Overview

• The eight-episode Ryan Murphy–Ian Brennan installment premiered on Oct. 3 and quickly reached No. 2 on Netflix’s global Top 10, according to trade reports.
• Charlie Hunnam leads a cast including Laurie Metcalf and Tom Hollander in a dramatization of the 1957 Plainfield case, including documented grave-robbing and macabre household finds.
• Coverage notes the series mixes verified history with invention, with critics flagging invented correspondence and graphic incidents that are not supported by the record.
• Reviews highlight the show’s cultural lens, tracing Gein’s influence on horror mainstays such as Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.
• Reporting also focuses on Hunnam’s extreme preparation for the role and his post-filming visit to Gein’s unmarked grave in Plainfield, Wisconsin.