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Joey Pollari as Anthony Perkins in Monster: The Ed Gein StoryThe son of actor Anthony Perkins has called out the inclusion of the Psycho star in the controversial Netflix series Monster.Earlier this month, the third season of Monster began streaming, focussing on the horrific crimes of serial killer and grave-robber Ed Gein, whose actions inspired the murderous fictional characters in movies like The Texas Chainshaw Massacre, The Silence Of The Lambs and Psycho.One episode centres around the creation of Psycho, with Tom Hollander and Joey Pollari playing its director and star, Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Perkins.Following its debut, the show received criticism from many viewers over the way the show hinted at a link between the latter and Ed Gein, because of the way the actor chose to conceal his sexuality publicly in his lifetime.Anthony Perkins on the set of PsychoSpeaking to TMZ, Anthony’s son Osgood Perkins (the director behind recent horror movies like Longlegs and The Monkey) claimed he “wouldn’t watch” the series “with a 10-foot pole”.He also slammed streaming platforms for “glamourising” the true-crime genre and which he said is “increasingly devoid of context”, while lamenting that “the Netflix-isation of real pain” is “playing for the wrong team”.Osgood PerkinsOz told People magazine last year that the way his parents concealed his father’s sexuality from him when he was growing up was part of the inspiration for his movie Longlegs.“Everybody knew it, even my brother and I theoretically knew it, but we were never given any language for it,” he claimed.“The idea that [my mother] could make up – not make up, it’s not a lie – but it’s like a cover, a storytime…”He said that Longlegs became “the most baroque horror version of, ‘What’s going on in my household?’”, noting: “Every kid probably feels [that] to some greater or lesser extent. But if your father’s a public movie star and you don’t know who he is, that’s a little bit more profound.”Despite the controversy around all three seasons of Monster so far, the show has continued to be popular with Netflix users, with a fourth currently in the works, based on another famous case from history.READ MORE:Charlie Hunnam Hits Back At Claims That Monster Season 3 Sensationalises Ed Gein s CrimesThis Is Why Charlie Hunnam Feared That Accepting The Role Of Ed Gein Was A Horrible Mistake Monster Star Charlie Hunnam Reveals His Girlfriend Has 1 Condition For Him Playing Roles Like Ed Gein

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