After movies, shows, and docs about Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, John Wayne Gacy, and others, Netflix now turns its attention to one of America’s most infamous serial killers: Jeffrey Dahmer. And “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” sees the streamer give its subject the deluxe treatment. It’s a ten-episode limited series told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims.
Evan Peters stars as Dahmer, leading an Emmy Award-winning cast that includes Richard Jenkins, Penelope Ann Miller, and Molly Ringwald.
Here’s the show’s official synopsis:
Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer gruesomely took the lives of seventeen innocent victims. DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a series that exposes these unconscionable crimes, centered around the underserved victims and their communities impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
“Monster” also stars Michael Learned and Niecy Nash. The show’s supporting cast includes Michael Beach, Colby French, Shaun J. Brown, Mac Brandt, and Grant Harvey.
Along with “Monster,” Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have another true-crime series coming to Netflix this Fall: “The Watcher.”
So how will “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” stack up against “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile” or “The Serpent“? Netflix subscribers find out tomorrow when the series premieres. Watch the trailer below.