When Netflix initially aired its first installment of its ‘Monster’ series, the monster in question was Jeffrey Dahmer. The second installment depicted the Menendez brothers as the monsters, and quite recently, the third installment premiered, with Ed Gein as the monster.
If you’ve never watched the Monster series, allow me to fill you in; essentially, the limited episode miniseries, if you will, focuses on a widely known, terrible person that existed, and they’re often serial killers. The point of these productions is to educate viewers on what influenced these people to do the horrific things they did.
Blaine and I watched the Jeffrey Dahmer story, although I wasn’t able to finish it because it truly was so dark and twisted. Blaine got through it, and he also watched the Menendez brothers’ story, but I wasn’t particularly interested in seeing it. To be honest, the only reason I’m willingly watching the Ed Gein story is because Charlie Hunnam plays Gein, and he is one of my favourite actors of all time.
We watched the first episode, and it is disturbing, alarming, chilling, and outright horrifying. I imagine the intensity of all of these adjectives will increase with each episode, but I almost had to pause it at certain points. I was familiar with Ed Gein and his story before watching the Netflix show about it, but I certainly didn’t know everything, and I could have gone without knowing what this man did. However, it is important to note that Gein was the way he was because of his mother’s influence, and that is what the show addresses.
Do NOT watch this if you’re easily scared or queasy. It is extremely violent, gory, and evil, and I really don’t know if I will be able to see it through to its end. But, it draws attention to the psychological component that drives these people into doing such awful things, and it is rather interesting.
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