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do not expect Popular horror filmmaker Osgood Perkins To watch the latest installment of Ryan MurphyTrue-Crime Monster Anthology Anytime Soon.
Released on 3 October Netflix, Demon, The Ed Gein Story Stars charlie hunnam As Real-life suspected serial killer and grave robber GeinWho infamously created accessories and a “ladies’ suit” from excavated graves and human remains recovered from his two known female victims.
Geen’s horrific crimes inspired many fictional psychopaths, including the notorious Alfred Hitchcock‘S crazy Norman Bates, played by Perkins’ late father Anthony in the 1960 classic and its three sequels: Psycho II (1983), Psycho III (1986) and Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990).
Perkins, known for director long legs (2024) and Monkey (2025), also appeared in Psycho II (1983) as Young Norman with his father.
talking to tmz About this Murphy’s retelling of Geen’s storyPerkins, 51, said he “wouldn’t look at it with a 10-foot pole.”
He condemned the way streamers constantly try to insert “glamorous and meaningful content” into true-crime stories, saying they have become “devoid of context and there is a Netflix-ization of real pain. [ie the authentic human experiences wrought by ‘actual events’] Playing for the wrong team.”
Independent Netflix and Murphy’s reps have been contacted for comment.
Perkins’ criticism joins those of Netflix customers who have also condemned Show for “romanticizing” Geen,
While season three is done Acclaimed by most of the audienceThe decision to portray Gein as sympathetic in the final episode and depict him as a saintly figure respected by other assassins received backlash.
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This certainly isn’t the first time Murphy has faced public outcry over his Monsters anthology. The first season, which focused on the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, was also criticized. viewers who thought it was exploitative,
Families of Dahmer’s victims said the series was again traumatic.A Milwaukee attorney who had previously represented several families, Murphy was later called upon to share profits with his former clients.,
Meanwhile, in A february interview with Independent, Perkins reflected on his father’s legacy.
Perkins said of it, “I saw it as a beautiful kind of instrument. It was always impressive.” crazy Starr, who died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1992. “And then as I grow up and make my own things, I’ll sit and watch crazy And just be like, ‘Wow, this is really special.’ It’s a one-in-a-million film performance,’ and I feel very proud about it.’