HOLLYWOOD—For those wanting to know, I didn’t watch the Netflix series highlighting the chaos of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. So, you would think I would skip the next serial killer getting the spotlight, Ed Gein, but I didn’t. I gave the mini-series a watch over a two-day period, and it’s a mixed bag.

“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” highlights the life of the notorious killer who inspired a ton of horror classics like “Psycho,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Silence of the Lambs.” The problem with this series is that it felt all over the place. You have a great first episode, a decent second episode, but come the third episode the series start to flail with its narrative direction.

It tries to do too much, and it loses its focal point along the way. Now, I have to give k

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