Netflix just dropped the first look at their upcoming streaming release, Ryan Murphy’s true crime series true crime series Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and it’s already setting social media ablaze. With Charlie Hunnam taking the role of Gein, the new installment of Murphy’s Monster anthology is set to premiere on October 3, just in time for Halloween season. And let's just say fans had a lot of reactions to the Sons of Anarchy star’s look as a real-life serial killer.
The promotional images, posted to Netflix’s official Instagram, lean into some of the long-standing best horror movie legacy taglines like “Before Psycho… There Was Ed” and “Before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre… There Was Ed.” In the promotional photos, which can be seen below, Hunnam showcases his transformed physique, screaming as he wields a chainsaw, wears a human skin mask, and lies disturbingly close to a motherly figure.
