Overview

• All eight episodes of the third Monster installment dropped globally on October 3 on Netflix.
• Charlie Hunnam’s performance as Ed Gein is drawing strong notices for its unsettling precision and transformation.
• The season examines how Gein’s crimes fed iconic works such as Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs, featuring portrayals of Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins and Tobe Hooper.
• Reviewers describe the new chapter as particularly dark and uncomfortable, noting a serious, horror-driven approach.
• Coverage flags a factual liberty: the show depicts Gein killing his brother Henry, despite historical records labeling Henry’s 1944 death accidental and no confession tying Gein to the case.