December 9, 2024
Charlize Theron delivers a tour-de-force performance as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, in the 2003 film Monster, directed by Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), which garnered her numerous accolades, including the prestigious Best Actress Oscar in 2004. Now, more than 20 years after its original acclaimed theatrical release, Monster is available on a Standard Edition Blu-ray release from Second Sight Films.
Based on true events, this darkly chilling, gripping drama is out now on Blu-ray and comes with a host of special features; including interviews, archive commentaries and more listed below, that take you behind the scenes and into the mind of a real-life Monster.
Synopsis
Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron – Mad Max Fury Road) has had it tough, but when the down-on-her-luck sex worker moves to Florida, she unexpectedly finds love and is determined to get her life back on track. Befriending Selby Wall (Christina Ricci – Yellow Jackets), a sweet but reserved young woman, a romance soon blossoms. But things take a dark turn when a john tries to assault Aileen. She fights back and kills him and decides it’s time to give up the game. But Aileen quickly discovers going straight isn’t that easy and is sucked back into a world of violent crime that escalates from petty theft to serial murder. As more and more men turn up dead, Selby starts to suspect the woman closest to her is responsible.
Special features:
Audio Commentary with writer / director Patty Jenkins, actor / producer Charlize Theron and producer Clarke Peterson
Making a Murderer: a new interview with director Patty Jenkins
Producing a Monster: a new interview with producer Brad Wyman
Light From Within: a new interview with DoP Steven Bernstein
Monster: The Vision and Journey
Based on a True Story: The Making of Monster
Deleted and Extended Scenes with Director Commentary
Monster: Evolution of the Score
Original Trailer
English subtitles for the hearing impaired
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