Netflix has released two new images of Evan Peters playing Jeffrey Dahmer ahead of the limited series from Ryan Murphy, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
The shots show the St. Louis native, 35, in the the role of the infamous serial killer - who murdered 17 people between 1978 and 1991 - donning glasses with a striped retro polo shirt with a belt and blue jeans.
Peters is glaring forward in the promotional images as he's playing Dahmer, who worked at a Milwaukee chocolate factory.
The limited series will retell the story of Dahmer from the perspective of his victims, and explore major mistakes Wisconsin police made in handling the probe of the notorious mass murderer, who made national headlines for acts of cannibalism and necrophilia involving his victims.
The show also features actors Niecy Nash, Penelope Ann Miller, Shaun J. Brown, Colin Ford, and Richard Jenkins, with directors Paris Barclay, Carl Franklin, and Janet Mock.
Miller and Jenkins will play the roles of Dahmer's parents, while Nash will portray Dahmer’s neighbor Glenda Cleveland, who tried in vain to report his bizarre behavior to authorities.
Peters has past worked with Murphy on a number of projects, including nine of 10 seasons of American Horror Story, as well as the series Pose.
Peters in April told Variety about the painstaking task he had taken of researching Dahmer in depth for the role.
'I've read so much, I've watched so much, I've seen so much, and at a certain point, you've got to say, "All right, that's enough,"' he said. 'There are beautifully written scripts. You can have all the backstory you want, but at the end of the day we're not making a documentary.
'It's more about maintaining the idea and the through line of why you're telling the story and always having that as your guiding light.'
Dahmer in 1992 was convicted of 16 murders he'd been charged with, and sentenced to 16 life sentences in prison. He was bludgeoned to death with a metal bar in November of 1994 by Christopher Scarver, another inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.
The gruesome story of Dahmer has past been chronicled in the 2002 movie Dahmer, in which Jeremy Renner played the titular role; as well as 2017's My Friend Dahmer, in which Ross Lynch played a teen version of the nascent serial killer.
Murphy has excelled chronicling 1990s true crime sagas, with past American Crime Story projects including 2018's The Assassination of Gianni Versace and 2016's The People Vs. OJ Simpson.
Murphy is collaborating on the project with Ian Brennan. The limited series is slated to arrive on the streaming service later this year.
