They’re going to show a new kind of “monster.”
On Monday, Netflix announced that Season 2 of Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” anthology series will be called, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”
Season 1 was called “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” starring Evan Peters, 36, in the title role (he also won a Golden Globe for it).
The true crime drama was a massive hit for Netflix when it premiered in September. The platform announced that it reached “1 billion view hours in its first 60 days, making it only one of four series to achieve this milestone.”
But it was controversial.
The families of Dahmer’s victims slammed the show. The cousin of the serial killer’s 11th known victim, Errol Lindsey, 19, tweeted, “I’m not telling anyone what to watch, I know true crime media is huge [right now], but if you’re actually curious about the victims, my family (the Isbell’s) are pissed about this show. It’s retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies/shows/documentaries do we need?”
She also said that Netflix did not pay her or consult her about it.
Shirley Hughes, the mother of Dahmer’s victim Tony Hughes, 17, also blasted the show.
“I don’t see how they can do that,” the 85-year-old mom said of Netflix. “I don’t see how they can use our names and put stuff like that out there.”
The show’s popularity also caused people to don disturbing Dahmer Halloween costumes.
Fans of the show also made the notorious serial killer and cannibal a thirst object, posting tweets like, “Jeffrey Dahmers mugshot definitely gives something i didn’t know or think it would give,” one person tweeted, to which another Twitter user replied, “You don’t, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Jeffrey Dhamer.”
Season 2 has yet to announce casting.
The real life story of Lyle and Erik Menendez involves two brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents.
The killer brothers are still alive today, at age 52 and 55, behind bars. In 2018, they reunited in prison after spending 22 years apart.
In 1989, the siblings murdered their socialite mom, Kitty, and entertainment exec dad, Jose, in a hail of bullets in their Beverly Hills mansion, and then collected on their inheritance. The brothers were 18 and 21 at the time.
The trial divided the nation with two lines of thought: some wondered if the brothers were cold-blooded opportunists looking for money, while others wondered if they were getting revenge for years of alleged abuse.
They had a 1994 trial that ended with a hung jury. They were tried again in 1996 and both convicted of first degree murder. They were sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison without parole.
They also sat down for a “20/20” interview with Barbara Walters in 1996.
Netflix did not announce a premiere date yet for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”