"Season two of the series turned away from that drab gloom and focused, with at least some sensitivity, on the sensational trials of the Menendez Brothers in sunny California. Season three, the Ed Gein Story, returns to midwest murk and, especially in its early episodes, makes far less of an effort to do anything other than grimly titillate. The show's thesis makes some sense: Ed Gein, who murdered at least two people"
"Thus Monster can depict Gein's squalid deeds in gruesome detail while also saying something big about American culture, an analysis that might justify the show's prurient interest in Gein's graverobbing, necrophilia and other aberrant behavior. That trick worked better in the Dahmer season, which rubbed our noses in some of the worst crimes imaginable but did so with at least the appearance of higher purpose."
Season one centered Jeffrey Dahmer with an effort to focus on victims as well as the killer. Season two concentrated on the Menendez Brothers trials with some sensitivity. Season three returns to Midwest murk and foregrounds lurid details of Ed Gein's graverobbing, necrophilia, and murders. The season frames Gein as a mid-20th-century object of cultural fascination and as an inspiration for major horror works. The portrayal often emphasizes gruesome titillation without the same sense of higher purpose as earlier entries. Charlie Hunnam plays Gein while Laurie Metcalf embodies a shaming, domineering mother figure.
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