Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

TV Show • 2024 • Crime  

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Does the dog die?
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 E7
At 5 mins in Lyle describes that his father killed their dog because it killed their ferret and it shows a very fake dead dog. Fast forward to 5:18.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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When describing the abuse they went through, some genital trauma is described (they go into surface details, but I suspect the description could still be triggering for some). I'm not through the entire series yet, but I'd say most of this is in episode 5.
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Is an animal sad?
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The mother self harms by drinking and harming herself/ suicide attempt
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Yeah but it’s not a surprise
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Abandonment
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In addition to the previous comment, someone sympathetic to the boys explains how their father abandoned them as well.
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Abuse
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Parents being abusive is a major part of the case this true crime drama is based on.
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One of the brothers sexually abused the other when they were both children. The abused brother forgives him because they were both abused by their father, and he was reenacting what had happened to him.
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Is there domestic violence?
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TheCassandraComplex
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As a child, the older brother was abused by their father and then reenacts the abuse he experienced on his little brother. Discussed, not shown.
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Is a child abused?
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Child abuse is a major part of the story/case so it is discussed frequently and is pretty much unavoidable if you’re watching the series. You will see teenage boys being verbally and physically abused by their parents. You will hear graphic accounts of them being abused as children.
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Addiction
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Cocaine is used in an early episode. In later episodes with flashbacks/backstory (Particularly episode 6), a woman is shown struggling with addiction to pills and has an episode where she collapses (apparently from an overdose). She also describes a past overdose in this episode.
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Is there addiction?
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mention of dad being an alcoholic and mom being addicted to pills
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mention of dad being an alcoholic
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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In episode 7, they talk about how the dad is said to have killed the family dog and ferret
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Are animals abused?
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In episode 6, the father talks about how he put a collar with spikes on their dog
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Is there a dead animal?
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Assault
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This is a major part of the story/case and so it is discussed frequently and is unavoidable.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Frequently. (Spoilers) The brothers alleged that their father raped them and that’s why they killed their parents.
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Graphic descriptions of child sexual assault throughout, but particularly Episide 5, the entire episode is one of the brothers describing in detail how their parents abused them sexually, physically, and emotionally.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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moms hand is shot
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Death
Does someone die?
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the parents have a death scene
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Family
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Parricide is a major part of the show.
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Does a parent die?
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This true crime drama is about a real life case of parricide.
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Fear
Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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tly706
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Episode 1 - 2 safe
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Large-scale Violence
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Smiliey
S1
 E6
We briefly see the WTC: twin towers in a short scene, like 3 seconds. The story is set in the 70-80s long before they fell. no terror is mentioned.
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Law Enforcement
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Both main characters are eventually imprisoned and spend the latter half of the series in prison.
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Mental Health
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Arguably. The series deals with the cycle of abuse.
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Well, talk about suicide several times
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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Yes, Eric is screaming in the background when Lyle calls the police to report the murder.
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Prejudice
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F word used several times. The timeframe for a lot of the events is also at the peak of late 80s and early 90s homophobia following the AIDS epidemic, so there’s a lot of casually homophobia rhetoric throughout.
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Hard to say, the husband/father is potentially bi?
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Not a joke but husband tells wife she needs to lose a few pounds for him
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There’s some conflating pedophilia with homosexuality, which was unfortunately pretty common at the time.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Graphic descriptions of sexual assault of a child by a parent throughout.
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Violence
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The killing scene us wuite gory
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Is there gun violence?
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