The shocking story of Erik and Lyle Menendez still captivates decades later. In 1989, the brothers gunned down their parents in their lavish Beverly Hills home, shaking the nation. At trial, they cited years of sexual abuse, claiming their father’s threats drove them to believe killing was their only escape.

Netflix sheds new light on this tragic saga. The Menendez Brothers documentary marks the first time Erik and Lyle have spoken together about that fateful night. Director Alejandro Hartmann met with them in prison, inviting viewers into their cells to hear haunting reflections of their childhood wounds and the events that changed their lives forever.

Hartmann also polls others intertwined in this epic drama. We hear clips and commentary from attorneys who fought this high-profile battle in the courtroom, jurors who judged the brothers’ fates, and journalists who documented every explosive twist under the media microscope. He even includes rarely...