A 'disturbing' Netflix series that is 'giving viewers nightmares all night long' has rocketed to the top of the charts after fans 'binged every episode in one day'.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story, created by Ian Brennan, hit the streaming service on October 3.
The eight-part show is the third season of crime drama Monster, which follows on from Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
'The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers,' Netflix's synopsis reads.
Gein, who was known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was a murderer and body snatcher who exhumed corpses from graveyards to make a 'skin suit' from the bones and skin of the dead.
He told police after his arrest in 1957 that he used the skin suit to 'become' his dead mother.
A 'disturbing' Netflix series that is 'giving viewers nightmares all night long' has rocketed to the top of the charts as fans 'binge every episode in one day'.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story, created by Ian Brennan, hit the streaming service on October 3.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story stars Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein.
The actor is joined by the likes of Suzanna Son, Vicky Krieps, Laurie Metcalf and Tom Hollander.
The new season has already landed at number one on the Netflix chart.
Many have taken online to share their thoughts about the show.
One said on X: 'This new Ed Gein movie was a terrible choice to watch before bed. I had nightmares all night long.'
'Yesterday I binge watched #EdGein... My face through probably 90% of it was literally this! Was my brain fried... YES Did I question what the hell I was watching? Several times! Did I enjoy it? Yes..... Do I need therapy? Probably! Excellent acting from Charlie Hunnam.'
'#EdGein is a hard watch, I'm not saying it's bad, it's just not something I can binge, EP 1 was enough for tonight.'
Meanwhile others said on Google reviews:
'Monster: The Ed Gein Story is a haunting masterpiece that blurs the line between true crime and psychological horror in a way few shows dare to. From the first episode, the atmosphere pulls you into 1950s Wisconsin -- bleak, cold, and eerily beautiful -- while Charlie Hunnam delivers a chilling, surprisingly human portrayal of Ed Gein that lingers long after the credits roll.'
Many have rushed online to share their rave reviews about the new series - with one saying they binged every episode
'I just watched the Ed Gein story on Netflix and honestly, it was super well done. It dives into his life and crimes without feeling overly dramatic or fake like some true crime stuff can.
'It gives you the creepy details, but also explains how his story ended up inspiring so many classic horror movies, which I thought was wild.'
'I just finished it, and honestly, I really liked it! It's disturbing, emotional, and oddly captivating.
'The story gets better as it goes, but keep in mind it's heavily fictionalized, not a documentary. Keep an open mind. I still could've done without a few side plots though, lol.'
Monster was originally created by Ryan Murphy, who was the showrunner for seasons one and two.
Writer Ian took over for the third season.
Speaking about taking on the role of Ed, Charlie told Forbes: 'There was an enormous amount of trepidation and fear initially.
'And then it was just trying to understand him, trying not to judge him, trying to find the truth and find the man behind the monster.'
He added: 'What we did over and over throughout was ask ourselves why Ed did what he did.
'We definitely didn't want to sensationalize this or make a show that was gratuitous or definitely not glorify what he did.
'It was really about, in the tradition of storytelling, trying to understand ourselves and say, like, "What makes a monster?"'
Meanwhile he told Hollywood Reporter: 'I read every single book that had been written about him, and there was a lot of books.
'I read all of the court transcriptions, all of his medical records. And then I read the scripts over and over to understand what would drive a human being to do some of the pretty wild things he did -- pretty despicable acts.'