The Menendez brothers' infamous 1989 murder of their parents is back in the headlines with the release of "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story"—and this new Netflix true-crime series puts a highly dramatized spin on the shocking case.

Ever since its release on September 19, the Netflix anthology series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story has been making buzz among audiences and critics alike.

At this time Lyle has not spoken out about the series. Nicholas Alexander Chavez, who portrays Lyle in the series, told PEOPLE that he “really sympathizes with the brothers, the fact that this was the most traumatic moment of theirs, and then having that put on television for the world to see. I would imagine that would be incredibly heavy.”

The following article contains spoilers for Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menéndez Story. If you've yet to watch the series, or at least its first episode, please exercise caution. Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story arrived on the 2024 TV schedule and was immediately met with controversy for its depiction of the two brothers convicted of murdering their parents more than 30 years ago.

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The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stays true to many aspects of the true story, it seems to have some clear factual inconsistencies.

Ryan Murphy's Monsters elicited a divided response about how Erik Menéndez and Lyle Menéndez's murder trial was portrayed in the Netflix series — but it isn't the only show that covers the controversial case.