Netflix Drops Lizzie Borden Monster Trailer Starring Ella Beatty
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- Netflix dropped a 56-second trailer for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the fourth chapter of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's anthology series, opening on a self-playing piano and the rhyme "Lizzie Borden had an ax."
- Ella Beatty stars as Lizzie Borden — the franchise's first female "monster" — appearing blood-covered and stunned in the trailer's final frame.
- The supporting cast includes Vicky Krieps as maid Bridget Sullivan, Rebecca Hall as Abby Borden, Charlie Hunnam as Andrew Borden, plus Billie Lourd, Joey Pollari, Sarah Paulson and Jessica Barden.
- The official logline frames the show as a story of a wealthy New England daughter and her "rebellious maid" who escape into a "fantasy of sex, power and revenge," with the unsolved murders birthing an icon who "refuses to live imprisoned in a cage."
- Brennan created and wrote the installment; Murphy, Brennan, Max Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson and others executive produce, with Winkler and Sarah Adina Smith directing.
Why it matters: The Lizzie Borden chapter marks the first time Murphy's *Monster* franchise centers a female killer, expanding the anthology's serial-killer template — already three seasons deep — to a woman, with Netflix betting on a September 17 debut to carry the brand into a new gender lane.
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