Monster: Lizzie Borden Story’ Trailer: Ella Beatty, Axe Murderer in Fourth Chapter of Murphy’s Bloody Anthology Series

Netflix has released the trailer for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the fourth chapter in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology drama series.
The subject is Lizzie Borden, a young woman who was accused of hacking her parents to death with an axe in the late 19th century.
Logline for “The Lizzie Borden Story” reads, “When the repressed daughter of a wealthy New England family and her rebellious maid find themselves trapped in a house built on humiliation and cruelty, they escape into a fantasy of sex, power, and revenge. The gruesome unsolved murders that follow don’t just shock the world—they give birth to an icon who refuses to live imprisoned in a cage, choosing instead to forge her own legend: shocking, monstrous, and gloriously free.”
Other cast members include Billie Lourd, Joey Pollari, Sarah Paulson, Jessica Barden.
Murphy co-created Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story with Brennan, who also serves as writer. The pair executive produces alongside Max Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Louise Shore, Nissa Diederich, Todd Kubrak, Carl Franklin and Tanasa Popa. Winkler and Sarah Adina Smith direct.
The story of Lizzie Borden was previously adapted in Lifetime’s “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” with Christina Ricci as the titular character, and the 2018 film Lizzie, starring Chloë Sevigny as Borden and Kristen Stewart as maid Bridget Sullivan.
Also not to e confused with the 2003 indie Monster, for which Charlize Theron deservedly won the Best Actress Oscar Award.
Check out the trailer below.





