Tragic story of Poltergeist actress murdered at the age of 22, which is the subject of the new Netflix monster series

The heartbreaking story of the murder of a Hollywood star is woven into Netflix' Monster – and the true story of what happened is incredibly disturbing.

Monster: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez It's mainly about the two brothers who shot their parents.

Erik Menendez criticized the site for “blatant lies.”

The series also touches on other true crime stories, including the murder of poltergeist Star Dominique Dunne in 1982 by her ex-partner John Sweeney.

Your story will be in Monster because her father Dominick was a Vanity Fair journalist who covered the Menendez trial.

In the series he is played by Nathan Lane as Monster touches on the tragic story of his own daughter's murder and the impact it had on him and the reporting of the trial.

Dominique Dunne began her career as an actress in 1979 with the film Diary of a teenage hitchhiker before appearing in a number of other television shows and films.

In 1982 she appeared in a classic horror film poltergeistThe film, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released just months before she was murdered by her ex.

Sweeney had already been violent towards her; he had physically abused Dominique and pulled out some of her hair in August 1982.

In September of that year, just weeks before her murder, he grabbed her by the throat and began to strangle her.

A friend who was staying with them came in and Dunne later escaped from the house through a bathroom window before getting into her car and driving away, but not before Sweeney jumped on it.

She later called him and told him the relationship was over. After he moved out, she had the locks changed.

Tragically, on October 30, she was rehearsing for a role with fellow actor David Packer at her West Hollywood home when Sweeney arrived.

She played Dana Freeling in the horror film, but was strangled by her ex just months after its release. (Warner Bros)

Dunne went outside and they began to argue. Packer later said he heard smacking noises, two screams and then a thud.

The actor called the police and then a friend and said that if he was found dead, Sweeney would be his killer.

He left the house and found Sweeney kneeling over Dominique's body. When police arrived, he said, “I killed my girlfriend and tried to kill myself.”

Sweeney later testified that he remembered lying on top of Dunne with his hands around her neck.

She was taken to hospital and put on life support, but she never regained consciousness and doctors found that she had no brain activity.

Dunne's life support was turned off on November 4 and her funeral took place two days later.

Sweeney was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison. At the trial, the judge criticised the jury for its manslaughter verdict, saying it was “murder, pure and simple”.

The jury foreman said if they had heard all the evidence, they would have convicted Sweeney of murder.