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Monster: The Ed Gein Story brings back one of the most notorious serial killers of American true crime in the biographical crime drama by Netflix. The story focuses on the infamous 1950s murderer whose life later inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs.
This year, Charlie Hunnam earned the first Golden Globe nomination of his career for playing Gein. He is also the sole nominee from the third installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster franchise. That is a shift for the anthology.
Charlie Hunnam gains his first Golden Globe Nomination ever for Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story
The series debuted with the story of Dahmer, another notorious serial killer, in Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. It scored four nominations and produced Evan Peters’ Globe win. Three nominations adorned its second season, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
The Ed Gein season landed just one, but it is a major category: Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie. Hunnam stands in tough competition with Jacob Elordi, Paul Giamatti, Stephen Graham, Jude Law, and Matthew Rhys.
October marked the release of the series’s third season, but the reviews were not all positive. The Dahmer and Menendez installments also gathered similar reviews, which questioned the ethics of dramatizing notorious crimes and depicting real victims.
Murphy and Brennan were on the receiving end of criticism over tone, intent, and accuracy. But the creators have clarified that Gein is about portraying the mental illness and isolation that shaped him.
Charlie Hunnam defended the take in a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter. He said he hoped people would understand the intent; it is not to glamorize a killer but to focus on the psychology:
“why this boy did what he did.”
He stressed that nothing on set felt gratuitous or designed for shock value. Brennan offered a similar view, arguing that the season is “sensationally good,” not sensationalized. He said the story’s core is Gein’s trapped mind and the horror inside it.
The series makes viewers ask: Who is the real monster? In one of the most chilling moments in Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Gein breaks the fourth wall and tells the audience:
“You’re the one who can’t look away.”
Hunnam echoed that point while discussing the series. He asked whether the true monster is Gein, the filmmakers who adapted his story, or the viewers who consume it.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story traces Gein’s isolated childhood and how he suffered from schizophrenia. He was also a victim of abuse. The series attempted to showcase how his inner world fractured long before his crimes were discovered.
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Like the earlier installments in the anthology series, this installment tackles true crime grit with emotionally grounded storytelling.
He will return for Season Four of Monster: The Ed Gein Story, centered on Lizzie Borden. But his first awards recognition comes from portraying Gein, a role that has reshaped the franchise’s awards trajectory and revived the conversation around how true crime is told.
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