Already a streaming phenomenon on Netflix, Ryan Murphy’s latest “Monster” installment is “The Ed Gein Story.”

Gein is the notorious body snatcher and suspected serial killer of 1950s Wisconsin who inspired the now-classic horror films “Psycho,” “The Silence of the Lambs” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”

In a virtual press conference with Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”), his Ed Gein, Murphy, 59, discussed and defended this “Monster” with its mostly negative reviews as an insightful commentary on current issues.

“I was always interested in exploring the mythology of how every generation makes a more violent, graphic version of this (serial killer) story and I wanted to talk about why.

“Why are we so interested in that?”

As to the reviews, “I think people are always very confused by

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