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Topics: Netflix, Horror, Streaming, Film and TV, True crime
Ellie Kemp
Netflix has just dropped a terrifying paranormal series as Ryan Murphy's Ed Gein Story takes the platform by storm.
It is spooky season after all (Oh shush, it's close enough!), and we can count on Netflix to deliver us the kind of haunting stories that linger long after the credits roll.
Acclaimed horror director James Wan - the man behind the Saw franchise and the first two Conjuring movies - is involved as an executive producer, so you know it's going to be a wild ride.
Currently, The Monster: The Ed Gein Story is dominating the streamer's global charts, despite failing to grip viewers.
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Starring Charlie Hunnam, the eight-part TV series is based on the true story of the Wisconsin serial killer know as the Butcher of Plainfield.
Gein brutally murdered two women and created a 'house of horrors' in his home after robbing graves and dismembering bodies in the 1940s and 50s.
His brutal crimes were brought to light when a woman named Bernice Worden went missing in 1957.
Police investigating Gein's home found her decapitated and hanging from the ceiling.
Officers also discovered Gein had been turning body parts into clothes made from human skin.
The retelling has racked up a Rotten Tomatoes score of only 23 percent, while fans have complained it isn't all that accurate.
Despite its low ratings, the series has had plenty of hype and is the most-watched show on Netflix this week.
Now, the platform is investigating all things 'real life' supernatural in five-part series, True Haunting.
Having released on Tuesday October 7, the show combines 'immersive reenactments and present-day interviews', detailing 'paranormal encounters from the viewpoint of those who lived them', as per its synopsis.
Its first three episodes, all titled 'Eerie Hall', transport us back to 1984, where college student Chris DiCesare is convinced a strange entity is haunting his State University of New York College dorm.
In it, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren give a talk at Geneseo, and Lorraine refuses to shake DiCesare's hand after. Spooky.
The premise for the final two episodes, 'This House Murdered Me', sounds like your stereotypical horror movie troupe.
It's 2004, and Utah couple April Miller and Matt Wilson are eager to move into the home of their dreams in Salt Lake, only its history of hauntings soon rears its ugly head, forcing the young family to fight tooth and nail for their home.
The Wall Street Journal's John Anderson said of True Haunting: "Neither story is new, nor do they differ greatly from other tales of paranormal outrage. This retelling is all about style."
Meanwhile Heaven of Horror's Karina Adelgaard gave her verdict: "This is far from the first Netflix docudrama in the paranormal horror niche, but it just might be the best so far."
True Haunting is streaming now on Netflix.