Netflix’s ‘Monster’ Season 2 Releases Creepy New Teaser Featuring First look at the Menendez Brothers

The latest teaser for Netflix and Ryan Murphy’s second season of Monster delves into the harrowing allegations made by Lyle and Erik Menendez, who claim they endured years of sexual abuse by their father, José Menendez. Titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the season’s teaser opens with an unsettling family portrait session. Chloë Sevigny, playing Kitty Menendez, exchanges a tense moment with her husband José, played by Javier Bardem. With a forced smile, Kitty quietly asks, “I need to know what’s going on with you and the boys.” In the background, newcomers Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch, who play Lyle and Erik, stand silently, their expressions masking the tension beneath.

José’s response is equally unsettling: “It is over. Stop. I’m going to fix this family,” he says before he and Kitty abruptly leave the photo session. This brief exchange hints at the dark family dynamics that will be explored in the upcoming season. The show revisits the infamous case in which the Menendez brothers were tried for the 1989 murders of their parents. During their 1993 trial, Lyle and Erik claimed they acted in self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, allegedly with their mother’s knowledge. The teaser concludes with a poignant moment between the brothers, who embrace as one says, “It’s just us now.”

The real-life Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 and are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. While the prosecution argued that the brothers were motivated by the desire to inherit their parents’ wealth, Lyle and Erik maintained that their actions were the result of enduring a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Monsters season 2 is set to explore these claims in depth, revisiting the controversial case that captivated the nation.

With the release of this teaser, the anticipation for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is growing, as the series promises to shed new light on the tragic events and complex family dynamics behind one of the most notorious murder cases in American history.

Netflix’s official summary reads: 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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