Based On What We Know About Monster: The Ed Gein Story, I Have A Few Thoughts I Need To Talk Out

Charlie Hunnam has played bikers, gangsters, explorers, and soccer hooligans over the years, but he’ll soon play one of the most notorious American murderers when Monster: The Ed Gein Story premieres. The upcoming 2025 TV show, which will be available with a Netflix subscription, will serve as the third installment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology crime series that previously touched on killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez Brothers.

Charlie Hunnam’s Ed Gein series is one of those upcoming Netflix shows that I’ve been excited to watch for as long as I’ve known about it, and so it’s safe to assume I have some thoughts now that we’re so close to it coming out.. That said, come with me as I break down everything that’s been said about the Netflix true crime show, things I hope to see, and how to get all caught up on the man known as the Butcher of Plainfield, who inspired some of the best horror movies ever made.

What We Know About Charlie Hunnam’s Ed Gein Series

With less than a month until Monster: The Ed Gein Story premieres on Netflix, here’s everything that’s been made official by the streaming platform.

• Monster: The Ed Gein Story premieres October 3, 2025
• It Will Consist Of Eight Episodes
• This Is The Third Season Of Ryan Murphy’s Monster Anthology Series
• The Story Will Follow Ed Gein, AKA, The Butcher Of Plainfield
• Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hollander, Laurie Metcalf, and Olivia Williams Lead The Cast

Charlie Hunnam Playing Ed Gein Could Be The Sons Of Anarchy Star’s Most Interesting Role In A Long Time

Okay, now that you know all the nitty-gritty details about Monster: The Ed Gein Story, I’ve just got to break down some thoughts that have been swimming around my head as of late. First and foremost, I think Charlie Hunnam playing Ed Gein could be the Sons of Anarchy star’s most interesting role in a long time, and this is coming from a guy who’s all about Hunnam’s body of work.

This is the most excited I’ve been to see Hunnam in a show or movie since those early seasons of Sons of Anarchy when he was kicking all kinds of ass as Jax Teller. However, unlike the Hamlet of the biker scene and other great roles Hunnam has had over the years, this time around he’ll be playing one of the most notorious American killers of all time, a man who used the skin from his victims to make gloves, chairs, and lampshades before being caught and turned into one of the biggest figures in the world of horror movies.

The Monster: The Ed Gein Story Trailer Teases A House Of Horrors, And I Both Terrified And Intrigued

In September 2025, a little less than a month before the show’s premiere, Netflix released the first Monster: The Ed Gein Story teaser. Let me tell you, if you haven’t watched it already, this nearly two-minute video is unsettling to say the least. I was already excited for this show (it’s one of my most anticipated this fall), but hearing what appears to be Tom Hollander’s Alfred Hitchcock talking about Ed Gein over footage of police combing through his house of horrors in rural Wisconsin has turned up the intrigue, to say the least.

Utterly terrifying and fascinating, the teaser doesn’t give away any story elements or really anything outside of the fact that Gein made an assortment of masks and furniture with the skin of corpses. However, it sets the tone for the upcoming series and has me ready to dive into the mind of one of the most peculiar true crime figures in American history.

I Cannot Wait To See How The Show Explores The Mother-Son Dynamic Shared By The Gein Family

One thing I can’t wait to see be explored in Monster: The Ed Gein Story is the mother-son dynamic shared by Charlie Hunnam and Laurie Metcalf’s characters. The Academy Award-nominated actress and Roseanne/The Conners star will be playing Augusta Gein, Ed’s hyper-religious and closed-off mother who was part of the inspiration for Norma Bates in Psycho.

Though Metcalf’s version of Ed Gein’s mother isn’t shown in the first teaser trailer, you can hear her voice as she speaks with her son. Whether or not it’s from a scene where she’s still alive or one from after her death isn’t known at this time, and that honestly makes it more exciting. Will she be a voice in his head for most of the show? We’ll have to wait and see.

I’m Interested In Seeing How The Show Handles Ed Gein’s Place In American History As Well As Hollywood

In October 2024, Netflix Tudum announced that Tom Hollander would be playing Alfred Hitchcock, the filmmaker who famously made Psycho, a book-to-screen adaptation that was heavily influenced by Gein’s life and legacy. That got me wondering, how much of the next season of Monster will focus on Hitchcock and his quest to turn Robert Bloch’s Psycho novel into one of the most groundbreaking horror films of all time? This could add a fun dynamic to the series, especially if it bounces from narrative to narrative to cover Gein’s crimes and how they influenced pop culture.

With the teaser trailer highlighting Gein’s influence on Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs, it will be interesting to see if the series will be presented in a straightforward Point-A-to-Point-B affair, or something where it bounces back and forth between two timelines. Regardless, it’s going to be fascinating to see how Ryan Murphy’s latest true crime show handles not only Gein’s actions but also his impact.

Other Ed Gein Movies And Shows Worth Checking Out

While we wait for Monster: The Ed Gein Story, there are plenty of documentaries and movies about the serial killer who influenced pop culture in the years that followed his heinous crimes.

• Stream Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein on MGM+
• Stream Psycho on Peacock.
• Stream The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Prime Video
• Stream The Silence of the Lambs on HBO Max.

I’m counting down the days until Monster: The Ed Gein Story premieres on October 3, but it seems like I should also start getting excited about Ryan Murphy’s fourth Monster installment…