Now that more reviews have come in, the Rotten Tomatoes score of Ed Gein has sunk more than 20%, and now stands at just a 23% critic score. That’s below the previous two Monster entries, and also Netflix’s True Crime serial killer series, Conversations with a Killer. Here’s how the list breaks down:

The latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster series on Netflix appears to be off to a slightly better start than its predecessor. Monster: The Ed Gein Story, which premiered on October 3, drew 12.2M views in its first three days of availability,

Season 3, The Ed Gein Story, is currently number one on Netflix following it's October 3 release. And in July 2025, the streamer announced a fourth season was in the works, which will focus on Lizzie Borden, who was accused of killing her father and step-mother in the 1890s.

Among the many creative liberties taken by the hit Netflix show "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" is a final episode arc in which killer Richard "Birdman" Speck professes to idolize Gein and even corresponds via letter with the confined Wisconsin murderer.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story, in its first three days, garnered 12.2 million views from 90.6 million hours watched. In addition, the show has featured in the number 1 spot in 72 regions globally and is in the top 10s in all 91 countries. Now, usually, we’d be able to do big comparisons, but there are two major reasons why we can’t:

Charlie Hunnam tells PEOPLE how he embodied Ed Gein in the new season of Netflix's 'Monster.' He explains that he tried to understand the murderer better by learning about his trauma and changing his own physical appearance.