Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is an ominous retelling of the infamous crime. Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the second in their “Monster” anthology for Netflix follows brothers Lyle (an incredible Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (an outstanding Cooper Koch).

The true-crime series centres on the murders of José and Mary Louise 'Kitty' Menendez at their hands of their sons, Lyle and Erik.

In the new Netflix series, Cooper Koch stars as Erik Menendez, while Nicholas Alexander Chavez takes on the role of Lyle. Chloë Sevigny plays their mother Kitty and Javier Bardem portrays their father José, a successful Hollywood executive.