Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Explained

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Showrunner:Ryan Murphy
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:10
Producer:
  • David McMillan
  • Mathew Hart
  • Todd Kubrak
  • Reilly Smith
  • Lou Eyrich
  • Rashad Robinson
  • Richard Jenkins
Cinematography:Jason McCormick
Editor:
  • Stephanie Filo
  • Taylor Joy Mason
Runtime:45–63 minutes
Network:Netflix

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is the first season of the American biographical true crime television anthology series, Monster, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix, which was released on September 21, 2022. Murphy also serves as showrunner and is an executive producer along with Brennan. Dahmer is about the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Evan Peters). Other main characters include Dahmer's father Lionel (Richard Jenkins), his stepmother Shari (Molly Ringwald), suspicious neighbor Glenda (Niecy Nash), and grandmother Catherine (Michael Learned).

Dahmer received mixed reviews, but was ultimately a commercial success, reaching the number-one spot on Netflix in the first week of its release. It became Netflix's second most-watched English-language series of all time within 28 days,[1] and the third Netflix series to pass 1 billion hours viewed in 60 days.[2] The series reached number one on the Nielsen Top 10 streaming chart in the first week of its release, and placed No. 7 on Nielsen's all-time list for single-week viewership in its second week.

The series received four nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, including for the Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film, with Peters winning for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. It received six nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Peters. Ultimately, Nash won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

The second season of the anthology, (2024), will be based on the murder case of the Menéndez brothers.

Synopsis

The series is about the life of Jeffrey Dahmer, and how he became one of the most notorious serial killers in America. His murders were executed in Bath Township, Ohio, West Allis, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin between 1978 and 1991. The series dramatizes instances where Dahmer was nearly apprehended until his ultimate conviction and death. It also explores how police incompetence and apathy contributed to enabling his crimes.

Cast

Dahmer

Recurring

Lyle and Erik Menéndez

Main

Recurring

Soundtrack

The score for the series was composed and performed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. The soundtrack album was released the same day as the series.[4]

Reception

Audience viewership

The series rose to the number one spot on Netflix in the first week of its release.[5] In the second week of its release, Netflix announced that Dahmer was its ninth most popular English-language TV show of all time, with 56 million households having viewed all 10 episodes.[6] [7] [8] The series remained number-one for weeks and became Netflix's second most-viewed English Netflix series of all time, and the fourth highest across any language with 701.37 million hours viewed in 21 days. The series amassed more than 865 million hours viewed in the first 28 days of its release.[9] In 60 days it became the third Netflix series to pass 1 billion views.[10]

Dahmer debuted at number-one on the Nielsen Top 10 streaming chart by garnering more than 3.6 billion minutes of viewing for the week of September 19–25, placing it 10th on the all-time list for single-week viewership.[11] The following week, it jumped to No. 7 on the all-time list with 4.4 billion minutes viewed. The series topped Nielsen's streaming chart for the third consecutive week with 2.3 billion viewing minutes.[12]

Jermey Dick of MovieWeb stated that on "October 3rd through the 9th the views of the Dahmer series made up to 205 million hours streamed" into watching the show for that period, overall making it up to "701 million hours watched globally".[13]

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 57% approval rating with an average rating of 6.3/10, based on 30 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus says: "While Monster is seemingly self-aware of the peril in glorifying Jeffrey Dahmer, creator Ryan Murphy's salacious style nevertheless tilts this horror story into the realm of queasy exploitation."[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[15]

