Overview

• All eight episodes are now streaming on Netflix as a global binge release, with the season debuting on October 3, 2025.
• Charlie Hunnam leads as Ed Gein, with Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hollander, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Joey Pollari and Addison Rae in key roles.
• Coverage highlights intense and unsettling material and renewed criticism of sensationalizing real crimes, with Ryan Murphy defending the series’ psychological focus.
• The drama links Gein’s case to iconic screen villains and films such as Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.
• The show blends fact with invented or stylized sequences, including depictions involving Nazi-era imagery and historical figures like Alfred Hitchcock and Ilse Koch.