Airdate: Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story
Javier Bardem & Chloë Sevigny star in Ryan Murphy's new miniseries about a notorious murder case that shocked a nation.
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The second installment of the anthology series Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story starring Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny, premieres on Netflix in September.
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan who previously produced the Dahmer miniseries tackle another high-profile case that captivated the nation in the ’90s.
Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story is about the two brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.
The cast includes Javier Bardem (José Menendez), Chloë Sevigny (Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez), Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Lyle Menendez), Cooper Koch (Erik Menendez), Nathan Lane (Dominick Dunne), Ari Graynor (Leslie Abramson).
Additional cast are Leslie Grossman (Judalon Smyth), Dallas Roberts (Dr. Jerome Oziel), Paul Adelstein (David Conn), Jason Butler Harner (Det. Les Zoeller), Enrique Murciano (Carlos Baralt), Michael Gladis (Tim Rutten), Drew Powell (Det. Tom Linehan), Charlie Hall (Craig Cignarelli), Gil Ozeri (Dr. William Vicary), Jeff Perry (Peter Hoffman), Tessa Auberjonois (Dr. Laurel Oziel), Tanner Stine (Perry Berman), Larry Clarke (Brian Andersen), Jade Pettyjohn (Jamie Pisarcik), Marlene Forte (Marta Cano).
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?
Creators & Executive Producers: Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan
Executive Producers: Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, David McMillan, Louise Shore, Carl Franklin, Javier Bardem
Directors: Ian Brennan, Max Winkler, Paris Barclay, Michael Uppendahl, Carl Franklin
Writers: Ryan Murphy, David McMillan, Todd Kubrak, Ian Brennan, Reilly Smith
Thursday September 19 on Netflix.
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Be interesting to see the differences between this and ‘Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders’ with Edie Falco