Since the days of American Horror Story, the television world has known Ryan Murphy is someone special. Netflix is developing a highly successful anthology series in the form of Monster, and is now gearing up for its new series: The Ed Gein Story. To prepare for the premiere, which will be available starting October 3, 2025, Netflix has released the trailer. After what we’ve told about Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers, it’s now time for another disturbing tale in Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
About Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Serial killer. Grave robber. Psychopath. In the frozen fields of rural 1950s Wisconsin, a seemingly kind and reclusive man named Eddie Gein lived quietly in a dilapidated farmhouse, concealing a house of horrors so macabre it would redefine the American nightmare. Driven by isolation, psychosis, and an unbridled obsession with his mother, Gein’s deviant crimes gave birth to a new kind of monster that would haunt Hollywood for decades. From Psycho to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein’s macabre legacy inspired fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with criminal deviants. Gein didn’t just influence a genre: he became the poster child for modern horror. His story revealed to the world the most terrifying truth of all: monsters aren’t born, they’re made… and we make them.
The series stars Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hollander, Laurie Metcalf, and Suzanna Son, along with Vicky Krieps, Olivia Williams, Lesley Manville, Joey Pollari, Charlie Hall, Tyler Jacob Moore, Mimi Kennedy, Will Brill, and Robin Weigert.
This new production was written by and directed by Ian Brennan (episodes 304 and 305) and Max Winkler (episodes 301, 302, 303, 306, 307, and 308). The executive production team is completed by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Max Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Nissa Diederich, Louise Shore, Carl Franklin, and Charlie Hunnam.
