Netflix continues to take advantage of the fashion of true crime and has adapted as a series the story of another of the most high-profile and bloody chapters that are remembered in the world of events. Monsters tries to tell the story of brothers Lyle and Erik Menéndeza series that since its premiere on September 19 has become one of the latest hits on the platform. As advertised, it is based on terrible true events, since these brothers had no problems killing their parents, a role in which we can see Javier Bardem acting as an evil and demanding parent for whom nothing his children do is enough.
Although in Spain it is a crime that is hardly remembered anymore, 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 led them to commit this bloody crime that left them orphaned, although it was a maneuver that they themselves sought. At first they denied being the perpetrators of the massacre and showed themselves as other victims of what happened, but Some time later Erik told his psychologist the truth, admitting to being the author.. Although he kept the professional secret with his patient, the psychologist’s girlfriend reported to the Police that there were recordings in which he admitted to the crime, so at that time they were arrested in March 1990 and later tried as the culprits of the murder. of his own parents. Until that moment Their interest was to enjoy life without them, something they did as long as their remorse allowed them..
Javier Bardem plays José Menéndez, the father murdered by the two Menéndez brothers (Netflix).
In their statements they made it clear that what What motivated them to commit the crime were 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 belonged to them, but they always made it clear that they did everything to escape the ordeal they suffered.
It wasn’t until in 1996 when they were sentenced to life imprisonment without the option of parolemaking the decision that the two brothers were assigned to different prisons to avoid having contact. The authorities thought they might try to escape if they were together.
‘Monsters’ tells the Menéndez brothers’ reasons for killing their own parents (Netflix).
Erik Menéndez has charged against the director of the series not to count in the series Monsters what really happened and wanting to portray them as criminals without compassion. Menéndez continues to maintain that they did everything in self-defense to avoid the abuse to which they were subjected by their own father and which their mother did nothing to prevent.
