With the rise of Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV and Amazon Prime, the media landscape has become much more competitive and diversified in terms of TV offerings. On-demand services have also benefited greatly from COVID-19 lockdowns, ushering in a new generation of block-buster series (e.g., Stranger Things, Squid Game, Succession) and motion pictures (e.g., Coda; All Quiet on the Western Front) that now dominate the market both in terms of earnings and critical accolades (BBC News, 2022; Apple, 2022; Reuters, 2023). However, this success has bred more demand for gripping tales and shocking twists, turning some new productions increasingly gory and sexually explicit. A recent example of this is Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a true crime series focusing on one of the most famous US serial killers who murdered and dismembered 17 victims between 1978 and 1991.