Netflix is all set for ‘Monster Season 3: The Ed Gein Story’
Netflix has a peculiar habit, and no one really talks about it. It takes our nightmares and turns them into binge material.
And it looks like they are not done yet. First, we lived through Dahmer, then the Menendez brothers, in the first two seasons of Monster. And now the streaming giant is back with a new one: Ed Gein.
Just when you thought it could not get creepier, the third season of Monster is crawling in with the man who practically invented horror as we know it.
The new season is not just another true-crime retelling. This time, it is the story behind every slasher villain that has ever stalked your dreams. And yes, Charlie Hunnam is the one stepping into that role.
Who is in the cast for season three?
To play Ed Gein, Netflix has pulled in Charlie Hunnam. Yes, Jax Teller from Sons of Anarchy. The same guy who once ruled biker gangs is now stepping into the skin of America’s most infamous grave robber. The transformation is already making waves, and the teaser posters are giving pure nightmare fuel.
The cast list goes even deeper. Laurie Metcalf is on board as Augusta Gein, Suzanna Son brings her sharp edge, Vicky Krieps and Olivia Williams add the gravitas, and Lesley Manville shows up as Bernice Worden. It is like the show is deliberately stitching together the real and the fictional, reminding us just how far Gein’s shadow has stretched.
What happens in the new season?
If the first two seasons showed us how killers can become headline obsessions, this one is about to peel back the curtain on something even bigger. We are not just talking about another true crime binge. We are talking about the man whose crimes literally rewired the way horror is made in Hollywood. The slasher villains that kept you up at night? The horror movies that made you sleep with the lights on? They all trace back to one man living quietly in the frozen fields of 1950s Wisconsin.
Enter Ed Gein. On paper, he was just an unassuming farmer. He was exactly the kind of small-town figure you would not give a second glance. But behind closed doors, Gein was building a nightmare. Grave robbing, murder, and a disturbing obsession with his mother – you name it. All of that turned his home into a horror show of its own.
And here is the wild part: his twisted legacy did not end in Plainfield. It bled into Hollywood. Without him, there is no Norman Bates in Psycho. No Leatherface in Texas Chain Saw Massacre. No Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. He did not just commit crimes… he became the blueprint for how we imagine monsters.
That is where Netflix steps in. Monster: The Ed Gein Story is less about sensational gore and more about connecting the dots between one man’s madness and decades of pop culture.
When does season three release?
The timing of the release of this season could not be more on the nose. Monster: The Ed Gein Story drops on October 3rd, sliding right into spooky season like it was designed for it. Netflix knows we are craving something dark when the leaves turn and the nights get longer, and they are ready to deliver their most haunting season yet.
So buckle up, because if Dahmer made you uneasy and the Menendez brothers made you rethink family, Ed Gein is about to make you question every horror movie you have ever watched. The monsters we thought were fiction? Well, they all started here. And Netflix is finally telling us the full story.