Netflix continues to benefit from the fashion of true crime and has adapted into series the story of another of the most publicized and bloodiest chapters remembered in the world of events. Monsters tries to tell the story of brothers Lyle and Erik Menéndeza series which since its premiere on September 19 has become one of the latest successes of the platform. As announced, it is based on terrible real events, since these brothers had no problem killing their parents, a role in which we can see Javier Bardem acting like a mean and demanding parent for whom nothing his children do is enough.
Even though in Spain it is a crime that is barely remembered, In 1989, North American society was shocked to learn of the death of a millionaire couple in their Beverly Hills mansion. a night in which they should enjoy a quiet evening. In the nine episodes that make up this series, the childhood of these two boys is told and all the reasons that pushed them to commit this bloody crime that left them orphans, although it was a maneuver that they themselves sought after. At first, they denied being the perpetrators of the massacre and presented themselves as other victims of what happened, but Some time later, Erik told his psychologist the truth, admitting to being the perpetrator.. Although he maintained professional secrecy with his patient, the psychologist’s friend reported to the police that there were recordings in which he admitted the crime, which is why they were arrested in March 1990 and later tried as guilty of the murder of. his own parents. Until this moment Their interest was in enjoying life without them, which they did for as long as their remorse allowed them..
In their statements, they made it clear that this What motivated them to commit this crime was the physical, emotional and sexual abuse to which their father José Menéndez subjected them, a role played by Javier Bardem.. At first, they were accused of killing their parents to inherit the fortune that was theirs, but they always made it clear that they did everything to escape the ordeal they were enduring.
It is only when in 1996, when they were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parolemaking the decision to assign the two brothers to different prisons to avoid contact. Authorities believed they might try to escape if they were together.
Erik Menéndez filed a complaint against the director of the series do not count in the series Monsters what really happened and wanting to portray them as criminals without compassion. Menéndez continues to assert that they did everything they could to defend themselves to avoid the abuse that their own father had inflicted on them and that their mother did nothing to prevent.
