Netflix released the official trailer for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on its YouTube channel on Friday.
In the clip, the titular serial killer, portrayed by Evan Peters, claimed the lives of several victims and became the focus of a high-profile manhunt while affecting the lives of several individuals he did not target.
The limited series was created by Ryan Murphy and it is currently set to premiere on the streaming service later this month.
New visuals: Netflix released the official trailer for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on its YouTube channel on Friday
The trailer begins with Dahmer bringing one of his many victims back to his apartment.
Upon entering the residence, the individual makes a comment about an odd smell, and a drop of blood is seen underneath the bottom of a power drill, after which the serial killer locks the front door.
Dahmer is then seen visiting a club, and after he offers drinks to several other victims, his neighbor Glenda Cleveland, portrayed by Niecy Nash, asks him: ‘What do you do in there?’
As the serial killer tortures and dismembers his potential partners, Cleveland continues: ‘The smells, power tools going all hours of the night, I hear screaming coming from your apartment.’
Synopsis: In the clip, the titular serial killer, portrayed by Evan Peters, claimed the lives of several victims and became the focus of a high-profile manhunt while affecting the lives of several individuals he did not target
Unlucky: The trailer begins with Dahmer bringing one of his many victims back to his apartment
Suspicion: Dahmer is then seen while visiting a club, and after he is seen offering drinks to several other victims, his neighbor Glenda Cleveland, portrayed by Niecy Nash, asks him: ‘What do you do in there?’
She was later seen having a conversation with Dahmer, who presented her with a sandwich stuffed with suspicious-looking meat, and the criminal instructed her to ‘eat it now.’
After he was shown caressing both a victim and a mannequin, Cleveland objected to eating the sandwich.
The serial killer described the contents of the dish as simply ‘meat’ and expressed that he ‘tried to do a nice thing’ for her.
Portions of Dahmer’s traumatic childhood were featured in the clip, and his father, played by Richard Jenkins, appeared to be troubled by his son’s activities.
Ominous: She was later seen having a conversation with Dahmer, who presents her with a sandwich stuffed with suspicious-looking meat, and the criminal instructs her to ‘eat it now’
Not what it seems: After he was shown while caressing both a victim and a mannequin, Cleveland objected to eating the sandwich, to which the serial killer simply described the contents of the dish as ‘meat’
Family problems: Portions of Dahmer’s traumatic childhood were featured in the clip, and his father, played by Richard Jenkins, appeared to be troubled by his son’s activities
One of the loved ones of one of the cannibal’s victims was then shown lashing out in a courtroom during his trial, after which he interacted with what appeared to be a severed and preserved head.
Cleveland subsequently spoke to a police officer, and exclaimed: ‘I called you for months and it’s too late! Y’all came too late!’
The trailer ends with Dahmer staring at his neighbor and ominously demanding: ‘Eat it.’
Legal drama: One of the loved ones of one of the cannibal’s victims was then shown lashing out in a courtroom during his trial, after which he interacted with what appeared to be a severed and preserved head
Missed opportunity: Cleveland subsequently spoke to a police officer, and exclaimed: ‘I called you for months and it’s too late! Y’all came too late!’
Pure evil: The trailer ends with Dahmer staring at his neighbor and ominously demanding: ‘Eat it’
Netflix previously released two images of Peters playing Jeffrey Dahmer ahead of the limited series’ release.
The shots show the St. Louis native in the the role of the infamous serial killer – who murdered 17 people between 1978 and 1991 – donning glasses with a striped retro polo shirt with a belt and blue jeans.
Peters is glaring forward in the promotional images as he’s playing Dahmer, who worked at a Milwaukee chocolate factory.
An inside look: Netflix previously released two images of eters playing Jeffrey Dahmer ahead of the limited series’ release
The limited series will retell the story of Dahmer from the perspective of his victims, and explore major mistakes Wisconsin police made in handling the probe of the notorious mass murderer, who made national headlines for acts of cannibalism and necrophilia involving his victims.
Peters has past worked with Murphy on a number of projects, including nine of 10 seasons of American Horror Story, as well as the series Pose.
Peters in April told Variety about the painstaking task he had taken of researching Dahmer in depth for the role.
Glare: Peters is glaring forward in the promotional images as he’s playing Dahmer, who worked at a Milwaukee chocolate factory
Teaser: Netflix last month released a back head shot of Peters in the role of the murderer
Crime: Dahmer in 1992 was convicted of 16 murders he’d been charged with, and sentenced to 16 life sentences in prison. He was beaten to death by another inmate in November of 1994 at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin
‘I’ve read so much, I’ve watched so much, I’ve seen so much, and at a certain point, you’ve got to say, “All right, that’s enough,”‘ he said. ‘There are beautifully written scripts. You can have all the backstory you want, but at the end of the day we’re not making a documentary.
‘It’s more about maintaining the idea and the through line of why you’re telling the story and always having that as your guiding light.’
Dahmer in 1992 was convicted of 16 murders he’d been charged with, and sentenced to 16 life sentences in prison. He was bludgeoned to death with a metal bar in November of 1994 by Christopher Scarver, another inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.
Flashback: Dahmer was seen in court during his trial
Career: Peters has past worked with Murphy on a number of projects, including nine of 10 seasons of American Horror Story, as well as the series Pose. He was snapped in LA in March
The gruesome story of Dahmer has past been chronicled in the 2002 movie Dahmer, in which Jeremy Renner played the titular role; as well as 2017’s My Friend Dahmer, in which Ross Lynch played a teen version of the nascent serial killer.
Murphy has excelled chronicling 1990s true crime sagas, with past American Crime Story projects including 2018’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace and 2016’s The People Vs. OJ Simpson.
Murphy is collaborating on the project with Ian Brennan. The limited series is slated to arrive on the streaming service on September 22.