Kayla Cobb at Decider said the show "isn't just well directed, written, and acted. It's rewriting what a crime drama can look like if we stop glorifying murderers and start focusing more on systematic failures."[16] Caroline Framke of Variety argues that the show "simply can't rise to its own ambition of explaining both the man and the societal inequities his crimes exploited without becoming exploitative in and of itself."[17] Malik Peay of the Los Angeles Times stated that those critical of the show felt that the series was emblematic of the "entertainment industry's commercialization of tragedy".[18] Dan Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter praises episode 6 ("Silenced") as "easily the best episode of the series, an uncomfortably sweet and sad hour of TV that probably should have been the template for the entire show [and]...in placing a Black, deaf, gay character at the center of the narrative, the series is giving voice to somebody whose voice has too frequently been excluded from gawking serial killer portraits."[19] [20]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Hollywood Music in Media AwardsNovember 16, 2022Best Music Supervision – TelevisionAmanda Krieg Thomas[21]
People's Choice AwardsDecember 6, 2022The Bingeworthy Show of 2022Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story[22]
Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 10, 2023Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television FilmDahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story[23]
Best Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion PictureEvan Peters
Best Supporting Actress – Television Limited Series/Motion PictureNiecy Nash
Best Supporting Actor – Television Limited Series/Motion PictureRichard Jenkins
Critics' Choice Television AwardsJanuary 15, 2023Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for TelevisionNiecy Nash[24]
Producers Guild of America AwardsFebruary 25, 2023Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series TelevisionRyan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Evan Peters, Janet Mock, Scott Robertson, Sara Stelwagen, Tanase Popa, David McMillan, Todd Nenninger, Lou Eyrich, Todd Kubrak, Reilly Smith, Regis Kimble, Richard Jenkins, and Mathew Hart[25]
NAACP Image AwardsFebruary 25, 2023Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic SpecialNiecy Nash[26]
Screen Actors Guild AwardsFebruary 26, 2023Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television MovieEvan Peters[27]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television MovieNiecy Nash
Satellite AwardsMarch 3, 2023Best Miniseries or Limited SeriesDahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story[28] [29]
Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionEvan Peters
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionRichard Jenkins
Cinema Audio Society AwardsMarch 4, 2023Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movie or Limited SeriesAmanda Beggs, Laura Wiest, Joe Barnett, Jamie Hardt, Judah Getz and Jacob McNaughton [30]
Critics' Choice Super AwardsMarch 16, 2023Best Horror SeriesDahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story[31] [32]
Best Actor in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV MovieEvan Peters
Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV MovieNiecy Nash
British Academy Television AwardsMay 14, 2023Best International ProgrammeRyan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Alexis Martin Woodall, David McMillan, Reilly Smith, Carl Franklin[33]
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy AwardsJanuary 6–7, 2024Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieRobert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer[34]
Outstanding Period and/or Character HairstylingShay Sanford-Fong, Maggie Hayes Jackson, Michael S. Ward, Havanna Pratt
Outstanding Period and/or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)Gigi Williams, Michelle Audrina Kim (for "Bad Meat")
Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieRudy Mance, Monica Chamberlain, Desmond Smith, Suzy Freeman (for "Please Don't Go")
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieStephanie Filo (for "The Good Boy Box")
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or SpecialGary Megregian, Borja Sau, Bruce Tanis, David Klotz, Sam Munoz, Noel Vought (for "God Of Forgiveness, God Of Vengeance")
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieLaura Wiest, Jamie Hardt, Joe Barnett, Amanda Beggs (for "Lionel")
Astra TV AwardsJanuary 8, 2024Best Streaming Limited or Anthology SeriesDahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story[35] [36]
Best Actor in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or MovieEvan Peters
Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or MovieKieran Tamondong
Richard Jenkins
Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or MovieNiecy Nash
Best Directing in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or MovieParis Barclay (for "God of Forgiveness, God of Vengeance")
Astra Creative Arts TV AwardsJanuary 8, 2024Best Casting in a Limited Series or TV MovieDahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story[37]
Primetime Emmy AwardsJanuary 15, 2024Outstanding Limited or Anthology SeriesRyan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Evan Peters, Janet Mock, Scott Robertson, Sara Stelwagen, Tanase Popa, David McMillan, Todd Nenninger, Lou Eyrich, Todd Kubrak, Reilly Smith, Regis Kimble, Richard Jenkins, and Mathew Hart
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieEvan Peters
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieRichard Jenkins
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieNiecy Nash
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or MovieCarl Franklin (for "Bad Meat")
Paris Barclay (for "Silenced")

Controversies

On September 23, 2022, Netflix removed the series' "LGBTQ" tag after backlash on social media.[38] [39]

The series also received backlash from the families of Dahmer's victims, accusing Netflix of profiting off their traumatic experiences and "retraumatizing [the families] all over again". Eric Perry, a relative of victim Errol Lindsey, stated "I want people to understand this is not just a story or historical fact, these are real people’s lives. [Lindsey] was someone’s son, someone’s brother, someone’s father, someone’s friend that was ripped from [our] lives".

Production assistant Kim Alsup alleged mistreatment while on set. She stated she was one of two Black crew members below the line on Dahmer, adding that "I was always being called someone else’s name, the only other Black girl who looked nothing like me, and I learned the names for 300 background extras". Alsup also alleged an "exhausting" and "unsupportive environment," stating there were no therapists on set. A spokesperson for Netflix countered this allegation, stating that everyone on set had access to free health and wellness sources, including access to a therapist.

Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, whose story is told in the sixth episode, spoke out against the series' depiction of events. Hughes told The Guardian "It didn't happen like that," and expressed frustration over use of real names in the show.[40]

Future

Having initially ordered the program in 2020 as a limited series,[41] Netflix announced on November 7, 2022, that it had renewed Monster as an anthology series, with two further editions based on the lives of "other monstrous figures" to be announced.[42]

On May 1, 2023, Netflix announced the second season of the series titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story (2024), which is based on the murder case of the Menéndez brothers.[43] On June 29, 2023, Deadline Hollywood reported that Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch were cast as Lyle and Erik Menéndez respectively.[44]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

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