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One of America’s most notorious unsolved mysteries is getting the period-horror treatment, just in time for the spooky season.
The bloody ax murder of Andrew and Abby Borden (allegedly) by their daughter Lizzie in 1892 is coming to Netflix for season 4 of Monster. The anthology series has already covered Jeffrey Dahmer, Erik and Lyle Menendez and Ed Gein, but somehow Netflix says this will be its “wildest” installment yet.
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What is Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story about?
As per Netflix, “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.”
Who is in the Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story cast?
Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) leads the cast as Lizzie Borden, with Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Monster: The Ed Gein Story) as Bridget Sullivan, the Bordens’ live-in maid; Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Sons of Anarchy) as Lizzie’s father, Andrew Borden; and Rebecca Hall (Christine, Passing) as Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby Borden.
Billie Lourd (American Horror Story, The Last Showgirl) also makes an appearance as Emma, Lizzie’s older sister, and Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World, Dune: Prophecy) is Nance O’Neil, Lizzie’s actor friend.
Watch the trailer for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story here:
The streamer says Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan did extensive research into the case, which remains unresolved to this day. Lizzie was never convicted because the evidence was circumstantial and there was no clear murder weapon tied to her. But her name still lives in infamy, regardless, which is something the showrunners and Beatty, who plays Lizzie, wanted to explore.
“I am so excited for viewers to experience our exploration of Lizzie Borden’s story and the questions that her life animates to this day,” Beatty tells Tudum. “It has been a dream come true to investigate this complicated person’s psychology and to examine an American crime that feels almost mythic in proportion. This season gives us our first female Monster and delves into female rage and repression, which I’ve found to feel strikingly relevant. I cannot wait to share it with the world.”
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story streams on Netflix starting September 17.