Menendez Brothers Promise to Reveal Why They Killed Their Parents in New Documentary

Just days after the premiere of Menendez Brothers: Murderers of their Parentsnew chapter of the anthology MonstersNetflix announced the release of a documentary based on the real case of the brothers Lyle and Erik Menendezwho were responsible for the deaths of their own parents.

In the first preview of The Case of the Menendez Brotherswhich premieres October 7 on Netflix, the brothers promise to reveal what led them to kill Joseph and Kitty Menendez: “Everyone asks why we killed our parents”it says Lyle. “Maybe now people can understand the truth.”

“What happened that night is well known, but much has not been said”adds Erik. “We are not the ones who told the story of our lives. Two children do not commit this crime for money.”

In addition to bringing unpublished testimonies from Lyle and Erikwho revisit, for the first time in 30 years, the trial that sentenced them to prison in the 1990s, The Case of the Menendez Brothers It also features interviews with lawyers involved in the trial, journalists who covered the case and family members, among others.

According to the streaming platform, the new film, directed by the Argentine filmmaker Alejandro Hartmann (The Photographer and the Postman: The Crime that Stopped Argentina), will offer “a new view and a new perspective on a case that people only think they know”. Check out the trailer:

What is it about? Monsters: Menendez Brothers: Parent Killers?

Monsters: Menendez Brothers: Parent Killers recalls the real case of the brothers Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Crushed) and Erik Menendez (Cooper Koch, They/Them: The Camp), who planned and carried out the murders of their own parents, Joseph and Maria “Kitty” Menendezinterpreted by Javier Bardem (Dune: Part 2) and Chloe Sevigny (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans).

In March 1996, both were sentenced to life in prison. Despite the claim that the crime was motivated by greed, Lyle and Erik defended themselves by saying that they had suffered physical, psychological and sexual abuse by their parents. Watch:

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