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It’s Charlie Hannam, so you’ve never seen him.
Anarchy Alum’s son, 45, is completely transformed with Monster Season 3 promotional art.
Gain was a notorious murderer in the 1950s, and not only continued murder, but also excavated graves and used human bodies to create household items and clothing. His crimes are said to have influenced films such as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lamb.
As the poster points out, “There was Ed” before those films were there.
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Hunnam leads the all-star cast to make Gein’s calm story come true.
Four-time Emmy-winning actress, Laurie Metcalfe, will play Hannham’s mother, Augusta Gain.
Also, the main cast includes Tom Hollander. Tom Hollander recently played Truman Capote in Feud: Capote vs. The Swan and the son of idol Susannah, along with Murphy.
Other cast members include Vicki Creeps, Olivia Williams, Leslie Manville, Joey Polyari, Charlie Hall, Tyler Jacob Moore, Mimi Kennedy, Will Brill and Robin Weigart.
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The show promises to be still “the most miserable” in the monster franchise.
“Serial killer. Cemetery robber. Psycho. In the frozen fields of rural Wisconsin in the 1950s, Eddie Gaine, a friendly, calm, secular recluse named Eddie Gaine, lived quietly on a rotten farm.
“An evil crime of Gain, driven by isolation, mental illness, and all-consuming obsessions against his mother, has produced a new kind of monster that has haunted Hollywood for decades. “Gain’s eerie legacy has produced the fictional monsters born in his image, igniting cultural obsessions with criminals.
“Ed Gaine didn’t just influence genres. He became a blueprint for modern horror,” concludes Logline.
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Monster: Ed Gaine’s story is Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s latest monster installments.
Monster Season 1 focused on Jeff Leadermer with Evan Peters in the lead role. Peters won Emmy for his portrayal of a serial killer.
Season 2 focused on brothers Eric and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents. Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez play the brothers, and the show has brought the story of the Menendez brothers back to the cultural spotlight.
After Hannam’s turn, leading the monster franchise, Ella Beatty intervenes in Season 4 when the show focuses on 19th century defendant murderer Lizzie Borden.
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Monster: Ed Gein Story will stream on Netflix on October 3rd.