
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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