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.