“Dahmer was just the beginning.” Netflix has revealed a teaser for an intriguing true crime series called Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, created by Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan. After making Dahmer, they came up with this series next. It’s a dramatic version of their story, not really a doc series, but a thriller series based on a real crime, examining what might’ve been really going on. Two wealthy brothers stand trial for killing their parents, claiming self-defense after years of abuse, while prosecutors allege greed as the motive. The story follows Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who fatally shot their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. During their trials, the brothers cited years of abuse as the reason for murdering their parents. However, prosecutors argued that their motive was to get their hands on the family fortune. Javier Bardem & Chloë Sevigny star as their parents Jose & Kitty Menendez, with newcomers Nicholas Alexander Chavez & Cooper Koch portraying brothers Lyle & Erik Menendez. Nathan Lane also stars in the cast as journalist Dominick Dunne, who covered the trials for Vanity Fair. Get a look below. // Continue Reading ›
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