Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny Are Murdered Couple José and Kitty Menéndez in Chilling First Trailer forMonsters

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Nicholas Chavez, Chloë Sevigny, Javier Bardem and Cooper Koch inMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.Photo:Courtesy Of Netflix

Courtesy Of Netflix

Ryan Murphy’s anthology seriesMonsteris returning to Netflix this fall withMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story— and the first trailer is downright chilling.

Based on thetrue story of the Menéndez brothers, Lyle and Erik, who murdered their parents on Aug. 20, 1989, the series starsJavier BardemandChloë Sevignyas the slain José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez. Meanwhile,General HospitalalumNicholas Alexander Chavezand Cooper Koch star as Lyle and Erik, respectively.

The newtrailer forMonstersfocuses on the duality of the troubled family’s private and personal lives. The short teaser shows the Menéndez family posing for a portrait where they’re meant to look picture perfect, but voiceovers reveal there’s more drama happening than meets the eye.

“I need to know what’s going on with you and the boys,” Sevigny’s Kitty says, to which José replies, “What do you mean?”

Kitty then insists she doesn’t want there to be “anymore lies between us,” and promises, “I won’t tell anyone,” hinting at a dark secret between the two.

Near the end of the teaser, the brothers are left alone, and they embrace shirtless in the dark. “It’s just us now,” one of them says as the sound of a gunshot rings out.

Javier Bardem (left); Chloë Sevigny.Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

In addition to Bardem, Sevigny, Chavez and Koch, the cast also includesNathan Lane, Ari Graynor,Leslie Grossmanand Paul Adelstein.

The Menéndez brothers were convicted of murdering their parents in 1996, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The prosecution argued that Erik and Lyle murdered Kitty and José for money, but the brothers have maintained their claims that their parents were physically, sexually and emotionally abusive.

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“And I think that it was very easy, because it was Beverly Hills and my father had a lot of money, to sort of sell this headline that these brothers killed for money,” he added at the time.

Erik (left) and Lyle Menéndez.Los Angeles Times via Getty

Los Angeles Times via Getty

All episodes ofMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Storypremiere Sept. 19 on Netflix.

source: people.com