Lifetime to premiere Monster in the Family: The Stacey Kananen Story

Lifetime will premiere the drama Monster in the Family: The Stacey Kananen Story on Saturday, October 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern, the network said. The film, based on Stacey Kananen's memoir Fear of Our Father, follows a woman who survived an abusive childhood and later faces a criminal and personal crisis when her brother confesses to killing their parents and alleges she assisted him.

Elisha Cuthbert stars as Stacey Kananen in the dramatization, which also features Brendan Taylor as Rickie and a supporting cast that includes Luvia Petersen and Meg Roe. According to the network synopsis and promotional materials, the story traces Stacey's early years of abuse and the subsequent collapse of her family life after Rickie's confession and the discovery of the parents' bodies. The narrative explores Stacey's efforts to contest the allegation and to rebuild her identity amid legal and emotional turmoil.

The film adapts material from Kananen's memoir and is presented as a true-life inspired docudrama. Promotional clips released by the network emphasize the personal betrayal at the center of the story, with the official trailer including the line, "The scariest monsters are often closer than...