Production is underway in Los Angeles on Season 4 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster. The new season will center on Lizzie Borden, the infamous Massachusetts woman who was accused of the 1892 murder of her parents.
After an extensive search, the fourth installment of Murphy’s hit anthology series will star Ella Beatty. Above, you can see a photo of Beatty accepting the Monster torch from her predecessor Charlie Hunnam, who played Ed Gein in the most recent season of the anthology series and will return to the franchise as Andrew Borden in Season 4.
Beatty previously appeared in Murphy’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans; she can also be seen in Mary Bronstein’s Sundance sensation If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
Also joining the fourth season of Monster are Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Monster: The Ed Gein Story) as the Bordens’ live-in maid, Bridget Sullivan, and Rebecca Hall (Christine, Passing) as Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby Borden. Billie Lourd (American Horror Story, The Last Showgirl) will play Lizzie’s older sister Emma, while Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World, Dune: Prophecy) will play Lizzie’s actress friend Nance O’Neil.
Max Winkler (Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Grotesquerie) will direct the first episode of Monster Season 4.
The first two installments of Monster have received a combined 24 Emmy nominations. DAHMER — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story focused on Jeffrey Dahmer (Evan Peters) and became one of the most highly watched series in Netflix history, reaching one billion view hours in its first 60 days. It currently ranks #4 on the all-time English TV Top 10, and received 13 nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2024, winning one for Niecy Nash-Betts’ performance.
The second installment, Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story, centered around the case of the real-life brothers (played by Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez, respectively) who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents. The season received 11 nominations at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2025.
The third installment, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, followed the story of Ed Gein, the “Plainfield Ghoul” whose story inspired Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and more. The series hit Netflix’s Top 10 with 12.2 million views globally in its first three days and reached #1 in 11 countries. Monster: The Ed Gein Story received seven nominations at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2026, including nods for Hunnam’s performance and Laurie Metcalf’s turn as his harsh mother.
Stay tuned for more information about the fourth season of Monster as production ramps up.
