Ryan Murphy has yet another potentially massive new season of TV arriving this fall. The first season of “Monster” focused on Jeffrey Dahmer and ended up being a huge hit for Netflix. So, for the second season, Murphy and Co. are hoping the Mendendez Brothers story can do the same in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”
As seen in the new teaser for “Monsters,” we see what looks like a perfect family taking a portrait. The parents are smiling and looking happy, but the boys behind them look serious. This, of course, leads to the sounds of gunshots and blood on the boys. Why would they kill their own parents? And what makes them monsters? You’re going to have to watch to find out.
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The ensemble cast includes Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Cooper Koch, Nathan Lane, Ari Graynor, Leslie Grossman, Dallas Roberts, Paul Adelstein, Jason Butler Harner, Enrique Murciano, Michael Gladis, Drew Powell, Charlie Hall, Gil Ozeri, Jeff Perry, Tessa Auberjonois, Tanner Stine, Larry Clarke, Jade Pettyjohn, and Marlene Forte. ‘Monsters’ is directed by Ian Brennan, Max Winkler, Paris Barclay, Michael Uppendahl, and Carl Franklin.
“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” debuts on Netflix on September 19. You can watch the new teaser below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Following the massive success of DAHMER, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series returns with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, chronicling the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole – that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dives into the historic case that took the world by storm, paved the way for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime, and in return asks those audiences: Who are the real monsters?