Monster: The Ed Gein Story,' now on Netflix, is about the serial killer who inspired 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.'

The latest installment of Ryan Murphy‘s Monster anthology series centered around Ed Gein — but how did the show wrap up the notorious serial killer’s story? Season 3 — titled Monster: The Ed Gein Story — premiered on Friday,

One of Hunnam's finest performances occurs in silence. The moments when Ed sits by himself, gazing into nothing, daydreaming, are truly powerful. His posture screams the hunched shoulders, the labored breathing, and the exhausted eyes.

Monster movies are entertaining, but there are times when those old monstrosities look a little basic. While it’s essential to pay respect to such classics as Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein’s monster and Bela Lugosi’s Dracula,

The Netflix anthology's co-creator Ian Brennan refutes that the series glamorizes the murders: "I don't think this season is sensational at all. I think it's sensationally good," he told THR.

Ed Gein's name still gives shivers to fans of horror, and it's no surprise that movie makers kept turning to his horrific life for inspiration again and again.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms gave us the kaiju blueprint before Godzilla — merging atomic anxiety with city-smashing spectacle.

Ryan Murphy is no stranger to controversy. The Monster showrunner's previous show American Horror Story pushed all kinds of buttons – not least by including a character who claimed to be Anne Frank, the child whose diary recounted life hiding from the Nazis before she was murdered in a concentration camp.