Netflix reveals the faces of its new Monsters, Lyle and Erik Menendez

After Dahmer, Ryan Murphy takes on another terrible two-headed figure in Monsters.

Like pieces of a puzzle, the elements concerning season two of the anthology series true crime created by Ryan Murphy come together and make sense. Like an investigation dotted with clues, after discovering the “who?” (the Menendez brothers) – with a first teaser constructed from an original telephone recording – then the “what?” (the murder of their parents) – with a second teaser showing the two young men entering the family home followed by a gunshot – it is the whole “why?” that is revealed.

In the form of a perfect family photo, the faces of the main characters are revealed for the first time. In the foreground, the Kitty parents (Chloe Sevigny) and José (Javier Bardem), all smiles. Behind them, their sons, Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch).

A sense of unease emanates from this staging as Kitty's voice asks her husband what is between them and the boys. Appearances can be deceptive, can't they? The hidden secret will transform this beautiful portrait of an American family into a bloodbath. The two brothers embrace, a shot rings out and their faces are dotted with hemoglobin stains: “There's just the two of us left.” The figure of the monster becomes two-headed, hence the “s” appearing in the title, Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

Although it is not explicit, the reasons for these murders are implied here. Accused of having killed their parents, the brothers pleaded self-defense during their trials, explaining that their father and mother abused them. Enough to give Ryan Murphy food for thought around the definition of the monster with this story as intriguing as it is terrifying.

After the success of the previous season centered on Jeffrey Dahmer with Evan Peter, nominated for a Golden Globe, can this one do the same? Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez arrives on the platform on September 19.