Netflix unveiled the trailer for their upcoming series, Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, on Wednesday. The series is the newest addition to Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster anthology series, following the success of Dahmer.
The official synopsis of the series reads, "It chronicles the case of the real-life brothers convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed - and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole - that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse."
The trailer shows how the brothers Lyle and Erik kill their parents, described to be gruesome and horrific. While the court tries to prove that they murdered for inheritance, sinister parental abuse is portrayed to be the cause for their diabolic behaviour.
The show stars Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez, Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Lyle Menendez, Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne, and Ari Graynor as Leslie Abramson. Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is all set to premiere on Netflix on September 19.