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Monster: The Ed Gein Story Official Trailer Dares You to Look Away

Premiering October 3rd on Netflix, here's the trailer for Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's Charlie Hunnam-starring Monster: The Ed Gein Story.

With Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's (American Horror Story) Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy, Criminal)-starring Monster: The Ed Gein Story set to hit Netflix screens on October 3rd, the streaming service is offering us our best look yet. Along with an image gallery waiting for you below, we also have the official trailer for the third season of the anthology series. "I read every book that's been written on Ed Gein, and I didn't find many of them very useful, to be honest. They were all sort of grossly sensationalist — these grotesque, impossibly bleak pieces of writing," the actor previously shared about tackling the role of the infamous serial killer. "I was able to get access to the only known recording of Ed Gein, which was made two days after he was arrested. It's about an hour-and-10-minute interview with him, while he's in custody. A lot of the musicality, and his inflection, and his choice of words, and where his energy sat, I was able to extract from it."

Serial killer. Grave robber. Psycho. In the frozen fields of 1950s rural Wisconsin, a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein lived quietly on a decaying farm – hiding a house of horrors so gruesome it would redefine the American nightmare. Driven by isolation, psychosis, and an all-consuming obsession with his mother, Gein's perverse crimes birthed a new kind of monster that would haunt Hollywood for decades. From Psycho to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein's macabre legacy gave birth to fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with the criminally deviant. Ed Gein didn't just influence a genre — he became the blueprint for modern horror.

With less than a month to go until its October 3rd premiere, Hunnam offered some insights into what it was like working on the latest season of the horror anthology and portraying the infamous serial killer during the 77th Emmy Awards red carpet. But the biggest headline was that Hunnam confirmed that he would also be joining the cast of the fourth season of "Monster," reportedly set to spotlight Lizzie Borden.

In addition to Hunnam, Netflix's Monster: The Original Monster stars Laurie Metcalf (Hacks, The Big Bang Theory) as Ed Gein's mother, August, with Tom Hollander (The White Lotus, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) set as Alfred Hitchcock, and Olivia Williams (Dune: Prophecy, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) set as Alma Reville – Hitchcock's wife.

The streaming series cast also includes Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, Fear Street: Prom Queen, The Idol) as Adeline Watkins, Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Old, Bergman Island) as Ilse Koch,  Joey Pollari (American Crime; Love, Simon) as Anthony Perkins, Tyler Jacob Moore (Shameless, Perry Mason) as Sheriff Schley, Charlie Hall (Bel-Air, Monsters) as Deputy Worden, Will Brill (The OA, Fellow Travelers) as Tobe Hooper, Mimi Kennedy (Midnight in Paris, In the Loop) as Dr. Mildred Newman, Robin Weigert (Deadwood, Smile) as Enid Watkins, and Lesley Manville (Another Year, Phantom Thread) as Bernice Worden.

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