‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Trailer: Ella Beatty Is an Axe Murderer in the Fourth Chapter of Ryan Murphy’s Bloody Anthology Series

Netflix has released a trailer for "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story," the fourth instalment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's true-crime anthology series, which dramatises the notorious 1893 axe murders in Fall River, Massachusetts. Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden, a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher accused of killing her father and stepmother with an axe, a case that has gripped true-crime audiences for over a century despite her eventual acquittal. The eight-episode series marks the first "Monster" season to centre on a female killer, following previous instalments on Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein and the Menendez brothers.

Borden was said to have delivered nearly 40 axe blows across both killings before being tried and acquitted by a jury. The cast also includes Rebecca Hall as stepmother Abby Borden and Charlie Hunnam, fresh off an Emmy nomination for playing Ed Gein, as father Andrew Borden, alongside Billie Lourd, Joey Pollari, Sarah Paulson and Jessica Barden. Murphy and Brennan co-created and executive produce the series, with Brennan writing and Max Winkler and Sarah Adina Smith directing; it follows earlier screen adaptations including Lifetime's "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles" with Christina Ricci and the 2018 film "Lizzie," starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.