[Music] the Mendez brothers are back in the pop culture Spotlight Netflix revealed the first look at Monsters the Lyall and Eric Mendez story showcasing newcomers Nicholas Alexander Chavez General Hospital and Cooper kooch they slashed them as Lyle and Eric respectively as well as Javier bardam and Khloe S as the parents these two boys were convicted of killing Jose and Mary Louise Kitty the key cast in character arrive as part of a new teaser and First Look imagery one week after the announcement that all episodes will launch on Netflix this September 19 that the first look arrives in the form of a Mendez family photo shoot where the smiles for the camera quickly dull to reveal the real tragedies underneath I need to know what's going on with you and the boys 7 years Kitty asked spartum Jose I need to know I don't want there to be any more lies between us I won't tell anyone following the success of dmer monster the Jeffrey dmer story which saw American Horror Story regular Evan Peters playing serial killer Jeffrey dmer opposite nii nashb as Glend to Cleveland Netflix leaned into the Anthology format and monster became monsters for season 2 from creators and executive producers Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan the real Lyall and Eric were convicted of the murders of their parents and in 1996 and are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune but the brothers claimed they committed these acts after a lifetime of physical emotional and sexual abuse inflicted by their parents monster season 2 will dive into the historic case the stack cast including some Murphy regulars features Nathan Lane as Dominic dun Ari grener as lesie Abramson Lesley Gman as judalon Smith Dallas Roberts as Dr Jerome oil Paul adlin as David KH Jason Butler Harner as detective Les Zer Enrique merano as Carlos baralt Michael glattus as Tim run Drew Powell as Detective Tom linan Charlie Hall as Craig signorelli Gil ozery as Dr William vicory Jeff Perry as Peter Hoffman Tessa alberinis as Dr Laurel oil Tanner Stein is Perry Burman Larry Clark is Brian Anderson Jade pedon as Jamie pisarik and marleene Forte as Marano Murphy and Brennan serve as writers on the season with David McMillan Todd cub and Riley Smith Brennan also directs episodes with Max Winkler Paris Barkley Michael lendle and Carl Franklin the dmer season received a lot of awards attention including an Emmy win for Nash BET's performance a nomination for Peters and a nomination for outstanding limited or Anthology series can lightning strike twice