Draft:Monster (2022 TV series)
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Showrunner | Ryan Murphy |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English[a] |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Cinematography | Jason McCormick |
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Running time | 45–63 minutes |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | September 21, 2022 present | –
Monster is an American true crime anthology television series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. Murphy serves as showrunner, and is an executive producer along with Brennan. The first season, Dahmer, focuses on the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Evan Peters). The second season, The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, focuses on the murder case of the Menéndez brothers (Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menéndez and Cooper Koch as Erik Menéndez).
Cast
[edit]Dahmer
[edit]Main
[edit]- Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer, the titular serial killer[1][2][3]
- Nick A. Fisher as young Jeffrey
- Richard Jenkins as Lionel Dahmer, Jeffrey's father
- Josh Braaten as young Lionel
- Molly Ringwald as Shari Dahmer, Lionel's second wife and Jeffrey's stepmother
- Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland, Jeffrey's neighbor[4]
- Michael Learned as Catherine Dahmer, Jeffrey's paternal grandmother[5]
Recurring
[edit]- Penelope Ann Miller as Joyce Dahmer (née Flint), Jeffrey's abusive and mentally unstable mother and Lionel's first wife
- Savannah Brown as young Joyce
- Dia Nash as Sandra Smith, Glenda’s daughter
- Nigel Gibbs as Rev. Jesse Jackson
- Michael Beach as Det. Dennis Murphy, one of the lead detectives on the Dahmer case
- Colby French as Det. Patrick Kennedy, one of the lead detectives on the Dahmer case
- Matthew Alan as Off. Joseph Gabrish, one of the police officers responding to the Konerak Sinthasomphone incident
- Scott Michael Morgan as Off. John Balcerzak, one of the police officers responding to the Konerak Sinthasomphone incident
- David Barrera as Chief Arreola, the Milwaukee chief of police
- Shaun J. Brown as Tracy Edwards, one of Jeffrey’s intended victims
- Dyllón Burnside as Ronald Flowers, one of Jeffrey’s intended victims
- Cameron Cowperthwaite as Steven Hicks, the hitchhiker who is Jeffrey’s first victim
- Vince Hill-Bedford as Steven Tuomi, Jeffrey’s second victim
- Rodney Burford as Tony Hughes, the deaf aspiring model who is Jeffrey’s twelfth victim[6]
- Kieran Tamondong as Konerak Sinthasomphone, the Laotian boy who is Jeffrey’s thirteenth victim
- Karen Malina White as Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes
- Khetphet Phagnasay as Southone Sinthasomphone, the father of Konerak Sinthasomphone
- Phet Mahathongdy as Somdy Sinthasomphone, the mother of Konerak Sinthasomphone
- Brayden Maniago as Somsack Sinthasomphone, the older brother of Konerak Sinthasomphone and one of Jeffrey’s intended victims
- Scott Paophavihanh as Anouke Sinthasomphone, the older brother of Konerak Sinthasomphone
- Brandon Black as Dean Vaughn, one of Jeffrey's intended victims
- Ken Lerner as Joe Zilber
- DaShawn Barnes as Rita Isbell, sister of Errol Linsey who is Jeffrey's eleventh victim
- Furly Mac as Christopher Scarver, an inmate who murdered Jeffrey and Jesse Anderson
- Jeff Harms as Jesse Anderson, an inmate who was murdered alongside Jeffrey
- Dominic Burgess as John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer and sex offender
- Shane Kerwin as Ed Gein, a serial killer and body snatcher
The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story
[edit]Main
[edit]- Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menéndez,[7] one half of a homicidal duo.
- Cooper Koch as Erik Menéndez, the other half of a homicidal duo.
- Javier Bardem as José Menendez, Lyle and Erik's abusive father
- Chloë Sevigny as Kitty Menéndez, Lyle and Erik's mother with a tragic past.
- Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne, a columnist for Vanity Fair who covered the Menendez trials.
- Ari Graynor as Leslie Abramson, Lyle and Erik's attorney who's one of the most famous criminal defense lawyers in history.
- Dallas Roberts as Dr. Jerome Oziel, Erik's unethical psychologist who helps him after the murder of his parents.
- Leslie Grossman as Judalon Smyth, a mistress who accidentally became a vital part of the Menendez brothers' arrests.
