With episodes written and directed by Ian Brennan; and other episodes directed by filmmaker Max Winkler. Exec produced by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Max Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Nissa Diederich, Louise Shore, Carl Franklin, Charlie Hunnam. Netflix will debut Monster: The Ed Gein Story series streaming on Netflix starting on October 3rd, 2025 coming up.

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