TV series

Sacred Lies

2018–2020 · 2 seasons

A grim, quietly gripping mystery that keeps you uneasy, piecing together a girl's brutal past while she navigates a cold institution.

Overview: Based on the classic Grimm Brothers tale The Handless Maiden, and Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, and adapted and updated by Tucker, Sacred Lies is about a handless teen who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, isolation, faith, mystery
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
faith
mystery
survival
Places: prison
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild