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poster tv series Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025)

TV-MA

  • Drama
  • Crime
Before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre... there was Ed.

Overview

The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers.

  1. Ian BrennanCreator

StatusEnded

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageEnglish

Network

  • logo nextwork Netflix

Seasons

poster season Miniseries

Miniseries

2025 | 8 Episodes

Miniseries of Monster: The Ed Gein Story premiered on October 3, 2025

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.

Casts

  • Profile Charlie Hunnam with character Ed Gein

    Charlie Hunnam

    Ed Gein

  • Profile Suzanna Son with character Adeline Watkins

    Suzanna Son

    Adeline Watkins

  • Profile Vicky Krieps with character Ilse Koch

    Vicky Krieps

    Ilse Koch

  • Profile Laurie Metcalf with character Augusta Gein

    Laurie Metcalf

    Augusta Gein