Everything we know about Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Ryan Murphy follows his killer Netflix hit Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story with another chilling real-life drama in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
After making American Horror Story one of the most successful anthology series of recent years, Murphy headed to Netflix with his AHS regular Evan Peters for a new tale of terror.
Swapping fiction for real life, he followed one of America’s most notorious serial killers and in doing so created one of Netflix’s most popular shows, with Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story wracking up a billion hours of playback from Netflix viewers in its first 60 days.
As a result, Murphy was swiftly hired to deliver two new projects, each based on sinister real-life stories — the first of which, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story — is due imminently.
What’s this one about? Read on for all the information you need.
When will Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story be released?
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story hits Netflix on Thursday, 19 September.
It’s a limited series which will consist of nine episodes, each of which will be released on the same date, paving the way towards your latest binge session.
Is there a trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story?
The first trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez story was released in early September, taking us inside a sibling bond with murder at its core.
Don’t be fooled by its glitz, glamour and sun-kissed locations — this new limited series hides a dark secret lurking just below the surface, with two murderous brothers plotting to kill their rich parents.
Watch it below:
Shortly after, the final trailer for the show was unveiled, this time shedding some light on the brutal and complex relationship between the Menendez brothers and their parents.
It was this fracturous bond that the duo blamed for the act that landed them in jail.
What is Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story about?
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez story is based on the real-life crimes committed by its eponymous stars, two brothers who murdered their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in 1989.
After their arrest, the brothers claimed their murderous acts were the result of years of domestic, verbal and sexual abuse by their parents. However, once in court, the prosecution argued that they were instead motivated by the idea of inheriting their family’s vast fortune.
As detailed in the show’s trailer, Murphy aims to chronicle the events leading up to Lyle and Erik committing this bloody crime before following their time in court and the media attention the case attracted.
The show is being billed as the second season of Murphy’s Monster anthology show, following 2022’s Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
Who stars in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story?
While Murphy enlisted his American Horror Story colleague Peters to play Dahmer, he’ll use two newcomers for his next story, with Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch playing Lyle and Erik Menendez respectively. Meanwhile, their parents Kitty and Jose will be played by No Country For Old Men star Javier Bardem and American Psycho’s Chloë Sevigny.
Murphy’s American Crime Story alum Nathan Lane will also feature as Dominick Dunne, an investigative journalist who covered the Menendez brothers’ trial for Vanity Fair.
They’ll be joined by an ensemble cast that includes Ari Graynor as defence attorney Leslie Abramson; Leslie Grossman as a key player leading to the siblings’ arrest, Judalon Smyth, and Dallas Roberts a Dr. Jerome Oziel, a therapist who is visited by Erik in the years following his parents’ murder.
Jason Butler Warner will play Les Zoeller, the cop leading the Menendez murder case, with Enrique Murciano as Erik and Lyle’s uncle and family will-executor, Carlos Baralt.
Michael Gladis, Drew Powell, Charlie Hall, Gil Ozeri, Jeff Perry, Tessa Auberjonois, Tanner Stine, Larry Clarke, Jade Pettyjohn and Marlene Forte will also feature throughout the show’s nine-episode run.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will be released on Netflix on Thursday 19 September.
This article originally appeared on Yahoo TV UK at https://uk.news.yahoo.com/monsters-lyle-erik-menendez-story-netflix-release-date-150408865.html
