Netflix’s next installment in the Monster anthology, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, has set a September 17, 2026 premiere date. The date announcement came with the release of the first batch of photos, including one of a bloody Ella Beatty as the titular character.
The eight-episode series also stars Vicky Krieps as Bridget Sullivan, Rebecca Hall as Abby Borden, and Charlie Hunnam as Andrew Borden. Billie Lourd, Joey Pollari, Sarah Paulson, and Jessica Barden round out the cast. Ian Brennan created the series and serves as writer and executive producer.
“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,” said Beatty in an interview with Netflix’s 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, and I cannot wait to share it with the world.”
Monster‘s fourth installment is executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Max Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Louise Shore, Nissa Diederich, Todd Kubrak, Carl Franklin, and Tanase Popa. Winkler and Sarah Adina Smith are the directors.
Netflix offers this synopsis:
“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.”
