Netflix’s most-watched crime series previews Menendez’s family, murder and sensationalized trial

The trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Preview their dysfunctional family and sensationalized trial in season 2 of Netflix’s most-watched crime series. After the success of Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Set in 2022, the second installment in Ryan Murphy’s anthology series tells the true story of the Menendez brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1996. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryThe cast includes Nicholas Chavez, Cooper Koch, Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny, Nathan Lane and many more.

now, Netflix has shared the first official trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Watch it below:

The trailer previews everything from the dysfunction of the Menendez family, the moment Lyle and Erik killed their parents in Beverly Hills in 1989, and their subsequent sensationalized trial that swept the nation in the early 1990s.

Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story trailer poses one major question

Who are the real monsters?

In the Mendez brothers, Monster Season 2 found equally interesting subjects Which could rival Season 1’s Jeffrey Dahmer and continue to provide a nuanced investigation of what compelled his subjects to commit such monstrous acts. While the prosecution claims they are looking to inherit their family fortune, Lyle and Erik Menendez maintain they killed their parents because they abused them physically, emotionally and sexually for years. Much of the abuse is explicitly shown or hinted at in the trailer.

The trailer also previews much of the sensationalized trial of the Menendez brothers. Lyle and Erik were initially tried separatelyBut both trials ended in deadlocked juries. They were then brought together again, but they were careful not to mention their marriages in the process. As a result, a single jury found them both guilty, and they were each sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. To this day, the brothers maintain that their actions were driven by fear resulting from a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

After season 1 focused on Dahmer, the show’s title has been pluralized MonstersReferring to Lyle and Erik Menendez, although the trailer raises the possibility that it could also refer to their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, who abused their sons for years. From their years of abuse to the actual murder and sensationalized trial, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Promises an in-depth investigation of the infamous case that captivated the world and contributed to the public’s growing fascination with true crime. But most importantly, It should challenge viewers to consider: Who are the real monsters?

Source: Netflix