Lizzie Borden Dinner Scene Turns Real Illness Into Netflix Shock
Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story intensifies Episode 2 with a graphic dinner sequence built around oysters that triggers a long volley of vomiting and diarrhea. While the show’s illness mirrors a real-life event—the Borden family fall ill two days before the murders due to tainted swordfish and mutton broth—the oysters in the scene are the fictional culprit. Behind the camera, the production used practical effects and vomit tubes; Charlie Hunnam even ate canned oysters to sell the moment, with the director likening the humor to Triangle of Sadness and South Park-style shocks.