Major Error in "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" Page - Confused with "Dahmer" Series

@Ozzy​

Thanks, that makes sense. However, even though they are part of the same anthology, these are two completely separate series. The first one, released in 2022, focuses on Dahmer with its own cast, while the current series is about two brothers who kill their parents. What's even more confusing is that under the cast section, some actors are listed as having appeared in episodes from 2022, while others are from 2024. The photos also mix characters from both series, but these are two completely different stories. I’m not sure if the directors are different as well, but this mix-up definitely needs to be addressed.

Honestly, I would have preferred to see them separated as two titles, even if they are part of the same anthology. It doesn't make much sense for this series to inherit the ratings of the previous one, especially since they are two distinct titles with different stories. How can they be merged into one? This isn't like True Detective, which always has the same title for its different seasons. It’s a bit like trying to combine the Vengeance Trilogy into one film entry. Additionally, what the correct title and description is that brings together the Monsters Anthology series?

Hi @peppolone,

We appreciate your feedback, however this is how the title will continue to be listed on IMDb. You will find similar examples in American Crime Story and American Horror Story. Both of which are anthology series titles, and have images from across all the different seasons. True Detective is another example that despite not having a distinct subtitle for each season, is listed on IMDb in the same way. The title for this series will be Monsters, and the description currently live on the title page correctly details what the series is about.

As for the ratings, the overall series rating is currently how IMDb displays ratings for anthology series', with the individual episode ratings making a distinction between the seasons. If you feel that IMDb should have distinct season overall ratings, we encourage you to post an Idea thread within the Community here.

Thanks!

I have always found the functionality and structure of IMDb to be accurate and well done. It's just with this title that I felt a bit lost, perhaps because in my language, Italian, the title refers only to the new series, while the description only talks about Dahmer. However, I noticed that in English you have fixed it.

Hi @peppolone,

Apologies this has not yet been corrected completely, we are currently still working on updating the title page across all locales. Once the page has been updated, we hope it is no longer confusing to any customer. Please let us know if you experience any other issues related to this title.

Cheers!

Thanks👍

Hi @Famousbird54,

As mentioned above, this title is listed correctly per our guidelines. Therefore, it will not be amended.

Thanks!

Your guidelines state as such as an example

"For example: The series American Crime Story (2016) originally aired and was displayed under the title "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story". When the second season was announced titled "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story", the Primary title was changed to "American Crime Story" to best fit the overall series, with the season titles as AKAs. 

This way the anthology series is more accurately represented on IMDb for users, as opposed to listing the primary title as "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" when later seasons tell different stories, with different titles"

These shows share a similar title. However the shows we are talking about do not. If your insisting they do. Then some title needs to be made to represent both of them like the example above. Dahmer no longer shows up on imbd as it only shows up as the menendez series. Some title like "Monsters" needs to be made to include both of them better. Then the individual seasons can be named more accurately as was done in the example. Again, these are differently named series with no name in common which is why this is so hard in the first place. Please do some form of correction to aptly separate these shows whether it's all together separating them as different shows or creating a better series title to incorporate both of them with each season being named what the show is named. 

Hi @Famousbird54,

This has been explained above. This title is listed as Monsters on IMDb to best display the two seasons as an anthology series, with the different season titles already listed as title AKAs. When a user searches for "Dahmer" the Monsters series is the first result on IMDb. As previously mentioned, we will not be separating these seasons into different listings.

Thanks for your understanding!