First Teaser Released for Netflix’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ Along with Premiere Date

Netflix has released a short teaser for the upcoming season of Monsters, which shifts its focus to another high-profile crime. The new season, officially titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, centers on the infamous Menendez brothers, who were convicted of murdering their parents. The brothers claimed they acted out of fear that their father would kill them after they threatened to expose years of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse. However, the prosecution argued that their motive was to inherit their parents’ multi-million dollar estate.

The first season of Monster, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, featured Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer and became a massive hit upon its release on Netflix in September 2022. Now, the series returns with a fresh focus, delving into the complex and controversial case of the Menendez brothers.

The new season of Monsters brings big names to the cast, with Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny playing the parents of Lyle and Erik Menendez. Additionally, Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez have been cast as the Menendez brothers, taking on the roles of the convicted siblings at the center of this tragic and controversial case.

Netflix has announced that Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will premiere on September 19. Along with this announcement, they have also released a new teaser, which you can watch below.

The brief teaser keeps details scarce, providing only a haunting, mostly off-screen glimpse of the night Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered their parents. For more context, you can read Netflix’s official summary below.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story follows Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who fatally shot their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. During their trials, the brothers cited years of abuse as the reason for murdering their parents. However, prosecutors argued that their motive was to get their hands on the family fortune.

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 at the hands of their parents. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dives into the historic case that took the world by storm, paved the way for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime, and in return asks those audiences: Who are the real monsters?

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will be released on Netflix September 19.

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