Netflix will premiere Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story on 17 September, the streaming platform confirmed on 4 August alongside a batch of first-look images Deadline.

The new season marks the fourth instalment of the Monster anthology — a series where each season dramatises a different real-life figure, with the central question of whether monsters are made or born Dread Central. Lizzie Borden was a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her parents in the late 19th century. Netflix's French newsroom, which listed the title in its release calendar as early as April, describes her case in those terms Netflix Newsroom.

This season gives the anthology its first female subject. Ella Beatty plays Lizzie Borden Deadline.

The cast around her runs deep. Vicky Krieps plays Bridget Sullivan, the Borden household's maid. Rebecca Hall is Abby Borden, Lizzie's stepmother, and Charlie Hunnam plays Andrew Borden, her father. The ensemble also includes Billie Lourd, Joey Pollari, Sarah Paulson and Jessica Barden Deadline. Hunnam's transformation for the role was teased earlier this year in a Netflix Tudum magazine cover story Netflix Tudum.

Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan created and wrote the season. Murphy and Brennan also executive produce alongside Max Winkler, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Louise Shore, Nissa Diederich, Todd Kubrak, Carl Franklin and Tanase Popa. Winkler and Sarah Adina Smith direct Deadline.

Netflix's Tudum site has hosted a dedicated Monster Season 4 article covering cast, release date, photos and plot since October 2025 Netflix Tudum.

For viewers tracking the anthology, the pattern is now familiar: a new historical figure, a sprawling ensemble, and Murphy's name above the title. The Lizzie Borden case — never resolved to everyone's satisfaction in its own time — gives the series a subject whose guilt or innocence has been debated for more than a century. Whether the show takes a position, or holds the question open as previous seasons have, is something audiences will see on 17 September.