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Introduction:
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story has been released officially on Netflix, allowing people to watch famous criminal cases in America. In this series, you have to dive deeply into the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez and their brutal crime, they killed their family member.
When was Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story released and where?
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was released on 19 September 2024 on Netflix. The story of the series is based on the murder of parents, their son killed them.
About Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is based on the 90s high-profile case that Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan created and now it is streaming on Netflix. This is the story of two brothers who killed their parents on 20 August 1989.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is an American biographical crime television series. Jose and Kitty Menendez were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik. This series is the second season of Monster and on 7 November 2022 Netflix announced that this was again remaked as an anthology series with two more seasons.
What Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Based?
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is based on the two brothers who killed their parents brutally in their Beverly Hills house in 1989. During the trials, the brother stated the reason for killing their parents was abuse.
About Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story casts
The main cast of TheMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Lyle Menendez.
Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez: The younger brother of Lyle.
Javier Bardem played the role of Jose Menendez: father of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Chloe Sevigny played the role of Mary Louise: “Kitty Menendez” mother of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Nathan Lane played the role of Dominick Dunne: A journalist.
Ari Graynor played the role of Leslie Abramson: the Attorney of the brothers.
Jason Butler Harner played the role of Les Zoeller: A detective in the case of the Menendez murder.
Enrique Murciano as Carlos Baralt: Cuban immigrant, Lawyer and Professor.
Dallas Roberts played the role of Dr. Jerome Oziel: who is a therapist who sees both brothers after killing his parents.
Leslie Grossman as Judalon Smyth: mistress and former patient of Erik Therapist.
Michael Gladis as Tim Rutten, Drew Powell as Detective Tom Linehan, Charlie Hall as Craig Cignarelli, Gil Ozeri as Dr. William Vicary, Jeff Perry as Peter Hoffman, Tessa Auberjonois as Dr. Laurel Oziel, Tanner Stine as Perry Berman, Larry Clarke as Brian Andersen, Jade Pettyjohn as Jamie Pisarcik, Marlene Forte as Marta Cano, and Paul Adelstein as David Conn these are also the stars of TheMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
About the Casting of the series
According to Deadline On 29 June 2023 reported that Cooper Koch And Nicholas Alexander were the casting member of Erik and Lyle Menéndez. On 15 January 2024 announced that Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny played the role as Jose and Kitty. On that day Nathan Lane played the role of Dominick Dunne. On 1 February 2024, Ari Graynor was selected for Leslie Abramson. In the same month, Leslie Grossman was also added for Judalon Smyth.
Production Of The Monster series
The production of The Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was decided to start in September 2023 but due to the strike of SAG-AFTRA and WAG strikes it was rescheduled. Photography of the series took place from March to July 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
If we talk about the music part of The Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Julia and Thomas Newman composed the music and its original track was released on 13 September 2024 on different streaming platforms.
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
This is the first season of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and the first season was also created by Ryan Murphy and Lan Brennan. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story was released on 21 September 2022.
The first season is all about the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. In this season total of 10 episodes are there. This series received mixed reviews but in its first week after release, Netflix became the number 1 spot.
This season became Netflix’s most-watched English series within 28 days and in 60 days its watching hours were approximately 1 billion. In the top 10 streaming chart Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is listed as number one on the Nielsen after the release in the first week.
The first season of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story received four nominations including Best Limited or Anthology Series and Peters won the Best Actor award. It also got six nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The soundtrack was composed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and on the same day of the series track was also released.
On Rotten Tomatoes, it got a 57% positive rating with an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 which was based on 30 critics feedback. On Metacritic it got 46 out of 100 from 9 critics reiews.
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Conclusion:-
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story provides a deep dive into the most famous American crime case, which was based on two brothers, who killed their father and mother brutally. This series is based on the true story of crime at the time of the ’90s in America.
This series was released on Netflix on 19 September 2024. This series compelled you to think long about its story and drama. If you are interested to know about the high-profile case or to enjoy it then Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is available on Netflix for you to watch. For more updates stay tuned with us, if you want any info regarding entertainment, then do let us know in the comment section.