In the new Netflix series, Cooper Koch stars as Erik Menendez, while Nicholas Alexander Chavez takes on the role of Lyle. Chloë Sevigny plays their mother Kitty and Javier Bardem portrays their father José, a successful Hollywood executive.

Neither largely entertaining nor informative, what is Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story trying to achieve?

Erik Menendez, the subject of a new Netflix drama about a high-profile murder case, has released a statement criticising the show's director and its "dishonest portrayal" of the crime. Erik and his brother, Lyle, were convicted in 1996 of murdering both their parents, having fatally shot them both on 20 August 1989.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is asking viewers to be the jury for the Menéndez brothers. The infamous Beverly Hills siblings murdered their parents in 1989, and were convicted in 1996,

Confusing perspective for speculation, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's second "Monster" season tosses out a lot of theories, none of which include a good reason for revisiting the '90s parricide case.

Erik Menendez, the man who was convicted of first-degree murder with his brother Lyle for killing their parents in 1996, is now speaking out against the new Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,