Spring Minseries Ender - Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is the show everyone is talking about right now. Literally everyone. At work, the gym, the coffee shop. It is the water cooler series the Real Love Boat wishes it was!

Netflix hasn't had a hit for a while! Finally true gruesome crime comes to the rescue.

The life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is extremely disturbing. To be honest I had never heard of him, until now. The first episode has you on the edge of your seat. It's intense, full on, creepy while reminding me of my past trusting people from the clubs, going to a randoms place. Man I was shook.

Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, this is Murphy's best work in a long time. After the very disappointing American Horror Stories season two, this is a serious return to form. Maybe that big pay day from Netflix was worth it after all?

Evan Peters stars as Dahmer, in which he will likely pick up some awards along the way. While Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, and Niecy Nash also star. Nash is sublime as the terrified neighbour who gets ignored from an extremely useless police force.

The police scare me at the best of times. However seeing the lack of action taken between 1978 and 1991 with Dahmer, I have lost even more faith.

The ten reverting episodes landed late September. It took me a few watches to get through the ten, however this was the best Netflix series I have watched in months and months.

The critics have given it mixed reviews, praising the acting but many deeming it exploitative. The spotlight needed to be shone on these shocking crimes, the lack of interest by the police and the failure to protect societies most vulnerable.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a difficult watch, but a compelling one. Check it out now on Netflix.