Monster

In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.

• death penalty
• prostitute
• rape
• sexual abuse
• motel
• based on true story
• murder
• betrayal
• serial killer
• poverty
• drifter
• prostitution
• heartbreak
• mental illness
• woman director
• 1980s
• 1990s
• female serial killer
• instructive
• based on real person