Thanks to Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story anthology series, it looks like Evan Peters is to make a name for himself for playing yet another haunting, terrifying character.
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The actor will put that experience to work in Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a Netflix limited series about the infamous serial killer that was announced in October. Peters has been tapped to lead the show, which will also feature Niecy Nash.
According to Deadline, which broke the news, Monster tells the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers (Peters), largely told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims, and dives into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.
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The series dramatizes at least 10 instances in which Dahmer was almost caught but ultimately let go, according to the outlet. The series is also expected to explore white privilege, as the clean-cut, good-looking Dahmer was repeatedly given a free pass by cops as well as by judges who were lenient when he had been charged with petty crimes. Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, murdered and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978-1991. He was convicted of 16 murders and served two years before the 34-year-old was beaten to death by a fellow inmate in 1994.
FYI, Evan Peters has appeared in every installment of AHS except 1984, and he’ll be back for season 10, American Horror Story: Double Feature.
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