Recurring
[edit]- Jason Butler Harner as Det. Les Zoeller
- Enrique Murciano as Carlos Baralt
- Michael Gladis as Tim Rutten
- Drew Powell as Det. Tom Linehan
- Charlie Hall as Craig Cignarelli
- Jeff Perry as Peter Hoffman
Episodes
[edit]Season 1: Dahmer
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | 1 | "Bad Meat" | Carl Franklin | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan | September 21, 2022 |
2 | 2 | "Please Don't Go" | Clement Virgo | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan | September 21, 2022 |
3 | 3 | "Doin' A Dahmer" | Clement Virgo | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan | September 21, 2022 |
4 | 4 | "The Good Boy Box" | Jennifer Lynch | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan | September 21, 2022 |
5 | 5 | "Blood On Their Hands" | Jennifer Lynch | Ian Brennan | September 21, 2022 |
6 | 6 | "Silenced" | Paris Barclay | David McMillan & Janet Mock | September 21, 2022 |
7 | 7 | "Cassandra" | Jennifer Lynch | Ian Brennan & Janet Mock & David McMillan | September 21, 2022 |
8 | 8 | "Lionel" | Gregg Araki | Ian Brennan & David McMillan | September 21, 2022 |
9 | 9 | "The Bogeyman" | Jennifer Lynch | Ian Brennan & David McMillan & Reilly Smith | September 21, 2022 |
10 | 10 | "God of Forgiveness, God of Vengeance" | Paris Barclay | Ian Brennan & David McMillan & Reilly Smith & Todd Kubrak | September 21, 2022 |
Season 2: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [8] | Directed by | Written by [9] | Original release date [10] |
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11 | 1 | "Blame It on the Rain" | TBA | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan | September 19, 2024 |
12 | 2 | "Spree" | TBA | Ian Brennan & David McMillan | September 19, 2024 |
13 | 3 | "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" | TBA | Ian Brennan & David McMillan | September 19, 2024 |
14 | 4 | TBA | TBA | Ian Brennan & David McMillan | September 19, 2024 |
15 | 5 | TBA | TBA | Ian Brennan | September 19, 2024 |
16 | 6 | TBA | TBA | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan | September 19, 2024 |
17 | 7 | TBA | TBA | David McMillan & Reilly Smith & Todd Kubrak | September 19, 2024 |
18 | 8 | TBA | TBA | Ian Brennan | September 19, 2024 |
19 | 9 | TBA | TBA | David McMillan & Reilly Smith & Todd Kubrak & Ian Brennan | September 19, 2024 |
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Casting
[edit]Writing
[edit]Soundtrack
[edit]Release
[edit]The first season, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, was released on September 21, 2022. The second season, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, will be released on September 19, 2024.
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]Dahmer
[edit]The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 57% approval rating for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story with an average rating of 6.3/10, based on 30 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus says: "While Monster is seemingly self-aware of the peril in glorifying Jeffrey Dahmer, creator Ryan Murphy's salacious style nevertheless tilts this horror story into the realm of queasy exploitation."[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12]
Accolades
[edit]Controversies
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ With some dialogue in Lao and American Sign Language
References
[edit]- ^ VanHoose, Benjamin (June 9, 2021). "Evan Peters Transforms into Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer in First Set Photo from Upcoming Series". People. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ Gajewski, Ryan (June 9, 2021). "See Evan Peters Become Jeffrey Dahmer in First Photo From Netflix's Monster". E! Online. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ O'Connor, Roisin (March 26, 2021). "Ryan Murphy's Jeffrey Dahmer series has found an actor to play the notorious serial killer". The Independent. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 23, 2021). "'Monster': Evan Peters, Niecy Nash, Penelope Ann Miller & More Join Netflix Series From Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (March 31, 2021). "Michael Learned Joins Cast Of Netflix's 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' From Ryan Murphy And Ian Brennan". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ Rai, Aditi (September 23, 2022). "Dahmer Episode 6: Silenced is a Beautiful and Heartbreaking Story of a Man's Stolen Dreams". Leisure Byte. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^ "Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny Join Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story". Netflix.
- ^ "The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – Monsters". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ Petski, Denise (August 20, 2024). "Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story Gets Netflix Premiere Date; Unveils Teaser Trailer". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: Season 1". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved September 9, 2024.