A first look at the Netflix anthology series Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story was shared on Wednesday.
Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny were seen as the Menendez parents who were brutally murdered in their Beverly Hills mansion in the Ryan Murphy’s true crime series.
Also seen Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch, respectively, who play Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers at the center of the story.
The story is about the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents in 1989.
The clips shows a re-creation of their famous family portrait with the boys later seen shirtless and embracing.
A first look at Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story was shared on Wednesday. Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny were seen as the Menendez parents with Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch, respectively, who play Lyle and Erik Menendez
The clips shows a re-creation of their famous family portrait with the boys later seen shirtless and embracing
Their parents, record executive Jose and socialite Kitty, whom they shot in their living room on the night of August 20, 1989, are played by Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny.
Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 when they slaughtered their parents, triggering a rollercoaster legal drama that resulted in their conviction of murder in 1996.
Their trials were televised and attracted a feverish media frenzy – the first court cases to become the type of TV sensation later epitomized by OJ Simpson.
The Menendez brothers put forward the ‘abuse excuse,’ alleging that they were molested and physically assaulted by their parents for years.
Along with the brothers themselves, one of the most notorious figures to emerge from the trial was their ruthless lawyer Leslie Abramson, who is played on the new show by Winning Time actress Ari Graynor.
Ultimately, the Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole – since when Lyle has been married twice and Erik once.
A chilling teaser dropped earlier this year showing the boys walking to the mansion
Nicholas (left) and Koch (right) respectively play Lyle and Erik Menendez
Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 when they slaughtered their parents, triggering a rollercoaster legal drama that resulted in their conviction of murder in 1996
When they arrive at the living room, the doors swing open, the brothers cock their guns and the screen goes to black – just as two deafening shots ring out
Their trials were televised and attracted a feverish media frenzy – the first court cases to become the type of TV sensation later epitomized by OJ Simpson; pictured 1990
Ultimately, the Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole – since when Lyle has been married twice and Erik once
In the haunting teaser for Monsters, Lyle and Erik are seen pulling into the drive of their family’s sprawling Beverly Hills estate on the night of the murder.
They emerge from the car with their guns and creep through the house, the camera getting close to them, enough to hear one of them panting heavily.
When they arrive at the living room, the doors swing open, the brothers cock their guns and the screen goes to black – just as two deafening shots ring out.
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