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Netflix’s Ed Gein ‘Monstruo’ Season Draws Rebuke as Platform Leans Into Halloween True Crime

The hybrid fact–fiction approach has drawn a public rebuke from Anthony Perkins’ son over the portrayal of his father.

Overview

  • Netflix released the third Monstruo season focused on Ed Gein, using a blend of dramatization and documentary techniques.
  • Director Osgood Perkins told TMZ he would not watch the series and criticized what he called the glamorization of real suffering.
  • The season explores Gein’s documented influence on horror cinema, highlighting links to Norman Bates, portrayed in the series by Joey Pollari as Anthony Perkins.
  • Ryan Murphy framed the project as a psychological study of Gein’s damaged mind, with Charlie Hunnam starring as Gein.
  • Netflix’s October slate also features James Wan’s Verdaderamente Aterrador and a Monster of Florence series, underscoring a broader push into true‑crime and horror for Halloween.