Home Uncategorized ELLA BEATTY IS COVERED IN BLOOD — WHILE CHARLIE HUNNAM AND REBECCA HALL STEP INTO ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST INFAMOUS FAMILY NIGHTMARES 🩸🪓 Netflix is reopening a case that has haunted America for more than a century, with Ella Beatty taking on the young woman whose name became permanently tied to a brutal double murder. Charlie Hunnam and Rebecca Hall play the parents at the center of the nightmare, while Vicky Krieps, Billie Lourd and Sarah Paulson round out an unusually stacked cast. But the most unsettling detail may be the direction of the story itself: instead of simply asking what happened inside that Victorian home, the series dives into repression, rage and the relationship that may have pushed everything toward catastrophe.

ELLA BEATTY IS COVERED IN BLOOD — WHILE CHARLIE HUNNAM AND REBECCA HALL STEP INTO ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST INFAMOUS FAMILY NIGHTMARES 🩸🪓 Netflix is reopening a case that has haunted America for more than a century, with Ella Beatty taking on the young woman whose name became permanently tied to a brutal double murder. Charlie Hunnam and Rebecca Hall play the parents at the center of the nightmare, while Vicky Krieps, Billie Lourd and Sarah Paulson round out an unusually stacked cast. But the most unsettling detail may be the direction of the story itself: instead of simply asking what happened inside that Victorian home, the series dives into repression, rage and the relationship that may have pushed everything toward catastrophe.

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Get your first look at Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos in ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’

The star-studded ensemble includes Ella Beatty, Vicky Krieps, Rebecca Hall, and Charlie Hunnam.
Sarah Paulson in 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story'
Sarah Paulson in Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
Netflix

After three seasons focusing solely on male murderers, the fourth installment of Monster will pull back the veil on “female rage and repression.”

Netflix has released a new trailer for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story showcasing series star Ella Beatty as the 1890s axe murderer who killed her parents and Sarah Paulson as 1990s serial killer Aileen Wuornos. The inclusion of Wuornos suggests that this season will span several timelines, just like Monster: The Ed Gein Story did last year.

Monster co-creator Ryan Murphy previously worked with Beatty, the daughter of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, on four episodes of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans. Of course, Paulson is a Murphy mainstay, having appeared on many of his shows including American Horror Story, American Crime Story, and All’s Fair.

Ella Beatty in 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story'
Ella Beatty in ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’Netflix

“I am so excited for viewers to experience our exploration of Lizzie Borden’s story and the questions that her life animates to this day,” Beatty told Netflix’s Tudum. “It has been a dream come true to investigate this complicated person’s psychology and to examine an American crime that feels almost mythic in proportion. This season gives us our first female Monster and delves into female rage and repression which I’ve found to feel strikingly relevant, and I cannot wait to share it with the world.”

Read on for everything to know about Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.

THE CAST

Vicky Krieps in 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story'
Vicky Kriepsin ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’Netflix

Beatty and Paulson are joined in the star-studded ensemble by Vicky Krieps as Bridget Sullivan, the Bordens’ live-in maid; Rebecca Hall as Abby Borden, Lizzie’s stepmother; Oliver Spenceman as Stephen; Charlie Hunnam as Andrew Borden, Lizzie’s father; Billie Lourd as Emma Borden, Lizzie’s older sister; Jessica Barden as Nance O’Neil, an actor friend of Lizzie’s; and Joey Pollari in an undisclosed role.

 

THE PLOT

Rebecca Hall in 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story'
Rebecca Hall in ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’Suzanne Tenner/Netflix

Here is the official Netflix logline: “When the repressed daughter of a wealthy New England family and her rebellious maid find themselves trapped in a house built on humiliation and cruelty, they escape into a fantasy of sex, power, and revenge. The gruesome unsolved murders that follow don’t just shock the world — they give birth to an icon who refuses to live imprisoned in a cage, choosing instead to forge her own legend: shocking, monstrous, and gloriously free.”

THE TRAILERS

An extended, two-minute trailer debuted on Aug. 20, giving fans their first look at Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos. The modern-day killer is visiting the Lizzie Borden home when a museum curator says, “No one really knows what happened that day.” Cigarette in hand, Wuornos responds, “Oh, I f–king know what happened.”

On Aug. 11, Netflix released a minute-long teaser trailer for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story. The video depicts Lizzie finding her axe as a narrator recites the infamous poem: “Lizzie Borden took an axe; Gave her mother 40 whacks; When she saw what she had done; She gave her father 41.”

THE RELEASE DATE

Oliver Spenceman and Charlie Hunnam in 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story'
Oliver Spenceman and Charlie Hunnam in ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’Suzanne Tenner/Netflix

Monster Season 4 arrives on Netflix on Sept. 17. As usual, all eight episodes will be available to stream at once. The fall release date for The Lizzie Borden Story is right in line with the previous three installments, which debuted on Sept. 21 (The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), Sept. 19 (The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), and Oct. 3 (The Ed Gein Story).

 

THE CREATIVES

Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are co-creators and producers on the project. Their fellow EPs include Max Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Louise Shore, Nissa Diederich, Todd Kubrak, Carl Franklin, and Tanase Popa. Brennan is the writer, and Winkler and Sarah Adina Smith are the directors.

AWARDS PROSPECTS

Niecy Nash-Betts, winner of the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie award for “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” poses in the press room at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Niecy Nash-Betts at the 2024 EmmysGilbert Flores/Variety

The Monster franchise is an awards powerhouse, with The Jeffrey Dahmer Story earning 13 Emmy nominations and one win (supporting actress Niecy Nash-Betts), The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story receiving 11 noms and one win (picture editing), and The Ed Gein Story garnering seven noms (wins are currently pending).

We’ll find out at the 2027 Emmys if the love for the franchise continues, but the precedent has already been set for Beatty to contend for prizes by playing Borden.

In 2015, Christina Ricci took on the role of the axe murderer in Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles and wound up earning a surprise nomination at the Actor Awards (then known as the SAG Awards). And in 1975, Elizabeth Montgomery nabbed an Emmy nom for playing Borden in the made-for-TV-movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden.

This item was originally published Aug. 4; it was updated on Aug. 11 with new information.

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