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Monster: The Ed Gein Story

2025 Crime, Drama 1 season

TMDB rating 7.3/10 Ended

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.

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  • 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.

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    TMDB rating 6.9/10

Cast and details

  • Charlie HunnamEd Gein
  • Suzanna SonAdeline Watkins
  • Vicky KriepsIlse Koch
  • Laurie MetcalfAugusta Gein
  • Torrey HansonPharmacist
  • Robin WeigertEnid Watkins
  • Tyler Jacob MooreSheriff Art Schley
  • Charlie HallDeputy Frank Worden
  • Brock PowellLeatherface / Gunnar Hansen
  • Alanna DarbyChristine Jorgensen
  • Joey PollariAnthony Perkins
  • Lesley ManvilleBernice Worden
Created by
Ian Brennan
Network
Netflix
First aired
Oct 3, 2025
Latest episode
Oct 3, 2025

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