FabGuys.com forum: Monster : The Ed Gein Story.

By *arcus Bezzant OP Man
12 weeks ago

North Ayrshire

Just watched the first episode of this, Charlie Hunnan as Ed was good,I remember him playing Nathan in Queer As Folk in 1999, I thought his acting then was bad, what accent was that supposed to be? Sounded more Irish than Mancunian, anyway better in this.

Wisconsin looked bleak, though everyone seemed to live in a mansion, which I suppose makes living in a permanently Winter Hellscape more bearable.

Thoughts on it.

PS It's on Netflix.

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By *hubbyGayTraffordMan
12 weeks ago

Stretford

Just finished watching the 2nd episode. Good so far.

Can't help but think his accent is based on Disney's Goofy though!

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By *arcus Bezzant OP Man
12 weeks ago

North Ayrshire

"Just finished watching the 2nd episode. Good so far.

Can't help but think his accent is based on Disney's Goofy though!"

Yes, I agree! I've seen a black and white news clip from 1957 of Ed Gein where a reporter asks him questions, one of which is how to pronounce his name, and his voice is fairly normal.

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By *uckMeTonightMan
12 weeks ago

Camberley

Watching it now with my wife. Bloody weird what humans do lol

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By *hubbyGayTraffordMan
11 weeks ago

Stretford

"Just finished watching the 2nd episode. Good so far.

Can't help but think his accent is based on Disney's Goofy though!

Yes, I agree! I've seen a black and white news clip from 1957 of Ed Gein where a reporter asks him questions, one of which is how to pronounce his name, and his voice is fairly normal."

Thanks I must have a look for that.

I have seen a couple more of the episodes now .

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By *appy hammerMan
11 weeks ago

Peterborough

All I keep thinking is how much he looks like John Cena

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By *hyna HutchMan
11 weeks ago

valleys

Just finished it.

Crazy viewing for sure. 😶

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By *arridMan
11 weeks ago

Brighton

He was the inspiration behind ‘Psycho’ by Alfred Hitchcock.

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By *damb00Man
11 weeks ago

Leicestershire

All the seasons of Monster have been great, Dahmer, Menendez brothers and Ed Gein have been great

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By *adBod1986Man
11 weeks ago

Runcorn

"All I keep thinking is how much he looks like John Cena"

HAHAHA this is all I could think too.

Then I realised it mustn't be Cena because we can see him.

Anyway, seems it's all more sexualised, sensationalist, fetishised shite from Ryan Murphy. He turns EVERY story into a big gay agenda. The Anthony Perkins side story really didn't need forcing in. Nor did the weird Nazi stuff, all speculative and altogether unrelated to the actual acts of Gein.

Oh, and the entire arc with his 'girlfriend' was proven false too.

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By *ames canMan
11 weeks ago

monaghan

"All I keep thinking is how much he looks like John Cena

HAHAHA this is all I could think too.

Then I realised it mustn't be Cena because we can see him.

Oh, and the entire arc with his 'girlfriend' was proven false too. "
...good TV nonetheless

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By *hyna HutchMan
11 weeks ago

valleys

Birdman reminded me of some of the 'girls' on here.

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By *ocksuckerLs12Man
11 weeks ago

Leeds

After watching sons of Anercey I was impressed with the lead actor.

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By *heff24Man
11 weeks ago

Sheffield

It's not very good.

Other opinions are available

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
11 weeks ago

Bristol

I've been enjoying it for what it is... It's not a documentary so much of it comes across as apocryphal

But it's entertaining enough

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By *jgiver48Man
11 weeks ago

newport

I enjoyed it but it's pretty much fiction. I have studied Ed Gein quite a bit over the years and they have been very creative with the truth.

Don't know why they wanted to make up stuff when they had a person as complex as Gein was. They should have made only 3 episodes instead of 8. The other Monster shows are better.

The bloke playing him sounds like Goofy.

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By *arridMan
11 weeks ago

Brighton

I watched episode 1 last night after reading this thread. It was OK and so episode 2 to come.

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By *hyna HutchMan
11 weeks ago

valleys

It's quite a challenging wank at times mind.

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By *arridMan
11 weeks ago

Brighton

"It's quite a challenging wank at times mind.

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he has a muscular arse! Not keen on the belt and the stool though.

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By *ason3091Man
9 weeks ago

newport

The guy getting fucked towards the end was horny

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By *H IpswichMan
9 weeks ago

Ipswich

Absolute rubbish. Save 8 hours of your life.

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By *andomguy321Man
9 weeks ago

reading

"It's quite a challenging wank at times mind.

Well, some of the Lesley Manville scenes were quite stimulating

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By *hyna HutchMan
9 weeks ago

valleys

"It's quite a challenging wank at times mind.

Well, some of the Lesley Manville scenes were quite stimulating "

The old slapper. Yes, I agree

I'm an old slapper too. Haha

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By *ruemaleMan
9 weeks ago

notts

Really enjoyed it and took it for what it is.... A film/ series to entertain as it was not a documentary.

