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Osgood Perkins Rebukes Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Over Portrayal of His Father

His comments crystallize a backlash over the show's factual liberties alongside the commercialization of true crime.

Overview

  • The Longlegs director told TMZ he has not watched the season and “wouldn’t watch it with a 10-foot pole.”
  • He accused streamers of profiting from real suffering, warning of a “Netflix-ization of real pain” and culture “reshaped in real time by Overlords.”
  • The season features a dramatized Anthony Perkins subplot, including a scene where a fictionalized Hitchcock likens the closeted actor’s “secret” to Ed Gein’s.
  • Gein biographer Harold Schechter says a “very large percentage” of the show is fabricated and that it veers from the historical record.
  • The series remains a major Netflix draw, and Ryan Murphy is proceeding with the Monster franchise, including a planned Lizzie Borden season.