Addison Rae Gets the Scream Queen Treatment in Chilling Trailer for ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’
Addison Rae is on her way to scream queen status. As showcased in a new trailer for Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Monster: The Ed Gein Story posted Tuesday (Sept. 16), the TikTok sensation is set to appear in her latest horror project, playing the victim of a brutal murder.
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The latest installment of Murphy’s true-crime anthology series, as the title suggests, will focus on serial killer Ed Gein, who was suspected of killing women and robbing graves in the 1950s. Rae reportedly plays one of his alleged victims, teenager Evelyn Hartley, with the trailer showing a disturbing scene in which she is tied to a chair wearing nothing but her underwear while the titular character (portrayed by Charlie Hunnam) forcibly shoves her head downward.
At one point, the camera zooms in on Rae’s face, and she looks properly terrified as Hunnam lurches toward her.
Premiering Oct. 3, The Ed Gein Story will mark the third edition of Murphy’s Netflix show. Previous subjects have been Jeffrey Dahmer and Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Rae has previously tested out her horror acting chops by starring in Eli Roth’s 2021 slasher film Thanksgiving. Before that, she made her acting debut in 2021’s He’s All That.
The social media star has also been growing her music career this year, unleashing debut album Addison in June. The LP reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. In an August Billboard cover story, Rae told senior writer Kristin Robinson about embracing new adventures, from music to acting. “I really just never give up and never quit, no matter what,” she said. “Really, what it comes back to is that I’m fearless — I’m not afraid of much. It doesn’t really take me much to try something new and go all in, and here, I went all in.”
Check out Rae in the trailer for The Ed Gein Story above.
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