Many films etc are beefed up a bit to keep the audience viewing, but the basic story is there.

What it does do, if one is interested in the facts, made me look up the full history on Ed Gein.

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By *isitor71Man
9 weeks ago

Pewsey

Watched it all. Did anyone else find some of Ed's one liners amusing. My favourite was when Ed was sitting on the table next to the woman, he'd dug up, dressed in her black dress with pearls around her neck, having just had his way with her (to put it politely) and in that calm sqeeky voice asked "Was that good for you too". Found his delivery of that line hilarious. Perhaps just my sometimes dark sense of humour or the fact that it was all so unreal but true.

Had to take it for what it was, not a true documentary of the facts but entertaining nevertheless.

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By *andomguy321Man
9 weeks ago

reading

"It's quite a challenging wank at times mind.

Well, some of the Lesley Manville scenes were quite stimulating

The old slapper. Yes, I agree

I'm an old slapper too. Haha"

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By *hyna HutchMan
9 weeks ago

valleys

"Watched it all. Did anyone else find some of Ed's one liners amusing.."

Yes. I think he was justifying his babysitting and said something along the lines of ...

' I'm good with children, I do things children like doing, chasing things through the woods, digging holes'.

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By *ral b..Man
6 weeks ago

After watching series watched documentaries....

why make things up or call it Ed Gein if going to spend half time showing other tangents,Anthony Perkins,Alfred Hitchcock etc...

Would have been interesting to see his day to day life as comparison...and more of his domineering Mother.

* he had nothing to do with the Ted Bundy investigation.

*the killing of the babysitter was never proven.( though likely)

*When he shot the hardware store lady with a gun off the wall..the guns had no ammunition...he had brought ammunition with him...so premeditatered murder...a fact not mentioned....

*Ed Gein had a drooping left eye...but in the series he had a drooping right eye...

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By (user no longer on site)
6 weeks ago

His accent wad apalling, one minute sounding (as mentioned previosly) like Disney's Goofy, the next a faint Irish accent...The dramatisation was pretty good if you take it as just that a dramatisation. Way too many innacuracies to be anything more than a poetic interpratation. Having said that, bizzarely I did kind of enjoy it, though much preferred the Dahmer series

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By *ruemaleMan
6 weeks ago

notts

"After watching series watched documentaries....

why make things up or call it Ed Gein if going to spend half time showing other tangents,Anthony Perkins,Alfred Hitchcock etc...

Would have been interesting to see his day to day life as comparison...and more of his domineering Mother.

* he had nothing to do with the Ted Bundy investigation.

*the killing of the babysitter was never proven.( though likely)

*When he shot the hardware store lady with a gun off the wall..the guns had no ammunition...he had brought ammunition with him...so premeditatered murder...a fact not mentioned....

*Ed Gein had a drooping left eye...but in the series he had a drooping right eye..."

Zzzzz

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By *enardeMan
6 weeks ago

Barnsley

"Just watched the first episode of this, Charlie Hunnan as Ed was good,I remember him playing Nathan in Queer As Folk in 1999, I thought his acting then was bad, what accent was that supposed to be? Sounded more Irish than Mancunian, anyway better in this.

Wisconsin looked bleak, though everyone seemed to live in a mansion, which I suppose makes living in a permanently Winter Hellscape more bearable.

Thoughts on it.

PS It's on Netflix."

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By *enardeMan
6 weeks ago

Barnsley

Yes mother

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By *oketguyMan
6 weeks ago

WOODHALL SPA

I just kept thinking how good Lesley Manville looks for her age, especially when she got her tits out. I would.

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By *otterMan
6 weeks ago

Ellon

Really liked it, almost felt sorry for him at the end. I’m not overly familiar with his story to be able to comment on accuracy as some have done, but I just enjoyed it for what it was. But aye, his voice, what’s that all about?

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By *ral b..Man
6 weeks ago

"After watching series watched documentaries....

why make things up or call it Ed Gein if going to spend half time showing other tangents,Anthony Perkins,Alfred Hitchcock etc...

Would have been interesting to see his day to day life as comparison...and more of his domineering Mother.

* he had nothing to do with the Ted Bundy investigation.

*the killing of the babysitter was never proven.( though likely)

*When he shot the hardware store lady with a gun off the wall..the guns had no ammunition...he had brought ammunition with him...so premeditatered murder...a fact not mentioned....

*Ed Gein had a drooping left eye...but in the series he had a drooping right eye...

Zzzzz"

Thank you for your intelligent contribution..

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By *ruemaleMan
6 weeks ago

notts

I enjoyed it for what it was. Entertainment with loose history of the guy. Didn't warent criticizing imo as Charlie's acting, imo, was excellent.

However, it did gives insight as to how Psycho. Silence of the Lambs and chainsaw massacre came about .

It wasn't a documentary.

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By *ruemaleMan
6 weeks ago

notts

Warant

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By *irralblokeMan
6 weeks ago

wallasey

Tom Hollander was good as hitchcock, amusing the way he portrayed him.

Much preferred him in hanna though.

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